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.jpgQuick 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 random, halfbakery