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How to Grow Indigo Plants & Process It into Blue Dye
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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 was able to extract 19g of pure indigo pigment.

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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

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36 Comments

  3. Phil Taylor

    Great video Tanya. On a different topic find the music very relaxing in this one, After building my birdie planters and filling with soil now I know how Josh must of felt.
    Next job is to plant them up once I know what is being planted.

  10. Alpine Reid

    Thank you Tanya! This is perfect — l loved seeing your process. Would the same steps be involved in extracting dye from Dyer's Woad? and is it as blue as the Japanese Indigo?

  21. Jen Larsen

    This video was great! It would be fascinating to see other videos of the additional dye plants you're growing. Thanks!

  24. kim allard

    Wow that was fantastic to watch. Thank you for sharing. Where did you get your seeds from? I would love to try to extract some indigo. That was a brilliant video Tanya. Thank you. X

  25. J inabottle

    Wish i was there, i would love to help you out for free.. i love gardning! I'd entertain Maggie and Cosmo… Right now i have a fever but nothing is better then Tanya and her garden!!

  28. boop

    😍😍😍wow!! thankyou so much for taking us along on your indigo extraction. Such nature magic! This is right up my alley! As a soapmaker, I can't wait to see your indigo soap made from this. Also I have a question for you.. Well a couple of questions actually😅So, I live in a hot climate, opposite to you i guess in the Isle of Man, could you tell me if there is an indigo variety that's suited to the hot north of Australia? And if so, can it be processed in the same way that you have here? I'd love to see you make some indigo dyed fabric as a future video idea if you are so inclined too, that would also be amazing! Love your work Tanya, you are a true garden goddess 😍

  36. ninemoonplanet

    Instead of pouring back and forth, wouldn't a bubbler do the job with less strenuous exercise?
    I have one pump from making a bubbler for worm "tea" which does require aeration.
    I'm in a temperate rainforest zone, so both woad and one variety of indigo will grow.
    I saw a video on a historical channel where they processed woad, it's colour has more green, but it's equally beautiful.

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