Sprouting Seeds for Sprouts is Easy and Fun!

Sprouting seeds for growing your very own collection of super sprouts is right up there with growing your own vegetables. Sprouts, however, grow fast and require much less time to incubate and develop to maturity.

We have been growing and sprouting seeds for years and have learned tips and techniques that have worked well to produce high quality, green, chlorophyll rich, luscious sprouts.

Try these wonderful green, living sprout delights with:

• raw soups
• fermented foods and sauerkrauts
• juicing recipes

Also, see our sprouted grain bread recipe for making your own homemade raw Essene bread!

How to Sprout:

There are 3 ways for sprouting seeds:

1. Jar Sprouting
2. Tray Sprouting
3. Hydroponic Sprouting

We will discuss the first two, they are the easiest for beginners.

Jar Sprouting:

All you need is:

• A quart size mason jar
• A mesh or plastic sprouting lid
• Seeds for sprouting
• Pure water for rinsing

• Place sprout seeds into quart jar. (see sprouting guide for exact measurements)
• Soak the seeds overnight in 3/4 jar full of water.
• Place fine mesh sprouting lid on jar.
• Next day, rinse your seeds by turning upside down into sink.
• Fill with water and rinse again.
• Place into a bowl, plastic tub or other container that allows them to sit slanted.
• Rinse them once daily.
• When they begin to grow and fill the jar tightly you will need to rinse in a bowl of water to allow hulls to float to the top.
• Discard hulls and drain water, place sprouts back into jar.
• Begin to rinse twice daily and drain well.
• Place in the indirect sunlight shining through a window to allow to green up.
• Sprouts depending on temperature and seed, should be done between 6-9 days.
• Keep in a sealed jar in the refrigerator for freshness.

TIP: Add ocean water to your sprout when soaking them. In a 20 parts water to 1 part ocean water solution. This will give extra energy, nutrients and minerals to your seeds and they will produce greener leaves.

Tray Sprouting:

You will need:

• A tray for sprouting.
• A black tray to cover top when incubating.
• One inch of high quality soil to cover the tray.
• A spray bottle or mister.
• Sprouting seeds and pure water.

• Soak seeds in quart jar overnight. (see sprouting guide for measurements)
• Continue sprouting process as above until seed roots begin to stretch from the seed.

Growing Tray Sprouts:

~Prepare 1 inch of soil into bottom tray.

~Drain rooted seeds well.

~Mist top of soil bed well and place rooted seeds on top, spread out evenly.

~Place dark lid on the top of bottom tray to incubate.

~Allow to sit in a darkish place until they begin to sprout and reach the tray top.

~During this time you will mist lightly once a day.

~Remove lid when ready and place in a window sill or sunnier area.

~They will grow for 3-4 more days, growing greener by the day.

~Continue to water add needed. (you can tell by the weight of the tray how dry they are)

~Mist on occasion.

~You will know when they are ready.

~They should be green and harvested before the leaves begin to split.

You can also add ocean water solution to the sprout tray when watering for extra boost, we have found they like this a lot!

TIP: Poke several holes in the black tray lid to allow to air to circulate and prevent molding.

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