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   This stuff, if mixed with a bit of raw sugar, will actually destroy
   bacteria in a wound.  I've seen it work over and over again.  We have
   cats.  Cats scratch.  My daughter hasn't learned not to get rough
   with the cats yet.  So.....we end up with all sorts of scratches and
   claw marks.  I sift a bit of the powder into the scratch, with a bit
   of the powdered raw sugar mixed in, and she's never had any trouble.
   Also works wonders on puncture wounds.  I use it on the cats for claw
   mark abcesses after they've broken open and drained.

From:   SANDRA PEAKE
   I'll tell you how I got my aloe, variety unknown, to flower. My
   windowsills are not very large, and get extremely crowded from time
   to time. (Like about now!)  THerefore, I got in the habit of knocking
   my aloe plant out of its pot once or twice a year, and pulling off
   all the suckers. All of them. THen I put it back into the same pot,
   about 4 inch size, with some fresh soil if needed.

   As soon as it got settled outside (we live in an area with lots of
   frost and snow for the winter), say, sometime in May, I'd harden it
   off and then leave it on the step where it got early morning and late
   afternoon sun. The leaves would change from a deep green to an
   orangish shade, and then the flower stalk would appear in late
   summer, with orangish flowers. I almost missed them because they were
   so much the same colour as the leaves by then. :-)

   I should mention the plant was several years old before it began
   flowering (and grew extremely top-heavy! :-))

   So...I assume root pruning and/or confining the roots will encourage
   flowering. Where they are planted to run wild, they expend themselves
   in colonizing by root and sucker spread, but when they come up
   against an impenetrable barrier, and use up all their space, they
   decide to have babies the old-fashioned way. :-)  At least, that is
   the way I read it.

   Maybe if you sink a steel barrier around the roots (big can??), and
   see what happens, you may get yours to flower.

From:   Mandy Carbery
   Thanks again for all the great info, it's certainly given me a lot of
   great ideas to start experimenting with.

   Firstly, I've been keeping mine in semi-shade as they seemed to grow
   well.

   I had a couple that were turning orangish and I thought that was due
   to overwatering. Unfortunately I just separated these last week and
   thought I was being really clever in getting 48 plants from two!

   Oh well, it looks like its back to the drawing board and starting
   again from scratch with all my baby aloes  . Summer has just ended
   here, so it looks like I'll be in for a long wait.

From:   Jessica Edwards
   This is my 2nd attempt at growing aloe, I grew it in Idaho when I
   lived there, but it was a while ago. Aloe is not only good for
   sunburn, but also for grease burns and coffee burns. IT is also good
   to make an aloe cream out of for Eczema users. My youngest has Atopic
   Psoriasis (excema) and I was told to put some of that on her.
   However, the plant needs to grow first. Or I need to buy alot more :)
   She is also taking flax oil internally with food in drinks or in
   other foods (this was recommended, as she is too small for the
   capsules) and I myself am taking Doctor's Choice for Women
   MultiVitamins. These are all Herbal and have been helping me a bit.
   Now to get on a regular diet 

From:   SANDRA PEAKE
   You seem to have enough to spare; so why not plant some out in full
   sun and keep notes, Mandy. You may find that the best plants
   (juiciest, prettiest, etc.) grow in the shade, but the ones that
   flower grow in full sun.

   Orangish is a reaction to sunlight. Overwatering should produce
   plants that wilt due to rotting at soil level. THe only way to rescue
   the latter is to repot in small pots, and water very sparingly until
   new growth is established. AAMOF, this is good advice to rescue any
   succulent that is fading from too much water - repot in fresh porous
   mixture (sand is OK in a pinch) and dribble the water on carefully
   every few days, approx. one day after you think it is needed. After
   new leaves appear and are growing strongly, you may resume watering
   more liberally, but still with restraint.

   If you can keep them outdoors all year, why not reset some of those
   infants into a restricted area right away, and simply watch what
   happens? Many perennials in our area are fine set out in fall
   (comparable to your current season.)

From:   Jessica Edwards
   LT>     The cinnamon basil is coming up, the nasturtium has been
   transplanted out into the garden, and the camomile is coming up great
   guns.  No sign yet of the licorice basil or the lavendar, but they do
   take a bit longer.  Oh and the parsley is up and going great guns
   too.

   Kat, where do I get the cinnamon basil? I bought aloe, parsley,
   chives and mint last weekend in Oregon. Will be transplanting them
   into a pot this weekend as well as planting the pansy seeds.

   Just bought the potting soil and top soil today. The way OUR soil
   is around this 4-plex, I'd be safer just planting in pots. The
   soil is mostly clay with very very little topsoil or dirt. :(

   From:   Patricia Christmas
   BL>     1996-Mar        WBC= 14,400; physician had a bad case of
   "Doc Shock".  He re-confirmed that this report was from MY blood
   and not another patient.

   Hi,  Buzz,

   Was Mr.  Frazier ever able to duplicate his results,  or was this
   just a  fluke that coincided with his aloe treatment?  Have
   similar results been  reported from other patients who have tried
   this treatment,  if any?    Also,  has he reported any problems
   with the purging that aloe can cause  when taken internally?

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