I like to drink tea and I like to grow plants.

Tea makes me feel good and the multiple plants around the house brighten up my day.

I propose that whatever brand tea bag company, places a single Curcuma Inodora seed in each tea bag.

I steep my tea and drink it.

I toss the used tea bag into any old pot prepaird with some soil.

If am lucky the seedling will sprout, if not I just drink some more tea and try again another time.

The discarded tea bags will act as fertizer as it decomposes.

I don't know why but this idea makes me smile.
-- Chefboyrbored, Nov 26 2006

Curcuma http://species.wiki...uma_aeruginosa1.jpg
Quick Pic. [Chefboyrbored, Nov 26 2006]

bless +
-- spiritualized, Nov 27 2006


unless the swallowed seed managed to sprout inside your stomach and come out your DAMN EARS, THEN I'LL KILL YOU
-- spiritualized, Nov 27 2006


Boiling water does not kill these seeds?
-- DrCurry, Nov 27 2006


Ms. Green absolutely loves this idea, and tips her hat to the new found baker. I don't care if the boiling does kill the seed, the thought of something useful to do with all my green tea bags is movtivating.

Yay! ++++
-- blissmiss, Nov 27 2006


//unless the swallowed seed managed to sprout inside your stomach and come out your DAMN EARS, THEN I'LL KILL YOU//

Um, what?
-- NotTheSharpestSpoon, Nov 27 2006


Excellent.

For those with a green tea thumb.
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Nov 27 2006


//The process was called Scarifacation I belive.//

Do you mean Scarification?

That is a form of body art where patterns, words or symbols are cut or gouged into the skin then allowed to heal into a "decorative" set of scars.
-- webfishrune, Nov 27 2006


//The process was called Scarification [edit] I belive.//

//Boiling water does not kill these seeds?//

Chile farmers use hot tea....//The process was called Scarification [edit] I belive.//

Webfishrune, I deleted that post but then looked it up it is called scarification, the word has two meanings.
-- Chefboyrbored, Nov 27 2006


Long time no phlish, modify I shall thanks for the input. Any suggestions by the way?
-- Chefboyrbored, Nov 27 2006


That is a thought, but I was hopeing for the effortless growing of decent looking indoor plants.

This could be a good thing though, you really wouldnt want a new plant with every pot of tea you made. It would be more random if one actually made it due to my poor ablility to manage time.

I heat the water and run to the shower, I get back toss my tea bag in the semi cooled water and enjoy my tea on the road. When I get to work I toss the tea bag in the grow pot next to my desk.

Weeks later....
-- Chefboyrbored, Nov 27 2006


+ I love this and would immediately like a coffee version.
-- xandram, Nov 28 2006



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