Sprouting seeds?

[Quattro Pete]

Anyone into seed sprouting?

I'm tempted to try it... looks like you just need the right lid and a mason jar.

If you've tried it, what seeds have you had good luck with? Alfalfa? Mung bean? Broccoli? Radish?

 

[BornSlippy]

Anyone into seed sprouting?

I'm tempted to try it... looks like you just need the right lid and a mason jar.

If you've tried it, what seeds have you had good luck with? Alfalfa? Mung bean? Broccoli? Radish?

Very simple.

We use these lids;

https://www.masontops.com/collections/all/products/bean-screen-bean-sprouting-lids-for-mason-jars

We usually use a couple different blends.

Broccoli brassica blend broccoli, clover, radish, mustard, arugula.

Sandwich Booster mix of clover, alfalfa, radish, and mustard.

 

[QwikKota]

Currently trying some kitchen herbs in a egg carton. I have a brown thumb though, I doubt it will go well.

 

[gman2304]

Anyone into seed sprouting?

I'm tempted to try it... looks like you just need the right lid and a mason jar.

If you've tried it, what seeds have you had good luck with? Alfalfa? Mung bean? Broccoli? Radish?

My wife Loves to dig around in the dirt, a trait she acquired as a child from her grandmother. Some pics of her sunflower seedlings that she harvested from last year’s flowers and other seedlings she has going on for this year’s ‘ crop’.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Just to clarify, I meant this type of sprouting in a mason jar: sprouts ready to eat in just a few days:

 

[nwjones18]

I'm not much of a gardener myself, but I feel like its something kids should all experience. I planted a 25x45 garden this year with the random stuff they wanted seed wise. Cushaw and yellow squash, water melons, cucumbers, broccoli, pink-eyed purple hull peas and sunflowers have already come up. Jury is still out on the bell pepper/lavender seeds we planted. I didn't start anything early just straight seed in the garden. They're enjoying watching the progress. I even put up a fishing line fence to try to keep the deer out.

 

[Kestas]

I always put seeds in a cup of water. Once they sprout I transfer them into small pots. Unless they're tiny seeds like tobacco. Those get sprinkled onto a tray of soil, then transferred to pots once the nursery leaves appear. Tweezers are involved.

I save the flowers trays from the nursery for this task.

 

[fsdork]

I've done broccoli quite a bit. I tend to consume the sprouts by first freezing them, then adding a small handful to a smoothie.

I've sprouted them using a mason jar and a perforated lid. The biggest issues I've run into are:

1) My wife complaining about the sulfurous smell
2) Forgetting about them because I hid them in a rarely used cupboard (see point 1)

Leaving them without at least 2x/day rinsing, or letting them stay soggy due to less than perfect drainage after a rinsing cycle will cause them to stink/rot/fail.

They grow the most aggressively when kept in the dark. Once the size/volume of the sprouts is almost where I want it, I let them sit on a counter so they can catch indirect sunlight, causing them to green up.