Hey just thought I'd try growing my own tea plants. I got some seeds from a seed dealer on ebay and hopefully they'll sprout. My family's got this plot of land that is a north-facing slope and if they sprout I'll stick 'em in the soil there. It's in SoCal so I just hope it's not too dry and hot. I might have to build a little trestle over 'em.. I'm kind of winging this because there aren't a whole lot of sites with detailed instructions on how to grow tea. (Used to grow c*nnabis in my closet back in college so it'll be nice to finally be able to grow something I can put outdoors. :)
growing camilla sinensis from seed
Jan 30, 2005
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That should be a lot of fun. Just wondering - are you growing them for aesthetic purposes or do you plan on actually drinking the final product? It would be interesting to hear what "California Tea" tastes like!
growing to drink it! oh and that should have been "camellia" or "camillia" I think.. I can never remember that one.
Yep, definitely going to drink it if I can get 'em to grow. Maybe give out a couple oz. at christmas to friends and family.
I'm down in North County San Diego and have often wondered how a plant or two would do down here. It will be interesting to hear about your results. I remember checking out a couple of sites that had growing and processing instructions for the DIY tea folks. I'll have to check and see if I saved them in my favorites folder.
I also used to have this closet in the basement... but that's another story.
Blues
Kewl! Good luck - and, of course, you'll post progress reports and/or results?
LOL!
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