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Soil, Compost & Mulch
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Composting aloe vera

Katy
3 years ago

Im digging up about 100 aloe plants and want to compost them. What's the carbon/nitrogen ratio of aloe? I've added 3 or 4 aloe at a time to a hot pile before but couldn't tell their value other than the air they brought to the pile.

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