Saturday, September 6, 2008

in other news...

my 9 year old aloe plant is undergoing asexual procreation. i don't know what suddenly caused it to start sprouting now, but there it is.

it lives in the bathroom to protect it from the cat. aloes and cats are apparently natural enemies.

i bought it back in 1999 in a farmer's market in montreal. it's lived through 2 countries, and 6 moves. quite frankly, i'm surprised it's still alive. not only is it alive, it's apparently feeling quite vigorous.

from what i can find online, i need to wait until the sprout is about 4 inches, by which point, it should have developed its own root system. then i carefully separate it and re-pot it by itself. this ought to be interesting.

1 comment:

Jon-o said...

Hee! Mine's sprouting too - the 3rd sprout just emerged a week or so ago. The two others have been repotted and are doing nicely. Given enough light, these things seem almost indestructible...