For Beginner Sprouters...

[walnutty]

...like me!


This video is excellent and I wanted to share:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSt0DmAPDm4

[Juicerguy]

Haha that is cool. That is the first video I watched that showed how to make a sprouting jar with mesh screen. I haven't done alfalfa sprouts yet, but I have probably around 7 jars now and am ready to start some more wheatgrass sprouts as well as sunflower sprouts. Thanks for sharing! It is good and important for people to be able to find these resources.

[Aleesha Sattva]

great video!!! thanks. i don't soak mine... just rinse them. i'll start soaking them first!

[SunshineMN]

Hmmm... I thought you had to soak the seeds for them to sprout in the first place. We often leave ours soaking for 8-12 hours before draining that first time. Although I think I read mung beans need even longer soak time. The corn I sprouted we soaked for 3 days and it was still hard as a rock but it did start sprouting. Which reminds me, are baby sweet corn greens good for you? I don't think I've ever seen anyone mention it. I think sprouting them on dirt in a tray is the only way this dried corn is going to be edible since grinding it wouldn't be very useful would it? The people that gave us all the wheat also gave us a grain mill I haven't found a use for yet.

[MysticTree]

You don't have to soak seeds but it does speed up germination.

[LexieW]

Excellent video - sprouting always seemed pretty daunting to me.

[walnutty]

Excellent video - sprouting always seemed pretty daunting to me.

I agree as I have always felt the same!

I have everything to sprout alfalfa right here in my kitchen and I have been trying to ignore it for a year! Not anymore cuz this video makes it look so easy!

[MysticTree]

I agree as I have always felt the same!

I have everything to sprout alfalfa right here in my kitchen and I have been trying to ignore it for a year! Not anymore cuz this video makes it look so easy!

It is easy. The tricky bit, if anything is tricky, is sprouting the right amount for your eating requirements and keeping that amount going in a variety of forms. The sprouting itself is easy because it's what seeds are programmed to do and they want to do it. All you have to do is keep them well rinsed and well drained.

[Raw Angel Mom]

I didn't know that you could sprout this way, i always thought that you had to tilt your jar over a dish rack.

I haven't been successful with alfafa, i will try this way now.

Thank you for sharing, it was very informative

[Cruditas]

I put this on another forum as well but thought this one might get a faster response.
I have a question about Chickpeas. I just sprouted some and they are releasing the outer skin. As I rinse them this film kind of washes off but a lot of it stays and becomes slimy and smells funny. Is there a trick or am I doing something wrong? I rinsed and rinsed but much of it stayed on and makes me a little afraid to eat it. Suggestions?

[MysticTree]

Chickpeas should not be smelly and slimy. Try draining them more thoroughly and keeping them well ventillated and not too crowded in the sprouter.

[Nippers]

I sprout broccoli seeds all the time. They're so easy. Supposedly they are good for me. They don't have much of a taste by themselves. I just add them to salads.

I also sprout various mixtures of seeds I get from the place where I buy my sprouting seeds. Some of them are slightly spicy.

The main thing to remember with sprouting seeds is to rinse them several or more (if you can) times a day, and then get that water out of there, so they don't rot.

Eventually you have to wash out your sprouter with bleach to kill the bacteria and fungi, or else your seeds will rot before they have chance to sprout.