Dream Herb Seeds
Calea Zacatechichi
Available in packs of 10 , 20, 50 & 100 Seeds
Calea zacatechichi, also known as Dream Herb, Leaf of God, and Bitter Grass, is a plant used by the indigenous Chontal of the Mexican state of Oaxaca for oneiromancy (a form of divination based on dreams.) The plant naturally occurs from southern Mexico to northern Costa Rica. There are currently two reported varieties, one being extremely bitter and the other non-bitter. It is employed by the Chontal people as a medicinal herb against gastrointestinal disorders, and is used as an appetizer, cathartic anti-dysentery remedy, and as a fever-reducing agent.
Generally Calea is a southern plant. Growing Calea from fresh seed is not easy; cloning this plant is much simpler. The most common way to grow it is propagation from cuttings or layers, the latter of which is very easy in late summer. The Calea plant likes full sun, well drained soils, and medium irrigation. Anecdotal evidence suggests the flowering or post flowering plant harvested in the dry or cold season yields the best herbal product.

The following information is intended as a guide only. While it is the method we use ourselves we can not guarantee it as seeds are live products and although we do everything in our power to ensure they reach you in perfect condition we CAN NOT guarantee germination because sprouting depends on many factors such as sunlight, weather, water, soil, grower experience, time and others. If you have problem about germination please contact us and we will try to do everything we can to help you.

Growing Information
We will be honest with you we have found growing dream herb from seed as hard as the reports say it is. We have tried many times over many years and only this year succeeded. We planted 100 Seeds in 3 different ways.

The first way was by placing a seed on the surface of a jiffy pellet and placing these into a heated propagator. We left this in a normally lit room and waited. This method did not succeed.

Secondly we prepared 2 seed trays with compost and sprinkled our seeds over the surface and watered lightly. We then covered with a thin layer of fine compost, placed one tray in to a heated propagator and the other into a non heated propagator and left in a normally lit room. No results with either tray.

The third method was the same as above except we did not cover the seeds over with a layer of compost after sprinkling on the surface of the compost in the seed tray. To be honest we didnt hold out much hope after all the disappointments and turned our attention to the Damiana that had started sprouting. But after about 3 - 4 weeks we noticed some tiny little seedlings appear so success at last.
We got 3 little plants from all the seeds we planted and it was worth the effort.