Very fascinating to see the origin of indigo dye. Something you could try on next season's crop, putting the leaves in a muslin bag, or just a flat sheet folded to fit into your container, to filter out all the leaf matter at once. Also you could hang the bag over the container to let all the liquids in the leaves drain out. I am wondering if you could use an aquarium air pump to aerate the solution. It sure seems like it takes a lot of vigorous agitation to activate the reaction. And when you decanter the clarified liquid you could use a piece of clear tubing like wine makers do so as to not disturb the sediment on the bottom. I hope that these ideas are of some help on your next batch. I am most curious to see the outcome of your experiment. Are you you going to be making the items that you intend to dye? Good luck to your endeavors, cheers.
Love these ideas! I've seen pumps used for aeration, but don't mind the arm workout for now. I am definitely going to try the tube idea and maybe the bag idea!
@@ΝικολεταΠαπαβασιλειου Thank you for watching! it's called pickling lime, also called calcium hydroxide. I have written instructions on my blog: spindleandspoonhomestead.com/2024/06/24/how-to-extract-indigo-from-leaves/
@@eileenstevens8018 once the PH has been raised, the liquid is pretty harsh on the hands (dries out the skin) so I would recommend wearing gloves! But it's not dangerous stuff to touch.
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Very interesting!
Interesting! Thank you
I'm gonna do it...thank you
Very fascinating to see the origin of indigo dye.
Something you could try on next season's crop, putting the leaves in a muslin bag, or just a flat sheet folded to fit into your container, to filter out all the leaf matter at once. Also you could hang the bag over the container to let all the liquids in the leaves drain out.
I am wondering if you could use an aquarium air pump to aerate the solution. It sure seems like it takes a lot of vigorous agitation to activate the reaction.
And when you decanter the clarified liquid you could use a piece of clear tubing like wine makers do so as to not disturb the sediment on the bottom.
I hope that these ideas are of some help on your next batch.
I am most curious to see the outcome of your experiment.
Are you you going to be making the items that you intend to dye?
Good luck to your endeavors, cheers.
Love these ideas! I've seen pumps used for aeration, but don't mind the arm workout for now. I am definitely going to try the tube idea and maybe the bag idea!
Hello. thank you for this video. can you please write , what do you put to raise the ph , because i cannot understant?
@@ΝικολεταΠαπαβασιλειου Thank you for watching! it's called pickling lime, also called calcium hydroxide. I have written instructions on my blog: spindleandspoonhomestead.com/2024/06/24/how-to-extract-indigo-from-leaves/
Wondering if I left my fermenting too long. It does not smell good at all - not sweet. Should I discard and start over?
If the leaves are all brown and slimy, and it smells like rotting stuff, it has overfermented and you should discard and start over with fresh leaves.
Do you not have to wear gloves to protect your hands?
@@eileenstevens8018 once the PH has been raised, the liquid is pretty harsh on the hands (dries out the skin) so I would recommend wearing gloves! But it's not dangerous stuff to touch.