You get the whole cycle of gardening… planting, growing, harvesting. Yes,ML (comments), I believe sprouting counts as gardening.
This blog is not just for people with gobs of money, fancy greenhouses and stuff. A homemade coldframe for example, can be used in place of a greenhouse well into the fall.
I still have 4 coldframes with lettuce growing in them right now.
Good things from the garden… Bob
Is sprouting gardening? Definitely. There are plants there that are growing and you keep an eye on them till they reach the right stage, and then harvest. That’s gardening. Nutrition wise , it’s loaded.
The sprouter that I have is ingenous. It has five trays set on top of each other. Water is added at the top and floods that top tray, wetting all the seeds. Then the water , thru siphoning action, flows up and down a tube to the next tray and floods that one. Same thing with the third and fourth tray. The fifth tray at the bottom just collects the water until I empty it. This gets done once or twice a day for 3 to 5 days. If the sprouter is put in the sunlight the last day, the sprouts will turn green. The sprouts can be harvested all at once, rinsed well in a colander to get the seed hulls off and stored in the fridg. I would think that the harvest could be staggered but I haven’t tried that. I use brocolli seeds but there are others to choose from.
It’s a lot of fun and does satisfy that need to be tending a growing thing.
Bye for now, Judy
sprouting seeds is gardening
Seeds for sprouting http://www.johnnyseeds.com/c-245-sprouts.aspx
More sprouting information http://sproutpeople.org/seeds.html
I generally grow sprouts in a jar on a windowsill, once my outdoor gardening is done. I’ve had lots of success with broccoli and alfalfa. I’ve also tried mung beans, but haven’t been able to get them to produce the big, crunchy sprouts that one sees in the store.
Comment by ML — December 10, 2006 @ 8:44 pm
I know we tried mung beans a few years back, but I can’t remember how they turned out. As this blog grows we may find more people interested in sharing their sprouting experiences
Comment by Bob — December 11, 2006 @ 5:39 pm