Tässäpä muutama kuva kasvihuoneessa olevista väritattarista/japanilaisesta indigosta (Polygonatum tinctorium), se on tuo oikealla oleva kasvi, savipurkissa on timjamia:) Istutin osan purkkeihin, osan maahan kasvihuoneeseen ja osan ulos penkkiin. Jostain luin, että sitä pitää kasvattaa kuin tomaattia, paljon lämpöä, vettä ja ravinteita (meillä kompostia), saa nähdä nyt miten ne kasvavat eri paikoissa. Ainakin toistaiseksi ulkona olevat kasvavat samaa vauhtia kuin kasvihuoneessakin.Kasvihuoneeseen on myös jo kannettu saaveja krappia ym varten, tilasin myös kirjasen indigovärjäyksestä, erityisesti fermentoimalla, FieryFeltiltä Englannista viime viikolla. Kiva kokeilla onnistunko saamaan sinistä kasvihuoneessa. Jos tulee viileä kesä, niin voi olla että lämpötilat eivät pysy riittävän ylhäällä, katsotaan.
In English
Here are couple of pictures of my japanese indigos in my greenhouse, the indigos are the ones on the right, there is thyme in the left side pot. I planted some of them in big pots, some in bed in the greenhouse and rest in bed outside when I ran out of room in the greenhouse. I read somewhere that they should be grown like tomatoes, lots of warmth, water and nutritients (with me it means a lot of compost as I garden organically) so that is why some are in the greenhouse along with my tomatoes. So far the ones outside seem to be growing as good as the ones in the greenhouse, but I'll see by the end of the summer how I do it next year.
I have also my big buckets in the greenhouse ready for madder and other things. When (if) the weather gets sunnier and warmer I want to try fermenting indigo in the greenhouse. For that I have ordered a book about indigo dyeing from FieryFelts, it is always good to read other experiences and anyways one can never have too many books:)
You should be able to ferment beautifully in the greenhouse but if it gets cold at night wrap your vat up as I found that fermenting vats like to be the same temperature-or rather to be precise they don't seem to like abrupt changes in temperature. The Japanese Polygonum looks good. I have dyed with my first leaves which were from the tops of the plants Enys is selling at the Woolfest. ( A big festival of everything do do with wool this coming weekend) She picked the tops off to make them bush. I got a pale blue on some silk organza strips. I had not heard that comment about treatingthemlike toamtoes-that is very interesting.
ReplyDeleteThanks for ordering the book and the promotion! Bw helen
Leena, thank you for posting the photo of indigo plants. I've always wondered what they look like and never found a photo where individual plants are seen so beautifully. I've ordered indigo seeds (Indigo tinctoria) but the delivery was so late (the provider had been at some festival or something else) I planted them very late and they are just germinating. Some tiny green things are coming out and I wonder whether they will be indigos or just weeds. Now that I've seen you photo I must be able to tell which is which.
ReplyDeleteBye, Ladka
Hi Ladka,
ReplyDeleteI'll post a picture of Indigofera tinctoria Saturday, it looks different than this Japanese indigo, Polygonum tinctoria.