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you mention that the ideal temperature is 25 to 30C. Now i live in the UK and as you must now, we never ever have 25C so whats the best way to keep it at that temperature if your weather suck?
There are heating pads you can place under the tray/vessel you are growing them in that will let you increase the temperature, combine that with direct sunlight and you should be able to overcome poor weather.
What are the thoughts of growing microgreens in cocoa or coconut husk? I want to keep them as fresh as possible and serve table side. My thought is that the accidentally serving husk residue would go over better than dirt. Plus the leftover husk could be easily composted.
I live in New Zealand and we have been though Winter recently and I have a small electric propagator in the kitchen. Radish can grow in 6-7 days large enough to eat (even in winter) as long as it gets some sun. Small leaves, but lovely and very quick.
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I've been curious about micro-greens, and even more, micro-flowers. Any chance you can include something on edible flowers soon? Would also love a few more recipes and plating ideas, if you ever get the time. But thanks. Really liked this one.
Do you recommend starting your seeds without direct sunlight until the first seedlings emerge?
I always wondered how I can determine if the microgreens or sprouts or leaves of a certain plant are actually edible. When i first learned about René Redzepi I was impressed about his knowledge on what to eat. I always fear that many plants are not edible. Is this topic covered in the mentioned literature?
Outstanding! What do you guys think of the AeroGardens? I do have a few of those and use them / have used them mostly for towmaters, lettuce and such, edible flowers and microgreens are more fun I think
Is it be possible to grow these micro greens in the easy green spouter with soil? like arugula,coriander,lemon balm,purple basil.Etc..
Hey guys! Thank you very much for this information! Now I can create my little microgreens garden here in Portugal but first I have to check where I can get my seeds!!! Thanks once again, Maria
Thought I'd share this great video recently from Food Curated on a micro green farm:
http://foodcurated.com/2014/08/not-just-for-decoration-good-water-farms-microgreens/#comments
You can also totally skip the soil if you want and plant directly onto burlap (much easier to clean for service) or floss growpads, rockwool, or coco coir fiber. Heating pads are a good idea, or even a hydronic heated table, but you can skip sunlight completely and use cheap T5 fluorescent lights on a 16hr timer for faster growth.
Thanks for the Course. I did include sprouts for some time in my dishes. Microgreens would ow be the next level.
Hey guys. I picked up a packet of the Micro Greens Mix from Territorial Seeds and am trying to decide what size container to grow in. It's a 4 gram packet and it says there are approximately 800 seeds per gram. Also notes that each packet will sow a 4 x 4 foot area. My questions:
1. If say I used a 1x1 foot container (growing indoor on a window sill)...should I plant 1 gram of seeds at a time?
2. Is it better to reseed or start a new container?
3. You mention making sure the container has at least 2 inches depth for soil but what would be preferred depth if you have options?
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1) I plant dense and pick early. the larger you want the greens to be when you harvest the more space you should give them to grow.
2)I reseed each batch, just mix up the old stuff, maybe bake the old stuff to kill any bugs. Cool it water it and plant again.
3)You won't need more than 2" of depth. the plants will not grow quickly if they do not have a root support.
I dont see why not.
Those will work fine as well. Micorgreens are not very picky. They need a place to put their roots, water and light for maximum a few weeks.
We do not cover each plant that could be used as a micorgreen. There really are so many hundred of thousands so we cover our favorites.
They will germinate and sprout faster with warmth, like 75f. So as long as its about that shouldn't matter.
That is true. It all works, but you will want to make sure you can get the seeds really in their so they have some structural support as they grow.
Just keep in mind that a 4 foot x 4 foot area is actually 16 square feet. If your container is 1 foot x 1 foot and you wanted to plant at the recommended density you should plant only .25 g at a time.
You can reuse the soil, but it only contains so much nutrients, you either need to add nutrients every so often or compost the soil and start fresh.
For most plants in this class, 2 inches is plenty, 4 inches is more than enough. 1 inch would suffice but is a little on the small side.
Alright, thank you very much Grant
Grant, could you please be more specific on the second recommendation? Define "mix.... and bake the old stuff". Because I'm about to bake a batch of soil with "leftovers" of the last growing in my kitchen oven! Is that right? Thanks in advance. Best wishes from Venezuela
In addition you can build with just wires and clear plastic a small replaceable greenhouse, sunlight and contained temperature should be than sufficient enough.
Interesting class,… homegrown mushrooms would be a nice addition to it.
We would like to grow microgreens in the restaurant kitchen. Besides havng the sunlight and avoidingthe heat are there any other concerns?
I have used an egg-carton to grow my first greens. The arugula and Cress have sprouted first, however they are now all toppling over as soon as they reach oubt 3 cm. i have given them enough water. I dont think i've given them too much beceayse they don't look particularly yellow. I've just kept the soil moist. What do you guys think is the problem? Didn't i bury the seeds deep enough? Is the egg carton to shallow? Something else?
