Just got my first ever couple tea plants in Mccormick County in pots -- will see if I can keep them alive! Very grateful for your careful and thorough reference.
love that i moved to upstate SC where people are people and appreciate the incredible wonders of God all around us. Im just getting into growing my own tea plants and its great to have a local resource with a similar mindset to learn from, ill have to schedule a tour sometime soon!
I’m glad you shared this. I have a tea plant that I got from you that has to be a unique phenotype. It went from a small freeze damaged plant in March to just shy of 30” tall as of today, the rest are only 12-14” tall. I probably shouldn’t take a clone from a first year plant but I think clones from it will be worth having. Any special reason that you don’t take 2 nodes per cutting and scour/bury the lower of the nodes to pin roots faster? Also have you ever tried using Aloe Barbadensis as a cloning agent or actually stick a cutting inside an aloe chunk to root? Thanks Steve for the video!
The aloe part is interesting (never heard that one, so thanks). On the 2 leaves, if you bury the one it tends to rot before it roots. If you don’t bury it, the plant has too much aerial material and burdens (respires) faster than the roots can support. Seems to be the common experience- ours as well.
I agree with you, 100%. Working on my small holding with God's 'materials', His creation is so mindblowingly miraculous, it testifies to you! I've felt the brokenness in the creation since a child, but that's another story, I take hope in Him.
A great video, but I’m a bit confused by this and your other video on cloning tea plants: in this one you say july is ideal time to do it, but in the other one you make the cuttings in October, which is after the growing season (which surprised me)? Why did you take the cuttings in October?
Hi there, great video! Wondering what time of year is best to take cuttings? I'm in Northern Virginia 7b and my sinensis big leaf is exploding with growth right now. Thanks!
Wow Ebbie is unusual and worth saving on morphology alone - does it have any characteristics of interesting in a finished tea at all? I am guessing maybe not based on yeild and adding complexity to withering etc How old is the Walhalla mountain clone?
Ebbie is just now entering into taste testing this year so we’ll see. Walhalla dates back to 1850 or earlier (most likely 1800). The cuttings themselves are 3 years old and took 3 years to get any clones at all
Very useful, as usual; thank you for sharing! I lookedbat your website, boths seeds are out of stock and I did not find cutting. Do you know when will seeds or vegetatif material for propagation be available?
We don’t ship live plants (pickup only at our farm). Seeds will be back in late fall/winter (when fresh). We’ll post several times on IG and FB as seeds come in.
@@tablerockteacompany Thank you for the prompt response, Steve! I have joined your FB page so I could receive updates when the seeds are available. I spoke with Jennifer over the phone few minutes ago. What a helpful person. She listened politely and smilingly to my babbling (there is a lot of that) and greatly answered all my propagation and vegetative material transport questions. That was very nice really; I appreciate it! I am so glad I found your YT chanel!
Do you have to protect these special varieties from cross pollinating with the rest of your plants? If so, how do you keep cross pollination from happening?
The special ones are in a separate section, though I'm sure some cross pollination occurs. These are only for curiosity, not production (our production plants are all var. assamica). The cuttings from any, of course, will be an exact replica of the parent plant. In my book, "How to Grow and Make Tea," I talk about creating a special 'bari' for seed stock.
It needs to be kept in that humidity dome environment for at least a year. Then transplanted to a pot for another 2 years to get roots down before planting in the ground (I’m sure other people have different practices, but that’s what we have noticed)
@tablerockteacompany aaah , my greenhouse definitely gets a lot of sun so that's probably it. Thank you so much, your video have been so helpful and thank you for the quick reply 😊
lets say god made everything. ! including chance ,why cant plants use god way of chance?. why cant our observations of the world around us be true and also god exists. because god made the universe. than he made chance and evolution nad everything in between designed that way .
@@kewnst - yes, everything is in the context of a Creator. Of course events and change happen. That said (and having spent my life in the biological sciences), ‘genetic variation’ and classical ‘evolution’ are two very different animals (pun intended). I’m all for genetic variation - it’s undeniable. Classical evolution, however, is perhaps the most fundamentally unscientific theory ever proposed within these realms of study. Anyway, thoughtful comments and cordial comments are always appreciated. Best to you in your tea growing endeavors.
Just got my first ever couple tea plants in Mccormick County in pots -- will see if I can keep them alive! Very grateful for your careful and thorough reference.
Excellent! Best to you in the endeavor
love that i moved to upstate SC where people are people and appreciate the incredible wonders of God all around us. Im just getting into growing my own tea plants and its great to have a local resource with a similar mindset to learn from, ill have to schedule a tour sometime soon!
Stop by - we give tours all year round :)
I had to subscribe.I just got 2 types of tea plants.Yes,plants are proof of God.Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
Happy Thanksgiving
I absolutely agree. The main joy of gardening for me is seeing God’s miracles at work.
I’m glad you shared this. I have a tea plant that I got from you that has to be a unique phenotype. It went from a small freeze damaged plant in March to just shy of 30” tall as of today, the rest are only 12-14” tall. I probably shouldn’t take a clone from a first year plant but I think clones from it will be worth having.
Any special reason that you don’t take 2 nodes per cutting and scour/bury the lower of the nodes to pin roots faster?
Also have you ever tried using Aloe Barbadensis as a cloning agent or actually stick a cutting inside an aloe chunk to root? Thanks Steve for the video!
The aloe part is interesting (never heard that one, so thanks). On the 2 leaves, if you bury the one it tends to rot before it roots. If you don’t bury it, the plant has too much aerial material and burdens (respires) faster than the roots can support. Seems to be the common experience- ours as well.
I agree with you, 100%. Working on my small holding with God's 'materials', His creation is so mindblowingly miraculous, it testifies to you!
I've felt the brokenness in the creation since a child, but that's another story, I take hope in Him.
Thank you, great info!
Most welcome!
A great video, but I’m a bit confused by this and your other video on cloning tea plants: in this one you say july is ideal time to do it, but in the other one you make the cuttings in October, which is after the growing season (which surprised me)? Why did you take the cuttings in October?
The cuttings in October was an experiment (we were just starting out :)). It is best to make them in July. Sorry for the confusion.
Very helpful !
Glad to hear that!
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Hi there, great video! Wondering what time of year is best to take cuttings? I'm in Northern Virginia 7b and my sinensis big leaf is exploding with growth right now. Thanks!
We usually do the cuttings around beginning of July
Wow Ebbie is unusual and worth saving on morphology alone - does it have any characteristics of interesting in a finished tea at all? I am guessing maybe not based on yeild and adding complexity to withering etc How old is the Walhalla mountain clone?
Ebbie is just now entering into taste testing this year so we’ll see. Walhalla dates back to 1850 or earlier (most likely 1800). The cuttings themselves are 3 years old and took 3 years to get any clones at all
Very useful, as usual; thank you for sharing!
I lookedbat your website, boths seeds are out of stock and I did not find cutting. Do you know when will seeds or vegetatif material for propagation be available?
We don’t ship live plants (pickup only at our farm). Seeds will be back in late fall/winter (when fresh). We’ll post several times on IG and FB as seeds come in.
@@tablerockteacompany Thank you for the prompt response, Steve! I have joined your FB page so I could receive updates when the seeds are available. I spoke with Jennifer over the phone few minutes ago. What a helpful person. She listened politely and smilingly to my babbling (there is a lot of that) and greatly answered all my propagation and vegetative material transport questions. That was very nice really; I appreciate it! I am so glad I found your YT chanel!
Do you have to protect these special varieties from cross pollinating with the rest of your plants? If so, how do you keep cross pollination from happening?
The special ones are in a separate section, though I'm sure some cross pollination occurs. These are only for curiosity, not production (our production plants are all var. assamica). The cuttings from any, of course, will be an exact replica of the parent plant. In my book, "How to Grow and Make Tea," I talk about creating a special 'bari' for seed stock.
I was able to get a sprout from a cutting. How do I care for it now that it's sprouted? How often should I water?
It needs to be kept in that humidity dome environment for at least a year. Then transplanted to a pot for another 2 years to get roots down before planting in the ground (I’m sure other people have different practices, but that’s what we have noticed)
@@tablerockteacompany THANK YOU SO MUCH!
I followed these instructions, placed them in my greenhouse and they all turned brown after a couple days. Any idea what i did wrong?
It sounds like they were not kept moist enough and also that they were in too much direct sunlight
@tablerockteacompany aaah , my greenhouse definitely gets a lot of sun so that's probably it. Thank you so much, your video have been so helpful and thank you for the quick reply 😊
@@thecarolinacookery - you are most welcome. We always want to see people succeed, so feel free to ask any questions along the way
lets say god made everything. ! including chance ,why cant plants use god way of chance?. why cant our observations of the world around us be true and also god exists. because god made the universe. than he made chance and evolution nad everything in between designed that way .
@@kewnst - yes, everything is in the context of a Creator. Of course events and change happen. That said (and having spent my life in the biological sciences), ‘genetic variation’ and classical ‘evolution’ are two very different animals (pun intended). I’m all for genetic variation - it’s undeniable. Classical evolution, however, is perhaps the most fundamentally unscientific theory ever proposed within these realms of study. Anyway, thoughtful comments and cordial comments are always appreciated. Best to you in your tea growing endeavors.