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sprouting part 2

Penny — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:56:00 +0000

After our seeds have soaked for awhile, drain the water. Our homemade draining lid should make things real easy. Pour out the water, and refill and pour out again. This is rinsing. After your seeds are well rinsed, pour out as much water as you can get out, then place your jar in a dark place or cover with a towel. Seeds must be in the dark to germinate. The seeds need to be rinsed 2 or three times a day. After the 3rd day the leaves will start to appear, then you can take the jar out of the dark. If your seeds are for planting, you can now put them in a bowl and one by one plant them in cups or the garden row. If your sprouts are for eating, leave them in the light for another two days still rinsing.

sprouting part 1

Penny — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:53:00 +0000

Learning to sprout seeds is worth while even if you don’t garden. With sprouting you can have fresh green goodness anytime. The easiest way I have found is this. Get a quart canning jar. A ring for the top. A plastic needlepoint round form you will find in your craft section of a superstore or fabric store. I am sorry I don’t remember what it is really called but it is plastic and white and has holes in it. Cut the plastic thing down so it fits snugly into the canning jar top ring. Add a small spoon of seeds, and lukewarm water to cover. Let sit for 6 hours. Seeds specifically for sprouting are necessary if you are going to eat your sprouts. Be sure to read part 2 tomorrow.

when to plant

Penny — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:51:00 +0000

The old timers around here say to never plant before Mother’s Day. Yet by a week after Mother’s Day they have tomato plants 14 inches tall. Starting your seeds early gives you that head start. We use that well aged compost as a planting medium. Sound fancy huh? What that means is you take some of your piled, cooked, manure and put it in a Styrofoam cup that has a hole punched in the bottom and add a couple pre-soaked seeds and watch! Pre-soaking your seeds makes a very big difference and works with anything bigger than a tomato seed. Some of them I will actually soak and then pour out and then sprout. When you pre-sprout things really get moving fast.