Comments on: Microgreens Progress… and a Bit About Sprouts

By: lander michaels

lander michaels — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:52:16 +0000

Wardeh, You can grow your microgreens all year long on your window sills. Go to lowe’s and for free get the long 6 compartment containers that small flower plants come in for store delivery. Make sure to clean.

By: Wardeh

Wardeh — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:50:01 +0000

Hello! To be honest, when I started growing these, I was just copying the people at the Farmer’s Market. They grow and sell buckwheat and sunflower microgreens. So I did, too. But in addition to that, at the time I was reading “The Sprouting Book” by Ann Wigmore and she suggests sunflower for sprouting. Here I am quoting from her book:

..sprouted sunflower seeds are one of the richest edible seeds. They are a good source of protein, fats, the B-complex vitamins, and vitamin E. In addition, they supply significant amounts of the minerals calcium, iron, phosphorus, potassium, and magnesium. Sunflower sprouts can be used to make delicious salad dressings, cheeses, milks, sprout loaves, breads, candies and desserts. Sunflower greens are also tasty and nutritious.

I prefer them over buckwheat greens, on the grounds that they are thick and hearty and much easier to pick and clean.

I wrote up how I grow them here: http://gnowfglins.com/2008/07/22/how-to-grow-microgreens/

We’re about ready to start growing them again. Took a break over the winter. I like growing these because it adds greens to our salads, so we’re not just having sprouts for salads. Although, technically, they are sprouts, too. But they’re big and green and leafy, so it seems like greens, which makes our salads more interesting.

I buy them through Hummingbird Wholesale in Eugene, OR.

Up at the end of this post, there’s a list of all the things I’ve written about sprouting, so browse through those and let me know if you have questions. I am working on a complete resource for sprouting, but for now, most of what I’m compiled is in that list.

By: Sustainable Eats

Sustainable Eats — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:36:08 +0000

Hi Wardeh – I’ve been meaning to sprout and love the idea of micro greens as well. Just curious why sunflowers? While natives ate the seeds are the plants themselves really meant for raw consumption? I’d love to know more about your sprout system too and where you get the sprouting and growing seeds from!

xo,
Sustainable Eats

By: zac

zac — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:14:02 +0000

I did not know you could use buckwheeat, and flax for micros. Thanks!

By: pbsweeney

pbsweeney — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:17:58 +0000

Wow, both these items have been on my mind lately. I was thinking of doing a cold frame for microgreens up against the side of the house. Thanks for sharing your learning curve here!

A cold frame sounds wonderful. When we have a permanent garden, we plan on having cold frames for the greens. There is a book — “Four Season Harvest” by Eliot Coleman — that has building plans for making your own cold frames. I have checked that book out from the library so many times!