Indigo Can Be Extracted From A Plant And Then. Tarai indigo is grown organically using natural compost on wetlands with ample sun and rain. Color of the mass changes into green then blue and then into the indigo.

Cut plant is tied and placed in the vats made of brick lined with cement. The natural indigo bath from our natural dye workshop in Kathmandu Nepal. Though it is a tropical crop it can also be grown in temperate areas.
This process is called oxidation.
One of the things that makes natural indigo dye sustainable is that after the indigo pigment is extracted water can safely be put back on the crops. The dye was then extracted using 4 liters of hot water 50 C for. One of the things that makes natural indigo dye sustainable is that after the indigo pigment is extracted water can safely be put back on the crops. Indigo tinctoria and I.