Jenny asks…
can you buy seeds to grow your own tea in australia?
i would like to grow some tea bushs to make geen tea thanks
GardenersCardiff answers:
Yes, Diggers Seeds have an online catalogue and can be ordered. They are a bit hard to grow from seeds. Can sometimes buy the plants fairly cheaply. It’s a species of camellia.
Our local nursery sells them.
They are sometimes available from ebay
Follow the link below, they have them for $2.85 a pack
http://www.organicsaustraliaonline.com.au/prod864.htm
Hope this helps
Lisa asks…
Click Here If You Have Grown Your Own Tea?
I like tea, and I heard that the stuff you buy in the grocery store has toxins from the chemicals and processing done to it. I plan to grow my own tea, harvest it, then add my own mix of flavours and see how it turns out. If it turns out well I might sell it. I need to know the following
What kind of tea do I need to grow?
How do I harvest it?
How long does it take to grow?
GardenersCardiff answers:
This would as difficult and tedious as trying to make your own wine by growing your own grapes. You can try it, but the results will likely be mediocre unless you invest a lot of time money and effort into it. On a personal scale, I don’t think it would be worth it.
It’s not easy, but if you have the money to order them $$$, then order several tea plants. It would be great if you have a big enough yard to plant at least a dozen tea shrubs. You will need the patience and knowledge on how to grow them, easily searchable online I guess. They will take a few years to get to a reasonable size. This process can take years, I am telling you. Its not instant gratification. You would also need to research on how to properly prepare the tea leaf buds for drying.
Mary asks…
how to grow your own tea Leafs?
thats it how do you grow tea leafs where do you get the seeds? what eve i need to know
GardenersCardiff answers:
You have to get the tea tree from New Zealand. The best bet is to contact a Maori Iwi. Iwi translates from Maori to English as I Wont It. Tea tree grows very well in America. It probaly grows better than Pohutikawa does in San Fransico.
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