Where to buy Broccoli Seeds?

[Living Food]

I don't see any unhulled sunflower seeds...

[Living Food]

Azure standard sells 45 Ibs of organic whole barley for $12.85...but, it says it's animal feed. Do any of you know if it's okay or humans to use? I'd think so, i just want to make sure.

Same deal with their oats. I wonder because the animal feed costs half the price of the ordinary oat groats and they're both organic.

And yes, I will contact the company if no one here can answer my questions, I just figured I might as well ask around here before bugging them.

[MysticTree]

I would use them though they may be stored to a lesser standard than human food grade seed. Ring the company and ask specifically what the differences are.

[Living Food]

I'll do that, I really want to know if their poppy seeds are sproutable.

[MysticTree]

You might have to ask them from the point of view of an ornamental gardener ;) the type you want are Papaver somniferum. I can get them here for horticultural use. With space to grow a goodly number to maturity you can then crop the seeds saving some for next year's crop and sprouting the rest for food.

[Living Food]

Not sure what kind they are, and I frankly doubt that they are still viable, but then I hear that Azure Standard isn't a company that would irradiate its products, so who knows.

No idea what kind of poppy seeds they are, but they are the kind for eating:

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Product Description
These tiny black seeds are a favorite when sprinkled on breads and rolls, also used as a fillings in cakes and muffins.

Spanish poppy seeds.

Though non-narcotic as a food, these seeds are said to have a calming effect. Small amounts can cause false-positives in drug tests.
Keep refrigerated or frozen.
Product Attributes
Country of Origin: Spain"

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[MysticTree]

They sound like just the right sort. Check out the translation of the Latin :)

[Living Food]

"Poppy seeds" translates to "papaver" and "somniferum" tranlsates to "narcotic". The seeds say "non-narcotic as a food", but I think they're probably the right thing.

For whatever reason I have this idea that sprouting poppy seeds will activate the narcotic chemicals in them (sprouting activates lots of things and increases the amount of them), I used to think that happened with hemp before I learned that it was different then marijuana. But this poppy seems to be the same kind as is grown for opium...

I don't want to be ingesting narcotics.

[delmar]

I don't see any unhulled sunflower seeds...

These are not in the hull but they do have sprouting instructions.

[Living Food]

These are not in the hull but they do have sprouting instructions.

Yes, but I'm looking for unhulled seeds for microgreens. I figure I'll get them from somewhere else next time I get low, although now sproutpeople is out of them too...so I need to find yet another supplier. Azure Standard also doesn't have organic fenugreek, so I'll be lookin garound ofr those two if you know of any good source to get them form.

[MysticTree]

The Latin translates to words similar to sleep and sedative. The edible poppy contains very small amounts of opium substance. If you don't want to eat that then don't sprout poppies! You shouldn't worry though the amounts are very very small and beneficial rather than harmful. Btw . . . narcotic is from the Greek meaning words similar to sleep and sedative :)

[delmar]

It seems to me that, if they sprout they sprout, and you could use them to grow micro greens. Am I missing something?

[Living Food]

The hulled seeds tend to go rancid and rot far before they reach the stage where they are mature microgreens, only the unhulled seeds can last long enough.

[Living Food]

The Latin translates to words similar to sleep and sedative. The edible poppy contains very small amounts of opium substance. If you don't want to eat that then don't sprout poppies! You shouldn't worry though the amounts are very very small and beneficial rather than harmful. Btw . . . narcotic is from the Greek meaning words similar to sleep and sedative :)

Good to know. I'll definitely eat the sprouts if they are sproutable, then, because the nutritional profile of poppy sprouts is amazing, even better then sesame seed sprouts.

[delmar]

The hulled seeds tend to go rancid and rot far before they reach the stage where they are mature microgreens, only the unhulled seeds can last long enough.

Well then I guess I will be finding out what stage they will grow to nicely, since I have 25 lbs of them coming!