Japanese Green Tea Camellia sinensis Fresh Seeds Grow Your own Tea...

Japanese Green Tea Camellia sinensis Fresh Seeds Grow Your own Tea - Herb Seeds (5)

Green tea Camellia sinensis Zone 6b - 11a Germination time : 4 to 8 weeks Ideal Germination temperature: 60-78°F Sowing depth: 1/4 inch. Light: Full sun - part shaded You can grow it outdoors in Zone 8 or above.(Zone 6b - 7 may need winter protection) Or if you're colder than that, you can grow it in a greenhouse or a pot that you bring indoors in the winter. Germination Guide: 1. Soak the seeds in water for 24 hours. take out the sinking seeds and go to step 2. Most of them should be sinking. *****(If you found any floating seeds do not throw them away yet, Keep soaking them until they sink. Change water every 1-2 days. This could take up to 7 days ) 2. This step is optional: File / cut / crack open the shell. This may speed up germination. ( Some shell may be cracked already, it's normal ) 3. Sow the cracked seeds about 1/4 deep in a container with well drained soil. 4. Water the soil until it's moisten ( not wet ). Cover the container with plastic wrap. ( This will keep the seeds in a constant moist environment, It also trap a little heat. ) 5. Place the container in a warm place. ( around 60°F - 78°F ). Keep soil moist, do not let it dry out. 6. Normally seeds would germinate within 4 - 8 weeks. 7. Transplant the tea plant seedlings into 8-inch pots filled with potting soil once they produce two sets of mature leaves, or four leaves total. Move the pots to a sheltered area under very light shade with morning and late afternoon sun. 8. Grow the tea plants under light shade for two to three months, or once they grow to 1 foot in height. Provide an inch of water weekly. Acclimate the shrubs to direct sun over the course of seven to 10 days in early autumn. 9. Transplant the tea plants into a permanent bed with acidic, consistently moist soil in the fall after the first rain. Space them at least 15 feet apart. Provide light shade during the shrub's first summer in the ground to prevent stress.

• Green tea Camellia sinensis
• Zone 6b - 11a
• You can grow it outdoors in Zone 8 or above.(Zone 6b - 7 may need winter protection) Or if you're colder than that, you can grow it in a greenhouse or a pot that you bring indoors in the winter.
• Germination time : 4 to 8 weeks
• Light: Full sun - part shaded