Wednesday, June 24, 2009





Year Around Indoor Gardening - Sprouting

Spouts are a super food.

Fact:

  • Did you know that a radish takes about a month and a half to grow to maturity and contains 10 international units (IU) of vitamin A? Conversely, radish sprouts take 5 days to grow and contain 390 (IU) international units of vitamin A. Wow!

  • A two ounce shot of wheat grass contains 70% Chlorophyll and is equivalent to eating 3 pounds of raw vegetables

Why I have started to grow my own sprouts:

  • Sprouts are a nutritionally power packed food with high concentrations of vitamins, minerals, proteins, enzymes, and bio-flavinoids etc.

  • I can simply and quickly grow fresh organic produce year around in my own kitchen – no pest problems.

  • Less production time from seeds to the table

  • The tender cell walls of the sprouts easily release their concentrated nutrients which maximizes our ability to assimilate them. Sprouts are packed full of enzymes that aid digestion and balance the digestive tract.
  • Sprouts can be added to salads, sandwiches, used to cook with or juiced


To learn how you can economically grow your own nutritious sprouts year-round check out this book: Sprouts –The Miracle Food – The Complete Guide to Sprouting by Steve Meyerowits. AKA: The Sproutman. In his informative book and on his web site Sproutman uses three methods for home sprouting:

  1. Bamboo baskets - which give his sprouts more vertical room to grow as opposed to the mason jar method.

  2. Soil-less sprouting trays and the

  3. Fresh Life Automatic Sprouter.

Personally, I have sprouted in mason jars but the sprouts get too crowded and stay too wet which tends to allow mold to develop. I have also grown wheat grass in organic soil for the purpose of increasing their mineral content which turns into real messy indoor gardening. I have not yet tried to sprout in bamboo baskets. But, the easiest way to grow sprouts for me is to use the Fresh Life Automatic Sprouter. I bought an extra barrel and wheat grass pads to double my ability to sprout wheat grass.

Check out my amateur video of the progress of my Fresh Life Automatic Sprouter. I am growing wheat grass...to be continued.

If you are interested in a Fresh Life Automatic Sprouter you can call me at: (615)331-3136 They sell for $99.00





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