Sprouting Seeds at Home: a Quick Beginner’s Guide

A sprout­ing jar is a must-have for every­one who likes to eat healthy and stay fit. Regard­less of the time of the year, you can grow 100% nat­ur­al food sup­ple­ments that you can add to sal­ads, sand­wich­es, and snacks. You can ful­ly con­trol the process of grow­ing seeds and it will take you just a min­i­mal effort. No pre­vi­ous expe­ri­ence is required and your expens­es will be deli­cious­ly low.

What You Can Sprout

Not all seeds are com­pat­i­ble with the sprouts grow­ing kit. Kid­ney beans or chia seeds are not good for this pur­pose. These are the most pop­u­lar seeds that you can ger­mi­nate safely:

● Wheat

● Grain

● Bean

● Nut

● Mung

● Chick­peas

● Mus­tard

● Alfal­fa

Now, let us con­sid­er what you should do after you bought a seed sprout­ing kit or some­one gave it to you as a present.

How to Sprout Seeds

The step-by-step instruc­tion is gen­uine­ly simple.

Soak

Keep the seed sprouter clean and make sure there are no for­eign sub­stances there before you put the seeds inside. Cov­er the seeds with cold or cool drink­ing water. The amount of water might vary depend­ing on the exact sort of seed. In most cas­es, the ratio of seeds to water in the con­tain­er should be 1 to 3. Soak the seeds thor­ough­ly. Buck­wheat needs only half an hour to soak. With most beans and seeds, you will need to wait for approx­i­mate­ly 8 hours.

Rinse

Once the seeds have soaked, drain them. A typ­i­cal sprout­ing kit has a drain lid, so you just need to tip it over and let the water drain into the sink. Rinse the con­tents of the jar, drain them, and put back the lid.

Wait and Rinse Again

Store the sprouts at room tem­per­a­ture. For faster ger­mi­na­tion, you might want to put them in sun­light. How­ev­er, you should not store them in direct sun­light for a long time. Make sure the seeds have enough ven­ti­la­tion. Rinse the seeds twice per day and drain them prop­er­ly to pre­vent mold.

Eat

Your har­vest will be ready in 3–5 days. The exact time depends on the vari­ety of seeds that you are grow­ing. Rinse them once again and drain them. Place them on a stack of paper tow­els to elim­i­nate mois­ture and wait for 5 min­utes. Feel free to con­sume them imme­di­ate­ly or store them for up to 7 days in the refrig­er­a­tor. If you pre­fer to keep them on your kitchen counter to eat in a few hours, put them in a bak­ing dish lined with paper towels.

On the Inter­net http://top-choice.shop, you will find detailed instruc­tions and valu­able rec­om­men­da­tions on ger­mi­nat­ing dozens of sorts of seeds. You will quick­ly get used to sprout­ing seeds at home.