Playing the gardening version of chicken, I'd left these Aloe maculata (syn Aloe saponaria) planted out all winter, they were doing great thanks to our mild conditions. Late last week—when things took a turn—I pulled them, tossed them in a nursery flat and stuck them in the basement, figuring they'd be fine until I felt like dealing with them.![]()
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I know this aloe, I've grown it for years. This is what the roots look like...
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So what exactly is that!? Thank god it wasn't moving.![]()
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You, yes you...
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Huh, what do you know. Looks related.
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So now I'm wondering if I plant these little segments in the spring, will they take off and sprout purple oxalis leaves? Anybody?
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Weather Diary, Feb 16: Hi 49, Low 38/ Precip .01
That time came over the weekend. I went to shake off the excess soil and then pot them up, that's when I screamed, just a little bit. What the hell is that!?
Then I noticed that small little leaf on the right. Interesting. Inspired by the purple oxalis I saw in Austin during the Garden Bloggers Fling I had planted a couple, they never amounted to much and I kind of forgot about them. Could that be what the hideous, segmented, worm-root belonged to? Did it hitch a ride with the aloe?
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