Help! Artemisia pontica..

[indyspirits]

Anyone have a source for artemisia pontica they'd be willing to share? We've recently used the last of ours and I'm unable to find a vendor who has it in stock to tide us over until our harvest is ready in late June.

 

[kleclerc77]

There are one pound bags for sale on eBay, not sure how many they have available though.

[indyspirits]

10 hours ago, kleclerc77 said:

There are one pound bags for sale on eBay, not sure how many they have available though.

 I saw 150 gram bags (I feel like Im back in college) but nothing larger. Also that looks like grand but it's difficult to tell from the photo

[Elixir Distilling Company]

Here is where i have gotten mine in the past - He should have that in stock I think....   https://www.absintheherbs.com/1-ounce-Imported-Pontica-5-per-1-ounce.htm

Have you tried him?

-Scott

 

[indyspirits]

21 hours ago, Elixir Distilling Company said:

Have you tried him?

Thanks for the link. I think I googled for every permutation of "absinthe petite wormwood roman pontica" except what's on that site.  Odd.

[JustAndy]

He's really giving it the hard sell, amazing he has any left in stock....

"This imported Roman, Petite absinthe (Pontica) is the best imported pontica  I can source, it looks like saw dust, smells like saw dust and is nothing like what I grow myself"

 

[Elixir Distilling Company]

27 minutes ago, JustAndy said:

He's really giving it the hard sell, amazing he has any left in stock....

"This imported Roman, Petite absinthe (Pontica) is the best imported pontica  I can source, it looks like saw dust, smells like saw dust and is nothing like what I grow myself"

 

 

Yea I think when I contacted him he had his own he grew listed for sale.. I wonder what happened to that..

Scott

[indyspirits]

1 hour ago, Elixir Distilling Company said:

I wonder what happened to that..

We too used that which we grow ourselves.. we're just out. Fortunately these little beauties just popped up.

 

[RobertS]

Where would I go to acquire a plant or two of quality wormwood of my very own?

[JustAndy]

I got mine from Perennial Pleasures in Vermont (https://perennialpleasures.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Perennial-Pleasures-Catalog.pdf). Took a couple of years to get established but looks great now. For a. absintheum I got starts from Loghouse and also grew some from seed from Strickly Medicinal, the Log House plants seem truer to type https://loghouseplants.com/plants/shop/artemisia-wormwood-artemisia-absinthiumn-2/ 

[Foreshot]

Seeds are easy to get: https://www.amazon.com/Wormwood-Artemisia-absinthium-Seed-Needs/dp/B002TTGO3C

Not a really good option for 1-2 plants though. Want to start a farm, all good. :) 

[indyspirits]

5 hours ago, Foreshot said:

Seeds are easy to get:

Ive never seen pontica offered as seed, only rhizomes. 

[Foreshot]

Yeah, it does help if you look up the right name... Sorry.

[indyspirits]

Following up to my own post... I got my pontica at absintheherbs.com. Good people to work with. I just wish it weren't so damn expensive!

 

 

[Jay]

Does anyone have a pound they want to sell?  

[Bier Distillery]

2 hours ago, Jay said:

Does anyone have a pound they want to sell?  

 

[Foreshot]

if you're willing to sell some rhizomes I'll buy. 

[Bier Distillery]

Would you want only the rhizomes or some leaves as well?  Either way, let me know what you think that's worth including shipping.  Please email me at Joel@BierDistillery.com.

[Foreshot]

Another member graciously reached out to me and I accepted their offer. Thanks though.