vomiting aloe vera

19 years ago

Have you ever heard of this? I am NOT kidding. I have a large, potted aloe vera plant. The "arms" are about 15" long. We had an unexpected freeze here in January and it got frozen, poor thing. I brought it in and just let it sit in a warm, dry spot. The majority of the arms turned black and gushy, BUT the center of the plant pushed out some beautiful new arms...all green and shiny. I was so happy. Yesterday, I was on the phone when I heard a LARGE "splat" noise. I could not imagine what it was. I walked over to the area from whence it came and the AV had simply EXPLODED, for lack of a better word. All the new green shoots were on the floor, all the black arms had fallen off and there was AV "guts" ALL OVER the walls. Is that the craziest (%&$^#*# thing you've ever heard of?

Has this happened to anyone?

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Comments (7)

cactuscrazy
19 years ago
lol too many magic mushrooms? wow thats weird ive had aloes of all types and they've never done that! maybe a deathwish?
-cactuscrazy
mamamermaid
Original Author
19 years ago
I KNOW! We (my friends and I) have been trading hilarious "reasons" all day. It was just the strangest thing that I've ever seen. I left the guts on the wall (and EVERYwhere else) just so that my husband would believe me!
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mrbrownthumb
19 years ago
Maybe it was a case of spontaneous aloe combustion.
tanyag
19 years ago
I would have paid to see pics. LOL! Maybe all the frozen liquid thawed out and it had taken in more through the roots and just couldn't handle it anymore! I don't know, but that is crazy.
bizzylizzy
19 years ago
Everytime I don't visit the GW for a while, I come back and there's always something hilarious going on in the C&S forum. Someone should compile all these "true" stories into a book. Good stuff ;o).
chickadeedeedee
19 years ago
The dead plant material inside started to decompose and ferment. When the pressure got too great, the walls of the remaining plant structure ruptured and your aloe up-chucked veraly. :-)

C3D
ymaddox
19 years ago
nothing some phenergan won't fix :).