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 4 years ago (edited) 

Just to be clear, it didn't go into the soil with the aloe vera plant around it. Rather, I made sure the aloe juice was all over bottom of the sticks (by wrapping it momentarily and giving it a good rub) before pushing them into pre-prepared holes, as not to rub the juice off too much on their way in. And prior to this I scratched a little of the bark off each stick at the bottom. Apparently this helps too!