Super easy sprouting-unfortunately plastic jars instead of glass etc, but super easy!

[Diana Cda]

Unfortunately, this method has brought back more plastic into my life but after going to Hippocrates Health Institute last summer, I wouldn't have been able to handle the large amounts of sprouts I grow all the time now without this method. It's what they use and it's super easy.

At any mass discount store (dollar stores, for example) you can get large jugs with handles for $1.50-$2.50. You get the kind that nest together and whose handle only comes out from the top and doesn't attach back at the bottom. In other words, the handle comes out of the top but doesn't re-attach so that when you place the jugs one inside the other, they all nest perfectly and fit together snugly. That's very important.

You need 2 jugs for every sprouting project. I used my Dremel motor tool and drilled holes in the bottom of one of each of the 2 jugs. Then when you nest 2 jugs together, one has the holes which holds the seeds/grains, etc., you're spouting, and the one it's nested into is without any holes and it contains any small amounts of excess water that will drain out even after you've thoroughly drained the seeds/grains.

I just went hunting on YouTube because a series of videos posted there is what helped me make the big decision about going to Hippocrates (due to high cost of just taking a trip outside the country!) and did find a brief view of the types of sprouting jugs they use there that we saw in the HHI greenhouse and which in one of the lectures they talked about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY51SLYmfSY

The images are a bit blurry but at about the 7:47min point, you can see the shelves with the jars. I soak my seeds in glass jars, however. I feel better when I use materials other than plastic wherever possible, but then I sprout in the 2-jar method as shown here. You have to PAUSE THE VIDEO because the jars go by fast in a second as he's just panning past them as he turns towards the doorway. Not all seem to be nested, it's difficult to tell, but some are just soaking the seeds prior to sprouting.

Hope this helps! I can produce a couple of flats of sprouts a day thanks to this jar method and I have about 14 jugs in total, 7 with holes and 7 without though I'm looking around for more jugs as I'm trying again to grow my own wheatgrass now that I have finally managed to have the space and shelving unit, etc., for the wheatgrass alone.

Cheers!

:throwhearts:

[DebB]

That certainly makes more sense (no offense to those that have it) if you're sprouting on a large scale than using the little perfect sprouter at what, $13 apiece? Same idea...

Question - how do you consume all the sprouts? I'd love to get lots of sprouts in my diet. I actually will juice mine and use them in energy soup.

What seeds do you sprout this way? *Ü*

[Diana Cda]

... well, since a picture paints a thousand words and I wasn't sure that my description of the jugs that could be nested together was quite right, thought I'd see if I could find a good picture to illustrate. I couldn't. So I hunted down a few images, got my PaintShop Pro out of mothballs and did one up myself. Attached is the result.

The type of jug that works best has the handle attached only on the top and not at the bottom. In the picture, those show up with a red checkmark. The ones with a closed handle have a big X marked through them. But you get the idea ...

Enjoy. :trampoline:

[MysticTree]

that demonstrates perfectly :) :throwhearts:

[Diana Cda]

That certainly makes more sense (no offense to those that have it) if you're sprouting on a large scale than using the little perfect sprouter at what, $13 apiece? Same idea...

Question - how do you consume all the sprouts? I'd love to get lots of sprouts in my diet. I actually will juice mine and use them in energy soup.

What seeds do you sprout this way? *Ü*
Hi, there!

I don't sprout all the the little seeds this way, only the large ones.

I now use those lovely glass sprouters at $13 apiece that you speak of for the small ones like alfalfa, fenugreek, broccoli, etc. The jugs are used for sunnys (sunflower seeds), peas and wheatgrass and lentils, mung beans, etc. (Oh, which reminds me, I'll have to post my recipe for lentil-based hummus. I'll follow with that recipe soon.)

It's suggested we start off lunch and dinner with a large plate of sprouts which consists of sunnys and peas as a base and then you could add others. Then it's recommended that we juice about a couple of times a day and that means about 1 cucumber, 2 stalks of celery and 4 oz. of sunflower seed juice and 4 oz of pea shoot juice and then you could add things as to your taste - bell pepper, etc. (etc. no tomatoes or carrots). I haven't done the juicing for various reasons. Due to space and for a little while a good paycheque which comes in next Weds., I'm moving into full production. So I'll have a better idea over next few weeks over total number of seeds I'll have to
sprout daily.

Then there's the 4 oz of wheatgrass that we should consume each day, 2 oz in am, 2 oz in pm. which requires another jug or two for sprouting the berries.

But from my experience so far, that's going to probably mean, for the juice and salad, about 2 flats of each a day. And I use 2 cups of dry seeds per flat that I then sprout. I'm not sure that that might be best amount but it's easy for me to remember and it seems to work.

But any large seed or grain can be used with the double-jug method. The little itty bitty seeds would fall through and you don't need to sprout cups of them anyway. I find that in the small, specialty sprouting jars you just use about 1 tablespoon of seeds so large jugs not necessary and actually wouldn't work well.

I'm also (only the second time I've ever attached a picture to a post - EVER! <lol>) attaching a picture of the type of BioSnacky sprouting jar, the one I personally use for the smaller seeds. I did the whole "make my own sprouting jars, or else" bit over the years but once I found these, I was sold! They stand all by themselves because they have their own built-in stand but also they're the perfect size. I sometimes have forgotten to rinse them and they don't dry out easily for some reason. Granted, best to rinse out frequently for obvious health reasons, but at least if you forget, your seeds don't suffer for a long time (I once forgot for 2 whole days!!!) Yet on the opposite side of the argument, though they retain moisture very well, I've never had seeds mold on me, either.

:)