Does anyone want an Aloe Vera plant?
My boxes finally came in, so I'm about ready to attempt to ship Aloe Vera plants. Who wants to be my guinea pig, and get the first one and let me know how it went thru?
No postage or anything on this one. DG subscriber, only.
Cheri'
want to be an Aloe Vera guinea pig?
I'd love to have one, what would you like in trade?
me me me lol!!!!! LMK Sundry
djm906, you've got mail.
Annabellegabby, if this experiment goes well, I'll have more to get rid of. I'll let you know.
Cheri'
you have mail, sundry
LOL ok Sundry...LMK I'm never too far just an email away
:-)
djm906 - I'm awaiting your address to ship. Did you get my emails?
Cheri'
i will take one... emailing you. imzadi
me too pleaseeeee :~}
I will email my addy
Thanks for sharing
Alrighty then, if this experiment goes well,
Tombstonejan
imzadi
Annabellegabby
LimeyLisa
each get a large-ish one for postage.
I think that's prolly about all of 'em ...
I'll let ya'll know as soon as I know. I'm nervous about shipping them, since they turn ugly so easily.
Cheri'
I need to divide mine, too. It has been overflowing its pot for a year now. I'll stay posted to see how they ship, and whether anyone wants some that Sundry cannot provide!
djm906 never sent me an address, so Annabellegabby is next on the list. I already have your addy. LMK that you are still interested and it will go out today.
darius, I'll be sure to let you know what report I get back on this one. These are not babies, these are 2nd and 3rd year plants. I've got lots more babies, too. Are they worth the trouble of shipping out do you think?
Cheri'
I don't know about babies... all of mine are pretty big and there's NO room in their pot for any babies to land and root, LOL.
Hi Sundry,
What will the postage be on them. I will send it to you but I need your addy.
e-mail me and I will send it off today
LOL ok I'm your Guinea Pig Sundry. Send it on baby!!!! lol Gotta love this :-D I already emailed you in case you didnt get it.
Julieanne aka Annabellegabby
Annabellegabby - it'll be on it's way this afternoon. I'll send you the tracking number, if you want.
Jan - I'm not sure what postage will be yet, I'll let you know when I get back from the PO what this one cost. On my bathroom scale it seems to be between 2 and 3 lbs, so that would around $7.00, but I'm not trusting my bathroom scale. LOL! I think it weighs heavy (that's my story and I'm sticking to it) ;-)
Anyway, this one is about average sized, so it should give us an idea.
darius - that's what mine looked like last year! which is why I dug them all but the grandmother plant out and planted some of them in my back bed. These that I'm getting rid of are the ones that have been out of the pot and in the garden for over a year. Now, the big pot is full of babies, and a few of these have made babies, too. I can't keep up with 'em. The babies might end up compost ... or packing material, or something.
Cheri'
ROFL @ the "Thats my story and Im stickin' to it" LOL I am dyin' here!!!!!!
Gads! I'm soooo depressed now. Turns out my bathroom scale is right!!!!!!!!!
=(
The box was 2 lbs, 14 oz. *sigh*
Annabellegabby - It's on it's way to you now.
Cheri'
Wooooooooo hooooooooooo I'm gettin' some mail!!! lol
ROFL Sundry, Youre not alone! lol I dont even try getting on it now. :-(...
Thanks Cheri daaaaa'lin from New Ahhhh'lins hehehe...too cute
Heck, you can get on yours? Mine backs away, quivering!
Hi, I sent you my address several times. The return replies came back, that daemon mailer thingie saying address invalid. I did try. I can get your emails, but evidently my return ones couldn't get through and I didn't want you to think I ignored you.
This message was edited Sep 17, 2003 6:38 PM
djm906, I'm so sorry this has happened! My mail server recently installed one of those spam filter things, and I guess it's filtering you out! How un-cool is that? If you want one for postage (see the note below) I'll send you my other email addy, and see if that works. I don't know if it will, since there's a filter on that one, too. =(
That makes three times I've had this problem. Something is going to have to give. Is your email an AOL addy?
Badseed - I rarely even think about getting on the scale - no news is good news - so when I do, I guess I catch it by surprise! LOL
Everyone who said they wanted one for postage - These darn plants are heavy! Why I didn't think about this before I'll never know. Sooooo If you don't want to pay the postage to get one (assuming this experiment works) I understand. The postage on the first one was $6.85.
Tomorrow I'm going to dig up and weigh a few of the little babies, see if I can pack up two or three of those in a box for less than a pound. If so, I'll offer that as an alternative. I just hate to compost these big healthy plants ...
Cheri'
Sundry!!!!! Omgosh, it arrived today!!!! Wow, it's hugeeeeeee LOL, I love it and your experiment worked wonderfully...not one place was mashed, no goo...nothing. I havent ever seen one this huge. What is the exact name of this??? Its not the like the aloe's we have here, well not that I have ever seen.
Wow, this made my day, I'm on my way out to the pots and get it inside it's new home!!!!! Thank you Thank you Thank you for letting me be your Guinea Pig, Im sure you will be sending alot of this out, anyone who loves these things like do, listen up...you have to have this, its way too awesome!!!! Makes me wonder what the grandparent looked like after seeing this???? lol
God Bless
JulieAnne
Woo Hoo! I'm so glad it arrived alive!! And I'm so glad you like it. =)
As far as I know this is a normal Aloe Vera plant. http://plantsdatabase.com/go/1367/
The grandmother plant is prolly 5 times that size, but she doesn't look so good, being crowded in her pot with her off-spring. Poor thing. I'm going to re-pot her and get rid of most of the offspring.
Your plant is at least a second year plant. Maybe third. I have a few more that size to get rid of, plus scads of first year plants and babies. Don't be surprised if it starts making babies next year. Then you can try finding homes for them, too. LOL!
I'm going to email everyone who said they were interested, and start a new thread to find homes for the rest.
Thanx for letting me know how it worked! I hope you enjoy your new plant.
Cheri'