How to Grow Indigo Plants & Process It into Blue Dye

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 extracted 19g of pure indigo pigment. Also, there's a small error in the video - I used calcium hydroxide (pickling lime), not sodium carbonate (soda ash) in the extraction process. The full written instructions for this video are here: https://lovelygreens.com/homegrown-indigo-pigment-extraction/ Visit Bailiwick Blue for Indigo seeds and pigment: https://bailiwickblue.com/ 💚Please like, comment, and subscribe 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 📧 Free Newsletter Sign-up: https://www.subscribepage.com/lovelygreens 🧼 Natural Soapmaking Course: https://bit.ly/soapmakingcourse 📚 Get the Lovely Greens Book USA: https://amzn.to/3fKMij1 UK: https://amzn.to/3wkkW9g Canada: https://amzn.to/3wkkW9g More places: https://lovelygreens.com/a-womans-garden-grow-beautiful-plants-and-make-useful-things/ Indigo Hair Dyeing Video: https://youtu.be/Nxh-Zn8PPPU?si=vJ-Tg-2PCCrRkHb7 Rebecca Desnos Natural Dyeing: https://rebeccadesnos.com/ 🤩 Gardening Discount Codes: https://linktr.ee/lovely.greens 👋 Connect with me • https://lovelygreens.com/discover-lovely-greens/ • https://www.instagram.com/lovely.greens/ • https://www.facebook.com/lovely.greens.iom/ • Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lovelygreens *Lovely Greens is a participant in Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support. #garden #naturaldye #craft