Free: 2 GIANT ALOE BABIES - Gardening - Listia.com Auctions for Free Stuff

FREE: 2 GIANT ALOE BABIES

2 GIANT ALOE BABIES
A member of Listia gave this away for free!
Do you want FREE stuff like this?
Big yes    Big no
Listia is 100% Free to use
Over 100,000 items are FREE on Listia
Declutter your home & save money
La times

"Listia is like EBay, except everything is free" - Los Angeles Times
Techcrunch

"An Awesome Way To Give And Get Free Stuff" - Michael Arrington, TechCrunch
This Stuff is Free Too:
Description

The listing, 2 GIANT ALOE BABIES has ended.

Giant Aloe babies. This auction is for 2 plants taken from my prolific giant aloe!

I had only 1 aloe plant & did not know they bloomed until a few years ago when the spectacular stalk similar to the blooms pictured appeared. The bloom is amazing & very long lasting. The stem that the blooms appear on can be tall. I have had them reach 4 feet tall with blooms spanning 2 feet. The color pictured is the only color mine have ever displayed.

But, I started out with one tiny plant as shown in the pics. I have divided one huge pot of aloe recently, and have 20 or more babies in pots. I still have another huge family to divide and need to find homes for the babies.

The auction is for 2 babies that have already started to grow since I divided one mother plant. They are similar to the 3 small plants pictured, but not the same plants. I will ship as bare root unless I can find some small pots to place them in. These are almost self maintenance. In the winter, I move them into my sun room and water about once a month. During warm weather, I move them into a semi-shaded area (under trees or other spots) that offer some protection until the plants acclimate to full sun.

Once they get used to full sun, they are fine in the sun. But the tender babies should be kept in indirect sunlight until they toughen up!..

The parent plant can produce hundreds of babies that even grow out the drain holes if you don't divide them.

To divide them, i roll the huge parent plant into the yard and just dump the plant & dirt ball onto the ground. Then I pull the babies from the root ball & replant them into their own pots.

I have included pics of the parent plant, a pic of the plant that still needs to be divided, a pic of the bloom that is on a 4-ft. stalk and a pic of 3 babies. The babies will continue to grow until auction ends.

These plants are succulents that can survive out of soil and water for several days & are easy to ship.
FREE SHIPPING of these 2 plants!
Questions & Comments
Picture?type=square&access token=105469222550%7cd qfyki0ggnddypmnoq3ykmtsyq
i missed your first one and i asked about a mother well i decided to try for a baby thanks =)
Jul 3rd, 2012 at 6:11:10 AM PDT by
Picture?type=square&access token=105469222550%7cd qfyki0ggnddypmnoq3ykmtsyq
I have not listed a big plant yet because I am not sure about the shipping. It cost almost $10 to ship the 3 babies. That sorta scared me away from trying to ship a large plant. I figured shipping online and thought I could ship for a bit more than $5; but when I went to the post office, the actual shipping for 3 babies was $9.50 with confirmation. It would probably be that much or more to ship a big plant. However, the babies I ship are pretty big now. I hope to divide another 2 mother plants while off for the 4th. Then I will have some tiny babies that won't cost much to ship. I have baby aloe crawling out drain holes and spilling over the edges of planters!
Jul 3rd, 2012 at 7:30:54 AM PDT by
Picture?type=square&access token=105469222550%7cd qfyki0ggnddypmnoq3ykmtsyq
i would do a gin for 3000 if you could do it =)
Jul 3rd, 2012 at 6:12:06 AM PDT by
Picture?type=square&access token=105469222550%7cd qfyki0ggnddypmnoq3ykmtsyq
I just updated with a 3333 GIN. Added the 333 due to Listia GIN transaction fee charges. My amount would be 3000; Listia gets 333. I am learning!!
Jul 3rd, 2012 at 7:38:58 AM PDT by
Original
can we this one's sap for medicine?
Jul 3rd, 2012 at 7:38:16 AM PDT by
Picture?type=square&access token=105469222550%7cd qfyki0ggnddypmnoq3ykmtsyq
Yes, it is aloe...just more of it. My grand sons use it for sunburns.
Jul 3rd, 2012 at 7:41:17 AM PDT by
Picture?type=square&access token=105469222550%7cd qfyki0ggnddypmnoq3ykmtsyq
I noticed my GIN is not working. Don't know why.
Jul 3rd, 2012 at 7:42:07 AM PDT by

2 GIANT ALOE BABIES is in the Home & Garden | Gardening category