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The smallest edible plants on Earth
and the trend in the Sprout Industry: Micro-Greens.
Most don't even need to be soaked and all are so simple that you can grow them at work as well as at home.
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Micro-Greens Basics
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Sprout School & Shop Sprouting Seed Info Center
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Sprouts are eaten root and all - Green's roots are buried in something (soil or some moisture holding something) so we don't eat them. Greens are just a plant which grows vertically and which we harvest by cutting it close to it's base. Some of these seeds form gelatin sacks - they are called mucilaginous. Those seeds are never soaked - unless you are performing an experiment - and they will never sprout in a conventional sprouter. Mucilaginous seeds store water around themselves, which is a totally awesome trick in nature - but makes a slippery mess in a normal sprouter, but they do make great Greens - we call them Micro-Greens. Any tiny seed (alfalfa, clover, broccoli, arugula, cabbage, cress, radish.....) will produce such a plant if grown in this manner, but we don't list them all here, we just list the ones most commonly grown as Micro-Greens - but - feel free - try any tiny seed. Experiment! To grow Micro-Greens from unlisted non-mucilaginous seeds, follow these directions. For unlisted mucilaginous seeds follow these. Micro-Greens
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Arugula |
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This mildly spicy mucilaginous Brassica (the same family as Broccoli, Cabbage, Mustard and Radish...) has one of the greatest flavors on earth! Arugula is a very fast grower which doesn't even need (and should not have) soaking. Just sprinkle some seeds on moist soil, thoroughly moistened Hemp Bag, Baby Blanket or a Miniature Garden and watch your crop grow - in just 5 days - into the tastiest green food you've ever experienced. Once you have enjoyed Arugula you won't be able to imagine life without it! FYI - when mucilaginous seeds are mixed with non-mucilaginous seeds in the proper proportions (our secret) they can be sprouted using traditional (water only. no medium) sprouting methods. |
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Broccoli*Variety: Green Sprouting Calabrese |
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Famous for it's antioxidant content. Broccoli sprouts contain something like 50 times the sulfurophane found in mature broccoli, by weight. Broccoli Greens haven't been researched to the best of our knowledge, so we can't be sure of nutritional specifics - but they are wonderfully tender and tasty - especially if you like broccoli. Our current lot of Broccoli produces great Broccoli sprouts and Micro-Greens. We always look for easy and productive as seed that produces a flavorful crop. We test up to 10 different crops of broccoli seed every year and we know we have the best seed anywhere. We are sorry we can't find an organic broccoli seed that comes close in quality or flavor, but we keep testing and hope to offer organic seed someday. Though this is a conventional seed, it is clean as well as productive. As with all of our seeds it is tested and certified free of pathogens and is, of course, NOT treated. We eat it, our kids eat it, our pets eat it. |
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Cabbage Patch*Organic Red Cabbage + Conventional Green Cabbage |
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A combination of 2 different cabbage varieties grown on soil, Baby Blanket or similar medium (Miniature Garden or a horizontal Hemp Bag) for their very tender greens. |
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Chia |
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Famous as the coat for vegetable pets, Chia is a very small and lovely mucilaginous seed |
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Curly Cress |
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aka Pepper Grass, this spicy Brassica (the same family as Broccoli and Radish...) is, in flavor, something like Watercress and is a very fast grower which doesn't even need (and should not have) soaking - it is mucilaginous, so do not soak it - ever. Just sprinkle some seeds on moist soil or a thoroughly moistened Hemp Bag, Baby Blanket or the ultimate Micro-Greens device, a Miniature Garden and watch your crop grow - in just 5 days - into a wonderfully tasty micro-green which will become a necessary ingredient in your sprout kitchen. Also a great crop to grow in your office along with other Micro-Greens, especially if you use the Miniature Garden! |
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Flax GreensGolden and/or Brown Flax |
| A mildly spicy, very tender Green grows from this most mucilaginous seeds. Another Micro-Green which is perfect for the Miniature Garden, Baby Blanket or a vertical Hemp Bag. Desired by many for nutrtional qualities of the seed, it is often used for teas which aid intestinal health, added to cereals, breads or just ground up in healthy drinks. Whether you are growing Flax or just looking for seed to eat - these are beautiful seeds! |
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Mustard GreensOriental Mustard |
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Tastes just like horseradish. not as easy to grow as other Micro-Greens, but worth the effort. Wonderfully tangy. This is the only NON-mucilaginous Mustard we know of so it can also be grown as a sprout. The Micro-Green however, is, you guessed it, best grown on the Miniature Garden, Baby Blanket or on a vertical Hemp Bag. |
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Spicy Salad GreensDaikon Radish, Cress and Arugula |
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An exceptionally tasty and aromatic mix. This one works well grown on soil or Baby Blanket, a thoroughly moistened Hemp Bag or the ultimate Micro-Greens device, a Miniature Garden. A beautiful gourmet addition to salads, sanwiches, tacos, etc. - just scatter a bunch in or on top to spice up your life! |
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Micro-Greens KitA Miniature Garden Sprouter, 8 Baby Blanket Pads (pre-cut, compostable replacement pads for your Mini-Garden) and 1/4 lb. each of Arugula, Cress, Broccoli, Clover, Radish and Mustard
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Micro-Greens are just sprouts which grow like plants - they bury their roots in (in this case) a moist felt pad and grow straight up, unfurling leaves atop thin stems. This is a really cool way to grow all sorts of tiny seeds - like Alfalfa, Clover, any of our Gourmet Clover based blends (French Garden, Russian Mix, etc.), Mustard, Radish, Broccoli and more. It is The Perfect way to grow Arugula and Cress (which are mucilaginous seeds which must be grown as Greens because the gel sack they form makes them impossible to sprout in a traditional sprouter) which is all the reason anyone needs to get into this - once you've had Arugula and Cress Micro-Greens your life will never be the same! They are just Awesome! |
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Micro-Greens SamplerSingle Harvest packs of Micro-Greens: Alfalfa, Arugula, Broccoli, Cress and Radish
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Designed to be grown using The Miniature Garden Sprouter. These are smaller than our other Single Harvest packs because less seeds are used when growing with the Miniature Garden. |
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Sprouting Devices |
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Miniature Garden |
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Hemp Bag |
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Trays |
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Supplies |
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Sprouters for Note: Do NOT pre-sprout mucilaginous seeds. |
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Easy Sprout |
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SproutMaster |
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Tube with Lids |
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Jar and Lid |
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