This is another way to grow sprouts and works just as well for the urban gardener.
If you have already made a worm bin, then you may even have finished compost ready for this project.
If you don’t have a sunny window, use one or more grow lights, which are sold in greenhouse supplies stores.
In a week, you will have delicious greens, which complement many wild food recipes.
Materials:
- Planting pots or trays with good drainage
- Organic compost or potting soil
- Plastic cover
- Sticks or toothpicks to prop plastic
- Bowl or jar for soaking seeds
- 4 tablespoons of each type of seed
- Plant sprayer - light mist setting
- Water
- Sunlight or grow light
Seed list:
- Alfalfa
- Barley
- Broccoli
- Buckwheat
- Cabbage
- Chickpeas
- Corn
- Fenugreek
- Lentils
- Mung beans
- Peas
- Quinoa
- Soy beans
Procedure:
1. Soak seeds until they swell. Time varies - wheat needs 8 hours, buckwheat and sunflower need 12-18 hours.
2. Fill pots and trays 2/3 full with soil.
3. Cover soil with a layer of soaked seeds.
4. Water the soil well and cover with plastic.
5. Prop plastic on sticks to allow ventilation - 1/4-inch is fine.
6. Mist seeds with water once a day.
7. Remove plastic after day three.
8. Place tray or pots in sunlight or under grow light.
9. When sprouts reach 5-6-inches, cut tops and enjoy.
10. Keep watering plants, but cut new growth, before it becomes tough.
For further research:
How is sprouted wheat different from wheatgrass?
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