How to Grow Perfect Chamomile From Seed (And Use In The Kitchen)

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Ай бұрын

Chamomile, or chamomilay if you're a true Epic Gardener, has become one of our favorites to plant once and harvest forever. Kevin and Ana show you how to grow it AND turn it into a chamomile simple syrup.
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@AnnikaVictoria24 Ай бұрын

I too call it "shamamolay" thanks to you, and annoy everyone in my life 😂

@adyscript Ай бұрын

So I’m in our kitchen listening, and I’m like, “what in the world is he talking about? Chamomo-wha??” Oh, he’s doing that again 😂

@marmaladesunrise Ай бұрын

😂😂😂🫣!!! It's actually kind of cute!!!

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

@adyscript Ай бұрын

@@epicgardening you always keep things entertaining 😊 as well as informative. Thank you ❤️ I’m kinda sad i can’t really do a garden this year, so I’m living vicariously through you and others who are killing it!

@bethb8276 Ай бұрын

I knew when I saw the subject he was going to say it that way at least once. 😂

@gwackamoley Ай бұрын

Today i was out in the garden and saw a chamomile (growing in the path around my garden beds.), proceeded to say it as kevin does, and giggled with a smirk in my face. 😂 ya gotta keep it fun! Thank you for chamomilay!

@porororo2023 Ай бұрын

M Night Chamomelay? Timothee Chamomelay?

@stevebenjaminsmusic Ай бұрын

Using the blueberry harvester is genius - it takes sooo long to harvest one-by-one!

@NicolaiAAA Ай бұрын

I 100% started watching this video just because I knew you were going to pronounce it like that and it makes me laugh so much. 🤣

@paullee5017 Ай бұрын

Me too 😆

@stac1savage Ай бұрын

The super booper… 😆 You can trim them back using micro booping actions…. 😆 Love the random bits of humor sprinkled throughout. Thanks for keepin it fun 💚🌱

@EarthLordGardening Ай бұрын

I make a shamanolay tea for my girlfriend, she loves it because it really helps control her anxiety. She started using it with the children she watches to calm them down after bouncing off the walls time is over. I also grind it and put it with other herbs that calm anxiety n make capsules.

@Leapolds Ай бұрын

I love the direction this channel is going with these herb n healing flower videos!

@erukaseven Ай бұрын

Eric at it again.

@wikedkhaleesi Ай бұрын

I sowed my german chamomile from Botanical Interests on my birthday in January and I have soooo many plants this year. It's my favorite tea plant ever!!

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

Love to hear it!

@JustMichiganDave Ай бұрын

I remember an ex-girlfriend left some packets of chamomile tea in a cabinet and I forgot about it, a while later I noticed something odd, it had started to sprout out of the box. Apparently it isn't a difficult thing to grow.

@davidthedeaf Ай бұрын

Wow. It had seeds in it? Usually it is picked prior to seed formation, or so I thought. So did you plant the sprouts?

@DebRoo11 Ай бұрын

Never let a girl who grows chamomile go 😅

@FrozEnbyWolf150 Ай бұрын

I never had this much luck with it. I had to buy actual seeds, and when they sprouted, they grew slowly and died in the summer heat despite being in partial shade.

@TDAEON Ай бұрын

Now that's funny 😁

@bradical2723 Ай бұрын

A bit too moist in your cupboards aye? 😂

@unclebubbaknowseverything9143 Ай бұрын

Speaking of mispronounced plants... My Dad and I were at a garden center and were on different isles looking for a couple of fruit trees.. He hollered over at me that the "Papa-Ya trees are half off!!" My brain kinda short circuited as I walked over to see this new variety of fruit tree I'd never heard of... The sign read Papaya. And I laughed and laughed... 🤪😜😁

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

I say it that way too!

@lanetower3411 Ай бұрын

I remember when quinoa first became popular. No one could pronounce it.

@bethb8276 Ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@cremebrulee4759 Ай бұрын

@@epicgardeningWhy? You should know the correct pronunciation of plants since you sell them. It matters.

@melstark3466 Ай бұрын

I love mixing chamomile with peppermint leaf for a wonder iced tea in the summertime

@Zay_562 Ай бұрын

Yay shamomalay!!!

@TDAEON Ай бұрын

Lol your comment had a translate to English option. 😂

@Zay_562 Ай бұрын

@@TDAEON 😂

@catiepower3550 Ай бұрын

My grandma used to make chamomile tea. She called it baby tea. It’s a staple in my house still. Planting it again this year.

@saracrum1487 Ай бұрын

Chamomile tea during anxiety attack is GOAT 🎉

@lelurve Ай бұрын

Randomly saw this video and your comment. Let me try that tonight as I have been having anxiety this past couple days

@shellyhughes7270 Ай бұрын

I haven’t planted chamomile in 3 years, but it is all over my garden every year. I just go around the garden and dig up the clumps and put them in a planter where I want them. I still have a mason jar with dried chamomile for tea from last summer. I love the little blueberry scooper, it makes harvesting so much faster and easier.

@jordanwhitecar1982 Ай бұрын

Started my chamomile seeds back in january under grow light...i sprinkled 10-20 seeds per cell in a 72 cell tray...in years past i never got a single seed to germinate...i got nearly 100 germination this year...thinned it to 2 plants per cell. Ended up planting 12 cells to a resin "barrel" pot...it's now overgrowing my garden... 😊 still no flowers yet though 🙃

@vincients569 Ай бұрын

Sowed chamomile 3 years ago. I've never had to sow it again always at least 30+ volunteers every spring and the pollinators adore it. It does seem to attract flies (pollinators as well but more prone to coming in my house 💀) a lot more than any other flowers that end up iny herb bed.

@Plantandpeoplecarer Ай бұрын

Proud to be a chamarmolay Epic Gardener 🎉🎉🎉

@gendeb9666 Ай бұрын

😂😂😂 👍

@Plantandpeoplecarer Ай бұрын

@Tele.gram.Me..EpicGardening02 go away with your fake profile, stop using Epic Gardening photos 🤬🤬🤬

@sonyahogan5673 Ай бұрын

Just harvested a quart of flowers this morning! Shamomalay Syrup for the win!!!

@TDAEON Ай бұрын

I so hope you put that on the label. Those that know, will know. 😊

@Chet_Thornbushel Ай бұрын

I love how cold hardy it is. We have a 4x3 area of our garden dedicated mostly to chamomile and there are always a couple plants that will overwinter, even here in zone 5! Those plants get a head start on blooming while the seeds start germinating. I often dig up some of the volunteers and pot them nicely to gift them to people 😊

@hettar7 Ай бұрын

I am really enjoying having different guests on this channel. Maybe i'll try chamomile next year.

@lorianderson2008 Ай бұрын

SO HAPPY to see more of Ana. Just can't get enough.

@PNW_ana Ай бұрын

This comment made my day!!! ❤

@doodlesthegoose7085 Ай бұрын

I need more chamomile in my life! This is awesome as I'm working on homemade soda recipes! It's also great to use it when making cannabis tinctures along with lemon balm, honey and decarbed bud. I call it my sweet dreams tincture. (Don't judge. I suffer from a very ugly insomnia issue).

@mumstheword8 Ай бұрын

Love Anna! Great addition to the channel!

@ifeelikedyeing360 Ай бұрын

Hell ya! Ana's syrup bit was a headbanger!

@Luv2Garden2 Ай бұрын

I sowed it a few days ago and its growing crazy already! I actually thought it was hard to grow. Last year i tried and it never came up. Im so happy mine is going nuts!! I did put a dome on it. I love chamomile tea! I have a dry basket that hangs outside. I got it on amazon. Loved this. She is amazing!!

@blissrose01 Ай бұрын

What did you do differently this year? New seeds?

@Luv2Garden2 2 күн бұрын

Yes I got a pack of 4 different types on Amazon. Before I used burpee and never any luck.

@user-ov7tu6ko2q Ай бұрын

Using that blueberry harvester at the beggining is so genuis! I dont think I would be using it much though, as the first time i grew it i had gotten like 8 flowers 😂😅 (I dont have blueberry plants either, i accidentally neglected my last one 😂😅). But this video will certainly help! Thanks!

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

Hahah takes some time. Next season!

@user-ov7tu6ko2q Ай бұрын

@@epicgardening Yes! 🤣🤣. I will try again after your very good video! That chamomile syrup stuff looked tasty!

@amyosborn4604 Ай бұрын

I live in zone 5B, southwest Michigan, across the lake from Chicago. I discovered that my chamomile thrives when I crush several flower heads that were left on the plant too long, doing this at some point later in the summer (August or September). Tiny baby plants emerge in the fall, and then by the next spring, my bed is filled with wonderfully strong plants in spite of our harsh winters. Right now (2 weeks before last frost date), my plants are already 6” tall, and they’ve easily survived several frosts this past week.

@Serai3 Ай бұрын

In Spanish, it's called _manzanilla,_ "little apple", because it smells like apples. :)

@Penny526 Ай бұрын

Will try the syrup idea 💡 nice 🌼🌼

@katherineallen4239 Ай бұрын

The main reason I clicked is because I knew you would pronounce it in the best possible way! 😂

@Dr_V Ай бұрын

It's also worth knowing is that chamomile "tea" (water infusion) has mildly anti-inflammatory, antiseptic and sedative effects (hence its long historical use as a medicinal plant). Drinking the tea can help (a bit, yet not enough to replace actual medication when that's deemed necessary) with sleep disorders, anxiety, various types of chronic inflammatory pain (like rheumatism) and some GI tract disorders. Chamomile extracts can also be applied topically (on contact) for sunburn, various ear, nose and throat sores, red eye and even to clean superficial wounds in a pinch (it's not as good as a medical antiseptic, but definitely better than nothing). Concentrated infusion is also widely used as mouth wash for people with dental problems.

@cruzitahinostroza4742 Ай бұрын

As a Mexican, my grandmother used this as a tea for menstrual cramps. I planted some, but then we had a heavy rainfall and haven't seen it sprout since. 😢

@InkMink Ай бұрын

I love chamomile I'd love to make the syrup it sounds nice for tea as well ironically 😂

@m.pearce3273 Ай бұрын

Camomille honey is even easier 🎉

@RT3Creations-Learn Ай бұрын

Another solid video! Thanks again for your efforts!

@user-vl5bj6of2s Ай бұрын

Love chamomile ❤❤

@joannmcculley8253 Ай бұрын

Finally got Botanical Interests German Chamomile to grow this year...my 3rd year tying. I have like 20 clumps and am soooo excited. Last year I just bought a plant and got SOOO many flowers and definitely much stronger flavor and smell compared to store bought. Cant wait till these flower

@heatherfisk9670 Ай бұрын

So far lemongrass simple syrup is my favorite (so good in cocktails or in lemonade) but I'll definitely give this one a try. Thanks!

@Echosierrah Ай бұрын

I am really loving the kitchen-witchy content from Ana. Im going to make all kinds of flower syrups!

@zaria5785 Ай бұрын

This was cool to watch. I had picked up chamomile pills and am giving them a try. I don’t know how it will affect my nervous system but typically drinking chamomile tea gives me the most restful sleep.

@BelindaAmaro Ай бұрын

Oh my,🙃I never knew all this info wow🤗 I just love these Videos 🤩Thank you😊

@TDAEON Ай бұрын

This stuff grows and self sows like a weed. Still finding new babies from a potted chamomile from a year plus ago. Same with snap peas, which is fun.

@mikki_s1100 Ай бұрын

Perfect timing, I saw the first buds on my chamomile this morning! 😊

@HappySativas Ай бұрын

We just planted German chamomile yesterday 💚

@shill4 Ай бұрын

I planted it in winter sown jugs back in February. Transplanting into the garden this week.

@MrsB197something Ай бұрын

Shaman plants is what i call them. Thanks for yet another great video

@MimiMoonstone Ай бұрын

I was just about to look up the other chamomile video that is on this channel. Y’all reading my mind today! I bought seeds years ago and never tried to grow them, this is the year I grow my own tea.

@debbybrady1246 Ай бұрын

I'm growing it for the first time this year, in a big tub. It's sprouting already and I'm excited to make tea.

@avalon78 6 күн бұрын

Manzanilla! ❤

@gumdropgardens Ай бұрын

Ohhh I think they'll be fun to mix with linaria and lobelia in my old compost corner!

@RealBradMiller Ай бұрын

Sowed itself last summer here in Ohio, made it through our winter, and is in flower as we speak!! Gonna spread it even more, along with the calendula popping up in my beds!!! 😮

@zeldaprincess4441 Ай бұрын

I love these videos on how to use flowers and herbs in the garden!!! I think the packet of chamomile I had was too old because only one came up. I’m going to get a new one to try this recipe and maybe make a lavender one too.

@PlantObsessed Ай бұрын

Whoa. Super booper for blueberries and shamolala. Also where was that epic cell cover. Ps love the Anna series.🎉🎉

@greentree211 Ай бұрын

I really love Ana!

@Youngstomata Ай бұрын

Is your favorite ice cream vanilla and do you enjoy paint drying too?😅

@greentree211 Ай бұрын

@@Youngstomata wow, you are a douche.

@kosycat1 Ай бұрын

Chamomile was one of my fist sucsesful crops. Direct sowed a whole 4x8 bed of it. and I still have some dried like 8 years later! Was making tea out of it but a few years ago dedicated the rest to putting in baths with lavender. I never came back though and I've tried scattering some seeds out here and there but its been very dry/hot here in Maryland In the summers and haven't had much luck with it since

@kathrynmettelka7216 Ай бұрын

I have the seeds and need to start them now!

@anyaaiello8762 Ай бұрын

I think it's good Ana's part is shorter than previous videos. Don't get me wrong, I love her recipes! it just works better for a gardening channel imo. I come to Epic to hang out with Kevin in the garden

@Youngstomata Ай бұрын

Agreed. I stop watching once Kevin isn’t in the video. He needs to make a separate channel for his extra random people segments

@anyaaiello8762 Ай бұрын

@@Youngstomata I’m ok w new ppl as long as it’s short and sweet. They just don’t really have the same playful/entertaining vibe as him. Jacques kinda does tho so it sorta works

@bonnieharris5916 Ай бұрын

This was great

@luludebruyn Ай бұрын

Aaaaand now I'm growing Chamomile 🙄thanks for that kevin

@jackiehorsley9263 Ай бұрын

looks great

@oberynmartell11 Ай бұрын

You can use chamomile to flavour baked goods too! Very subtle sweet grassy/floral/almost vanilla flavour. I guess you could grind up ground flowers and add them, when I made a chamomile cake I literally just dumped the contents of 2 teabags into my cake mix😅

@ttvgifted3171 Ай бұрын

It grows everywhere where i live lol besides funnily enough i moved bout 25 minutes away and its no where i moved up in the mountains but in the towns. Its in my gf back yard covering. Our town’s have big backyard’s and sometimes 2. Live in the valley.

@X360DevNerd Ай бұрын

You can get Hair Saloon spray bottles and they let out a fine mist for a couple bucks online. they work so good for starting seeds its a very fine mist.. Also been using the little plastic cups for the Keurig coffee cups for all my seed starting, saved me so much on little trays

@Boterhammetpindakaas Ай бұрын

Thanks for all the info! I tried direct sowing last year, but I guess most of the seeds were flushed away in a rain shower. I will try growing them from a tray this year. Or just transplant them from any side of the road, it a very common plant here in the Netherlands.

@SpicyOtter9000 Ай бұрын

chamamole Kevin is my favorite Kevin

@PepperplacewithShawna Ай бұрын

Thank you.

@BigboiiTone Ай бұрын

In Alaska we have something we call "wild chamomolæ" and it looks very much like your roman variety but it grows at least a foot taller and has quite wide flowers. Very nice when dried with yarrow and steeped in heated water

@nodripsman Ай бұрын

Have some started direct sow and inside starts..wait and see! First time

@emeraldcat7511 Ай бұрын

Aussie gardener and herbalist-in-training here! Chamomile is one of my most *favourite* plants. It’s incredibly versatile and pretty much grows almost anywhere. I found some growing in between my garden pavers one year. Haha

@thepipingbagbakery4399 Ай бұрын

Does Anna have a channel? Btw, I love how diverse and knowledgeable the team is.

@PNW_ana Ай бұрын

Not yet!!!

@thepipingbagbakery4399 Ай бұрын

@@PNW_ana ahhh, that means soon! Looking forward to seeing you on this platform!

@karenschwartz5209 Ай бұрын

Wonderful 😊

@Your_name774 Ай бұрын

Thanks❤

@Gene4er Ай бұрын

Would it do well in a meadow lawn type planting?

@kathleenpalmer845 Ай бұрын

SHA MOM O LAY FOREVER !!!! 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

@jeas4980 Ай бұрын

My husband just launched into ruckus laughter at "sho mama ley"... I didn't realize he was listening.

@ideasyhuertacasera7081 Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing the syrup. I will try dandelion 🤓

@bobbysauer7826 Ай бұрын

The Stoned eyes make me Lol everytime :P remind me of kevin (eric) from back in his cali green days as a hydro farmer

@brianaschoner3476 Ай бұрын

Micro-booping. Super scientific methodology. I love it :)

@Pharm2be Ай бұрын

Chamomile gets me every time. I’m gonna start saying it that way

@nancyk8153 Ай бұрын

Please make a passion fruit plant care video

@brandon8900 Ай бұрын

7:37 caught ya saying it normally 😂

@terrivance8750 Ай бұрын

Kevin, Hmmm...my elderberry is budded up & should open soon. Might try making elderberry flower syrup. 🤔 Thank you. 😊

@PNW_ana Ай бұрын

Elder flower syrup is magic!!!

@samartinez1988 Ай бұрын

I grew a pack of botanical interests chamomile and it's growing seven plants strong this year lol.

@cindyannefontenot Ай бұрын

Ohhh my gosh!! We literally just finished watching the Stargate movie and Ra was mentioned in it…then I open my phone to KZfaq and this episode pops up!! Say what!!😂

@mariannel6560 16 күн бұрын

Ah, the infamous SHAMAMULAY! Love your sense of humor😁😆 @epicgardening

@rocksolidwealth Ай бұрын

I need to know where you got your telescoping grow light!!

@TammieBuckeye Ай бұрын

Do you have to harvest it.. it’s so pretty as a plant

@rachelgreengfgarden5467 Ай бұрын

Love the video, instructions for growing, and use idea. When do you wash the herb - before drying? Before use? Interesting simple syrup idea, but I’d prefer to have seen her use it for tea first. I’d like to know how to do that.

@PNW_ana Ай бұрын

You can give your plants a quick rinse before drying. To make tea all you need to do is dry out the flowers. I use 3 tbsp or so of dried flower per 6oz - that is pretty strong, so play around with amounts.

@rachelgreengfgarden5467 Ай бұрын

@@PNW_ana Thanks for the info! And if you're making the tea during the growing season, do you get similar results using the fresh flowers?

@PNW_ana Ай бұрын

@@rachelgreengfgarden5467 You could - but you'd need a lot more of the fresh vs the dry. The benefit of using dry flowers is that you can steep more vs the fresh - but either way works!!

@rachelgreengfgarden5467 Ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏

@KR-os6nn Ай бұрын

The German family that I used to nanny for gave their baby chamomile tea, apparently it’s common to help with digestion.

@KelseyIsARose Ай бұрын

Just ordered some from the shop! I was considering it anyway, and you've convinced me!

@sandraparente3962 8 күн бұрын

Where do you get that blueberry harvest tool?

@SureshS-pj4hy Ай бұрын

So I was wondering if after my corn create 2 corns could I cut until first leave that formed went was a seedling and get 2 more corn and repeat🪴🌾

@muichirotokito4221 Ай бұрын

is epic gardening ever planning on shipping outside of the USA?

@definitelynotadam9493 Ай бұрын

Hey Eric (😂) I always struggle with keeping surface sown seeds from growing algae on the surface while the seeds are germinating. Do you or the team have any tips on this? Would love to see a video since you guys do so many transplant starts on how you keep those longer to germinate surface sown ones from running into that issue while keeping the soil moist enough to germinate.

@wendycakes9906 Ай бұрын

I sprinkle cinnamon on top and never have this issue anymore.

@TheRmedin82 Ай бұрын

Curious, would the simple syrup work with sugar substitutes like Splenda?

@Dalmatianbee Ай бұрын

I actually clicked to see how you would pronounce it after the last two videos I heard you reference it. Is that bad? Anyway, it's good information. Thanks