Only took me five years but... I'm sprouting!

[MysticTree]

Red cabbage and radish are so yummy too.And of course you can do this. Seeds want to grow. It's their whole reason for being.

[Aleesha Sattva]

red cabbage and radish? really? i've never heard of red cabbage. i think radish is what i tried a few years ago and moulded on me. i'll definitely try it again.

please keep the suggestions coming... i'm a newbie in this realm of the raw food empire and darth vadar is not my father *giggling*

[SunshineMN]

We love sprouted fenugreek around here. Alfalfa and fenugreek are the two seeds we always sprout when we are sprouting. We also love amaranth because of it's sweet corn taste and smell. Lentils are very easy to sprout as well, I just need more ideas for using them, I get tired of them in my salads.

I've heard red cabbage is good, I haven't looked very hard for those seeds though. We just sprouted some broccoli seeds but I haven't tried them yet, they were easy but seem to take a little longer to fully sprout like our clover does. I'm thinking they may want a little warmer temperature than some of the others.

Next up I'm going to try dill and caraway. I haven't had any luck with sesame seeds yet, they just got all smelly so we tossed them. I'm wondering if the ones we got might have been "stabilized" in which they use heat. Haven't had much luck with hulled sunflower seeds either. I'm thinking we may just have to sprout unhulled sunflower and sesame seeds on dirt instead.

I'm so happy you're sprouting Aleesha! Sprouts are amazing and it's fun to watch them grow.

[MysticTree]

I particularly like red cabbage sprouts in raw sushi. I must try amaranth.

[Juicerguy]

I really want to start growing/sprouting my own wheat grass and barley grass. I want to juice these two and they are pretty unaffordable in juicing quantities around here. Is this process the same or is this something completely different that you are taking on here?

[michigan roman]

wheat / barley is very very easy to grow , you cant stop it from growing . its like a weed

just take steel bow rake and rough up so rich garden soil down a few inches then sprinkle / broadcast seed over the area at a rate of a seed every 1/4" or so ,
then rake into soil a little bit , then sprinkle like a 1/4" of soil over the area

in less than 2 weeks youll have 4" grass you start cutting off at ground level with cheap dollar store kitchen type sheers / scissors

i buy wheat seed at local bulk store or whole foods market at just over a buck per pound = dirt cheap

[Aleesha Sattva]

Where do you all get your seeds? I checked at Whole Foods today and only found organic chick peas (which I bought)...

So where do I get other yummy seeds like fenugreek?

[Aleesha Sattva]

a pic of the sprouts from this morning. they are sproutacular now!

[streetsurfer]

Sproutacular is right . I expected nothing less though honestly, based on how fast you grew on me.

(( hugs ))

It's nice to have you back.

[Juicerguy]

Nice. Cool pics of the sprouts there. Pretty cool and interesting stuff in general. Thank you Michigan Roman I had no idea it was that easy. I live in a little quad plex apartment deal here, but we have some space in the back of each apartment. We also have a little garden area on the side, but my neighbor has a lot going on there. I assume what you were talking about might work with a wood planter? You know the wood box rectangular kind of planters? I would really love to start growing some wheat or barley grass for juicing.

Maybe also do some sprouting as well. Thanks for sharing the pictures and Aleesha! :)

[MysticTree]

You can also grow wheat grass inside. I use the trays from my electric steamer with some blanket in the bottom.There are lots of tutorials on youtube.

[MysticTree]

Aleesha,I don't know about your side of the pond but over here much can be bought from the supermarket and where that falls short, most health food stores have a good sprouting selection.

Online there are places such as sproutpeople.You can go Mr raw's route too and buy in uber bulk from feed and seed merchants who sell organic seeds. I couldn't eat as much sprouted food as that so I find small supplies are adequate.

[SunshineMN]

Azure lists the company as Oregon Spice Company as the supplier of the fenugreek seeds and others we get from them. It looks like they mainly sell in bulk. Maybe you can see if you can find somewhere up there that sells them. Maybe contact them and see if they supply to Canada at all.

When we were looking for a place to move to (my SO is from Kelowna and we'd like to move back in that direction) we discovered that there is a delivery truck that goes to Oroville, WA. We are considering living close to Oliver, BC and driving down to Oroville to meet the truck whenever we need to order from Azure. The routes there are different from what we'd do here. There is a guy who owns his own truck and Azure delivers to them, then they deliver to their route. They are called Great Northern Trading Company. If you like enough stuff from Azure and aren't too far away from Oroville, it may be worth your while to make a trip every few months. This is assuming I'm remembering correctly that you're in the Okanagon Valley.

PS: It's really great to see you back! I was hoping you'd return.

[The Sproutarian (Mr Raw)]

It seems to be draining weird... ..)

Yes, all the bio-snackies have major design faults in them, and the one with the red knobs always has had a draining fault . Just drill some small holes where the red knobs covers over the area and place the red knob back so it covers over the drilled holes. When you drain them, just put a piece of wood under one side of the biosnacky so it drains quickly, and line all the drain holes up. Maybe even try the jar method until you get fully confident with this.

l am so pleased you are giving the sprouting a go. Stay determined to make it work and don't give up. lf you give up, you lose. lf you stay determined you will win big time in the end. lt's cheap, it's easy, and it's the healthiest food of all. Try some alfalfa and bean and lentil sprouts...eat `em and blend `em.

[The Sproutarian (Mr Raw)]

I heard that it can be more tricky to sprout in more humid climates

Yes, it is the hardest condition to sprout, but it can be done.