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In part, this method comes from Ann Wigmore’s book “Sprouting.” I have added modifications of my own.
1. For each tray of microgreens, soak 1-1/2 cups seeds (sunflower or buckwheat) overnight in a 1/2 gallon mason jar. Use seeds still in their hulls. Drain and rinse fully after soaking. Add a stainless steel sprout screen and [...]

Since late spring, we’ve had a constant supply of delicious buckwheat and sunflower microgreens growing on the back porch.
I’ve written about growing microgreens before, but am now following a slightly different growing method. Instead of planting dry seeds under a thin layer of soil, I now follow the soaking and sprouting method of Ann Wigmore’s [...]

Oh, my. I was just looking around at the www.sproutman.com website (specifically, his article section). He’s got a link to a PDF article explaining that consuming large amounts of buckwheat greens may cause people to become phototoxic, or sensitive to light. The article cites veterinary scientific research that the author, Gilles Arbour, backs up with [...]

I wrote on August 25, 2007 that I was going to try to grow microgreens.
I royally messed up that first set of microgreens — buckwheat, sunflower and flax. According to Jeff, I sterilized them. That’s because I was so concerned about keeping them warm enough that I kept them covered all the time and [...]

I have been buying tons of buckwheat and sunflower microgreens at the Farmer’s Market each week. The people there said that with as much as I buy, I should grow my own. I agree. So they sold me 5 pounds each of whole buckwheat and sunflower seeds. I will plant those and also some flax [...]