Yummy Home Grown Sprouts

[Dahlia]

We enjoyed some yummy home grown sprouts on our sandwich today for lunch. The sprouts included radish, broccoli, clover, and alfalfa!

 

[Grandmas Garden]

In the late fall and winter months I have always grown sprouts.
I have had this set up for 30 years.

I have organic beans and grain that I have used as sprouts. Adzuki beans, red wheat etc.
Last year I ordered a big can of seed from True Leaf Market "Handy Pantry"






I do let my sprouts get taller than the tray, but sometimes we eat them to soon.
I like both, sprouts and microgreens. https://practicalgrowing.com/microgreens/difference-sprouts-shoots-microgreens/
I just need to get a good microgreen set up from True Leaf Market https://www.trueleafmarket.com/


This is a pic from last Dec. I have kombucha, sourdough and sprouts going.

 

[Phaedra]

Just in time! I started my mung bean sprout just yesterday and planned to buy some bio seeds for microgreen soon.

 

[Grandmas Garden]

Just in time! I started my mung bean sprout just yesterday and planned to buy some bio seeds for microgreen soon.

Yea!! I love my hahahaha winter garden

 

[Dahlia]

I love growing sprouts! I grow mine year around. My mix of sprouts includes broccoli, alfalfa, radish, and clover. I love eating them on tacos, sandwiches, burgers, etc.! I get mine online from Sprouthouse.

 

[heirloomgal]

This is a great thread to read through; I used to be into homegrown sprouts years ago. I don't know why I stopped. Seeing all the pictures reminds me of how good they were, especially on sandwiches. I really miss the mung bean sprouts I used to buy at the grocery store. I regularly made stir fries with veggies, tamari, tofu & those. But there was some kind of bacteria scare that happened with them maybe 15 years ago, and I never saw them again. They were so good!

 

[digitS']

Well, I did it.

Jars with radish and alfalfa seeds for sandwiches and mung beans for stir fries in the kitchen. Started yesterday with 3 jars and cheese cloth. Looks like there might be something going on with the mung beans, already!

I don't remember how long ago it was when I did this before. It may well have been during the previous millennium.

Steve

 

[digitS']

Okay,

That didn't work that well. Here's a question and I suspect that I know the answer.

Was putting them in the kitchen window a bad idea? The sprouts have had almost zero direct sunlight but they began turning brown almost immediately after filling the jars.

Steve

 

[Dahlia]

Okay,

That didn't work that well. Here's a question and I suspect that I know the answer.

Was putting them in the kitchen window a bad idea? The sprouts have had almost zero direct sunlight but they began turning brown almost immediately after filling the jars.

Steve

Steve,
I have also had problems growing the larger sprouts. I don't know why. My daughter experienced the same problem. I have had nothing but success, though, with radish, alfalfa, clover, and broccoli sprouts. Something is easier with growing the small sprouts. I have also changed up the equipment I use to grow them. I use a small glass jar with a stainless steel screen lid. I rinse it once a day and keep it upside down so the rinse water can drain out. Don't give up on sprouts! They are so yummy!

 

[digitS']

problems growing the larger sprouts

Thank you for the encouragement, Dahlia. Those were the ones - the mung bean sprouts.

They "took off" immediately so this wasn't an seed viability problem. I imagine that they would have been okay to plant. The alfalfa was fine, a little stronger flavored than I remembered (maybe also because of being on the window sill). The radish seed was from a different company and had really poor germination. Taste-wise, it was a little disappointing because it didn't taste at all like a radish .

I worry about putting the sprouts somewhere that I don't see them easily and often. Maybe they would be okay on top of the fridge, where I usually start garden plants. I'll try again with the mung beans in some low-light location.

Steve