How to Grow Indigo Plants & Process It into Blue Dye
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- Tips on how to grow and extract indigo pigment from homegrown plants. This method uses a variety of Japanese indigo, suited best for cooler climates. From this small batch, I was able to extract 19g of pure indigo pigment.
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00:00 Introduction
02:45 How to Grow Indigo
04:14 Harvesting Indigo
05:24 Extracting Indigo from Leaves
10:54 Final Words on Growing and Extracting Japanese Indigo
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This is the best video on the topic I've found. You didn't waffle, your steps were clear, and you explained the reasoning behind everything. Just a fantastic video.
Thank you so much 💙
Nice to know there is an Indigo suited to cooler climes.
Yes. absolutely
That is great information
This video was great! It would be fascinating to see other videos of the additional dye plants you're growing. Thanks!
Thank you, and I'll keep it as an idea, especially when the madder is ready for harvesting 🙂
I would be interested to see you process other plants, as well. I'll be growing indigo, woad and a couple of others this coming year and, honestly, haven't thought much beyond the planting. @@Lovelygreens
This was so fascinating! I teach biology and I think I may incorporate this in the lab. Thank you for the lovely education, Tanya!
My pleasure - your kids would be fascinated! A good friend teaches hot process soapmaking in her chemistry class and hers love it! Practical science at its best 👌
That's-amazing-I-would-have-loved-this-at-schoolx
I have an entirely new appreciation for indigo products. Great presentation!!
I am growing Indigo for the first year and it isn't really hitting of.... So I thought, let's seek for tips and tricks. Only to find one of my most favourite YT-ers has already made this super clear video and I missed it....!! Thank you so much! 💙
You are most welcome! 💙😊
Must appreciate how patient and hardworking person you are
WOW! What a process! And your indigo came out so blue 💙 thank you for the video!
SO blue! It's incredible 😍 💙
What a wonderful interesting video. You have a lot of patience and it paid off. Thank you for sharing this experience it really does inspire.
You're most welcome! A lot of the process was just waiting, but it was exciting seeing the colour develop and the pigment settle out each time.
Great video Tanya. On a different topic find the music very relaxing in this one, After building my birdie planters and filling with soil now I know how Josh must of felt.
Next job is to plant them up once I know what is being planted.
Haha! Poor Josh. He's such a good sport with helping me in the garden :) Congratulations on your Birdies Beds! I'm sure they'll fill up before you know it 🙌
Excellent video, thank you tor sharing the process and stages of how to make the dye. It was interesting to watch from start to finish. Regards.
Wow, the process of growing & extracting the Indigo is so fascinating!! U ROCK!!
I loved this video. I didn’t realize there were so many indigo cultivars. It’s good to know there is one for my colder climate. The one you grew was quite a handsome plant. I am planning a herbal dye garden because I spin fiber and I am very interested in dying fiber/yarn. Have a great week Miss Tanya! TeresaSue.
Bravo Tanya!
Thanks for the video 💝💔💝
You're most welcome 💙
Hard work paid off. Well done. Keep sharing🎉
Very interesting, Tanya. I look forward to seeing the blue soap.
I love this slow process, it looks so peaceful. It's also my first time seeing that siphoning technique. Thank you!
I'll try to learn the biochemistry of this too so I could better understand the dye and improve the filtration process.
I've not seen the siphoning technique, either, but it makes more sense to me doing it that way and not disturbing the indigo sediment.
Beautiful 🌿💙
Thank you for sharing!
Thank you! Cheers!
What a great process.
Thank uou Tanya for sharing this info about indigo plants❤
My pleasure 😊
Such a beautiful pigment. I enjoyed seeing the process.
Very beautifully explained and demonstrated.thanknyoubsooo much
I would LOVE a series on natural plant dyes. Maybe you could make a playlist. Natural grays, browns, greens, yellows, oranges, reds, violets, and blues. 🪴🌈🌱❤️🌿
You should find my friend Rebecca Desnos on Instagram 🩷
I love learning from your channel! Thank you for sharing💜
My pleasure 💚
Incredible process! Thanks for sharing.
This was amazingly informational. I am researching teaching natural fabric dyes with my elementary art students. Your video made it look achievable! Thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful!
Great idea and instructions. More vids like this please.
More to come!
Thank you so much for the information!
This was so fantastic! Thanks so much for all the steps. So cool.
Oh.. My gosh.. Amazing experience.. Congratulations for your dedication and thanks sharing with us ♥️ good luck with your soap making. 😇
Love it, I worked for Cone Denim, centuries ago and loved the smell of all the denim. The indigo was magical to watch. TY! Might have to try to grow it.
amazing. thanks for sharing this!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for making this video. I am wanting to make some natural dyes in every color and this will help with the blue color.
Wao! What a wonderful video to watch. I was mesmerized with your demonstration. Thank you Tanya for your teaching.
It's my pleasure 🙏
What a amazing video, thanks a lot
Very informative and inspirational, Thanks
What-a-great-video-to-watch.Also-enjoying-your-dying-ideas-in-your-book-toox
Thank you, Lissy 💙
Nice tutorial ! Thx u so much !!
Thank you . Really interesting
interesting tanya
I have so many questions....! But definitely a very informative and interesting video.
They look a lot like basil! Thanks for the video…love it as usual
You're most welcome, Roxanne 💙
Thank you!
Amazing🎉
So interesting.
Thank you I’ve been wanting to paint with natural colors and I’ve been really wanting to do a Cubhouse too with the natural colors and you can do a lot of stuff with it. Thank you. This video is amazing so I live in Utah with it in Utah.
You are most welcome! How interesting to use indigo for paint 😍
I seem to remember the ancient Britons used to use something called 'woad' to make a blue dye to paint themselves with. I must say that your flowers look very nice!
Woad has the same blue pigment as indigo but just a smaller amount! It grows easily in temperate climates, though, even becoming invasive in some non-native areas.
Wow! Makes me think.........who the heck discovered how to do this? Yikes! Absolutely Amazing!
Thank you for your video, lovely garden! Have you ever used Calcium Hydroxide aka Slaked Lime to precipitate and alkalize your extraction?
I grew JI for the first time last summer, central California in 90+ degree weather and it did very nicely. I got 3 good pigment extractions and lots of fresh leaf extractions. I saved much seed as well. I love your technique and have learned new approaches. Thank you. 🌱
Wow that was fantastic to watch. Thank you for sharing. Where did you get your seeds from? I would love to try to extract some indigo. That was a brilliant video Tanya. Thank you. X
I'm so pleased that you enjoyed it. What a fascinating process! 💙 I got my seeds from Bailiwick Blue bailiwickblue.com/collections/seed/seed
Do you have a video using the powder you make?
Thank you Tanya! This is perfect -- l loved seeing your process. Would the same steps be involved in extracting dye from Dyer's Woad? and is it as blue as the Japanese Indigo?
Yes, absolutely, but as I understand it, woad doesn't contain as much indican as indigo. So you'll get less dye and less vibrant blues from it. That's how the introduction of indigo to the European market destroyed woad as a crop in the 16th and 17th centuries.
@@Lovelygreens Thank you!
Hello Tanya Lovely Greens. Making indigo looks like a very rewarding task. You have the patience of Job. Good to see. By the way , Can i send you a couple of pairs of faded Levis ?😄
Now I want to plant indigo...
😍😍😍wow!! thankyou so much for taking us along on your indigo extraction. Such nature magic! This is right up my alley! As a soapmaker, I can't wait to see your indigo soap made from this. Also I have a question for you.. Well a couple of questions actually😅So, I live in a hot climate, opposite to you i guess in the Isle of Man, could you tell me if there is an indigo variety that's suited to the hot north of Australia? And if so, can it be processed in the same way that you have here? I'd love to see you make some indigo dyed fabric as a future video idea if you are so inclined too, that would also be amazing! Love your work Tanya, you are a true garden goddess 😍
Aww, thank you! 💙 there are indigos native to Australia, such as one of the plants I show a photo of early on. I'm not sure about its dye potential for blue, though! I imagine growing many temperate to subtropical plants is challenging for you due to heat, low humidity, and water scarcity in the soil. True indigo Indigofera tinctoria and Japanese indigo would probably be among them. They like lots of moisture and indirect light, if possible. But as I believe, where there's a will, there's a way!
This is awesome 😎 I live in Humid climate aka New Orleans! I would love to get some
Plants 🌱 do you have a link ? Or seeds 😊
I'm not too sure about US sources but Google might be able to help 🙂
can you recommend where I can buy a plant or get fresh seeds to grow kojyoko indigo plant??
thanks for the video!
In Britain, where I live, you can get seeds from Bailiwick Blue. Thats where mine is from.
Hello Tanya. I need an advice. Recently I received my seeds but its May already. What do you think is the best solution . To keep them till next season or try to plant.? I live in Toronto. Not sure if it's enough time to get a harvest . By the way is it perennial ? May be i should put in the pot this year?
Indigo seeds need to be sown in the same year as you get them because after their first year, they lose most of their viability.
Indigo blue is not instant gratification is it? But so worth it. Great informative video.
You've definitely got to work for it, but the reward is dazzling 😍 Thank you
Is the benefit of doing multiple rinses mostly to make sure it's just the indigo/no leftover soda ash?
Yes, as well as other impurities, as I understand it. If the indigo is going to be used for soapmaking, it's a good idea. I know that some people who extract indigo for textile dyeing don't bother, though.
How much patience you have to gradually show all the steps, great...
Can you grow the entire plant indoors if you have to? Where I am the summers get so hot.
Oh! And can you ferment Woad like this too?
It probably won't flourish as a houseplant, but there's no harm trying. Not only does it need warmth and sun but high humidity, which you won't have in the house. As for woad - yes, this is how you would extract woad pigment, too :)
@@Lovelygreens Does adding sugar to the vat help fermentation along? Sorry all these questions. 😅
I made an oops! I dried the indigo in the sun after each harvest. (I read somewhere that was the process!) Now that I have dried indigo grown from seed, is it possible to still ferment and use it?
You can, but it won't give you as much blue dye as fresh leaves. Dried indigo leaf is what's used for dark hair dye rather than blue dye!
Did you record the weight of the plant material used? Just curious about the ratio of plant:powder dye
No, I didn't
@Lovelygreens no worries, still helpful information either way 😁 I plan to do some tests myself to figure out exact yields.
Now I want to grow some. I do need the cooler climate seeds. I have died wool long ago with indigo. That indigo required urine/ urea? and it looked green in the tub, but once exposed to oxygen it started turning blue. Must be a different plant.
You used urine? I've not heard of that in modern dyeing before.
@@Lovelygreens Yes. That was years ago when I was a member of a weaving guild.
Instead of pouring back and forth, wouldn't a bubbler do the job with less strenuous exercise?
I have one pump from making a bubbler for worm "tea" which does require aeration.
I'm in a temperate rainforest zone, so both woad and one variety of indigo will grow.
I saw a video on a historical channel where they processed woad, it's colour has more green, but it's equally beautiful.
Yes, a bubbler would work, but that's just another expense and gadget that, for most people, would be unnecessary. What's wrong with exercise? 🙂
Mother nature is absolutely amazing that one can get blue pigment from green leaves.
I totally agree!
Curious. Do you do your native blue woad?
I have in the past, but it's inferior to indigo when it comes to the amount of pigment it contains.
@@Lovelygreens ok.
Where can I find the seeds? Do they like warm or cold weather? What type of soils do they like acidic or alkaline
Indigo likes sub-tropical conditions - it dies if it approaches freezing. Seeds are supplied by various companies and individuals. What country are you in?
Can this be food coloring?
Indigo isn't food safe, but you can grow and use butterfly pea flower for vivid blue food colouring 💙
Labour off love Tania 🥰😊
Wish i was there, i would love to help you out for free.. i love gardning! I'd entertain Maggie and Cosmo... Right now i have a fever but nothing is better then Tanya and her garden!!
Thank you and speedy recovery, Jeanine! 💙
Is greaseproof paper aka parchment paper?
It's waxed paper that doesn't allow oil or water through. Waxed baking paper.
@@Lovelygreensso I was just googling, various ways... and finally hit upon what is greaseproof paper called in the US? And the answer was parchment paper. It's actually a silicone treated paper that doesn't leak. The old fashioned wax paper (what my childhood sandwiches were wrapped in before ziplock bags) does leak if it gets a crease & the wax cracks.
It still entertainings me the differences across the pond in our common language.
I'm retired in the foothills of the Cascades in SW Washington state, so indigo wasn't even on my radar until you introduced me to this species.
So thanks again.
Can it be used in food? Or is it toxic?
I'm not sure how toxic it is, but it's not food safe. For homegrown natural blue dye, grow butterfly pea flowers.
Can’t you leave some to grow seeds?
You can - they seed prolifically, whether you want the plants to or not 🙂
Can i still do that without a greenhouse 😢?
It depends on your climate. Indigo is a subtropical plant that doesn't grow well or produce much dye in cool climates.
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Happy birthday!
@@Lovelygreens thankyou 🎉💐💐👍
We grow blue indigo in New England USA no problem whatsoever
Can u send me powder?
Sorry, no. But you know how to grow your own now.