Sprouts & Microgreens
Sprouts and microgreens grown in a jar or a tray on the bench, ready in days rather than months.
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- How to Grow Microgreens at Home (and Keep Them Safe to Eat)A tray of seed-raising mix, a sunny bench and ten days: microgreens are the fastest crop there is. The best seeds, the method, the mould ...Edible Garden
- How to Grow Mung Bean Sprouts: The Thick, Pale, Shop Style OnesThe bean sprout in a stir fry is grown in the dark, under a weight, and cut young. Here is the method for thick, pale, crunchy mung bean ...Indoor Growing
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- Sprout Problems and Safety: Smell, Slime, Mould and When to Bin the JarSprouts are the fastest crop in the kitchen and the least forgiving, because the warm damp dark that suits the seed suits bacteria just a...Food Safety
- How to Grow Sprouts in a Jar: The Complete MethodA wide mouth jar, a mesh lid and a rinse twice a day is the whole method. Here is how to soak, drain, grow, harvest and store sprouts on ...Indoor Growing
- The Sulforaphane Guide: Why Broccoli Sprouts Are the Most Nutritious Thing You Can Grow at HomeBroccoli sprouts are prized for sulforaphane. What the compound is, what the science does and does not say, and how to grow and eat sprou...
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- Wheat, Barley and Oat Grass: How to Grow Grain Grasses at HomeGrain grass is the young leaf of wheat, barley or oat, grown thickly in a shallow tray and cut at about a week old. A fast indoor crop, a...Indoor Growing
- Which Seeds Should You Actually Sprout? A Chooser for the Whole RangeStart with alfalfa or mung bean, then branch by flavour: fenugreek for a nutty bitterness, broccoli for pepper, buckwheat and sunflower g...Indoor Growing