Harvest Anytime Crop - Sprouts & Microgreens
Monday, March 29, 2021Growing crops for own consumption is difficult when gardening space is limited. But, I found that growing microgreens or sprouts frees me from finding space for the roots of vegetables to stretch deep and wide.
Though little in size, microgreens are highly nutritious. That is why many call them superfood!
Interestingly, microgreens are economical to grow. You don't need a lot of tools, supplies or skills to do so.
Nowadays there are already suppliers in our own local market selling the proper seeds, trays and tools needed to grow them.
Just keep watering the sprouts to ensure that they stay moist all the time.
Beans are sprouted in the dark by keeping them covered after soaking.
Once sprouted, you can harvest them anytime - at any stage of growth - you wish :D
The beans in the pictures uploaded in this post are labelled as 'creeping beans' and they just need about three days (including soaking time) to reach the microgreen stage - grow one set of true leaves.
Happy discovering new greeneries and greens to grow!
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This a lovely informative post , I like to add microgreens in salads,It would be my pleasure if you join my link up party related to Gardening,Nature and Birds here at http://jaipurgardening.blogspot.com/2021/03/garden-affair-amaryllis.html
ReplyDeleteGood idea, Arun Goyal :D
DeleteI'va grown a few microgreens and I love to add them to salads and to top soups. Great post!
ReplyDeleteHi Carol, thank you for your compliment. Nowadays, I like to include microgreens into my fried noodles. They are really versatile :)
DeleteHave not yet tried growing microgreens.
ReplyDeleteI think it should taste nice to include them in fried noodles.
Yup, microgreens will add texture and flavour to the fried noodle.
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