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<\/p>\nThe pea shoots look terrible. Pretty sure it’s just density and it’s not that I can’t grow something. \u00c2\u00a0I hope anyway. \u00c2\u00a0I wonder if pea seeds of different varieties can be different enough sizes that mine are that much larger than the video I watched.<\/p>\n
I also wonder now that I’m having crowding issues — when he did 1 1\/2 cups for a 10×20 tray if that was measured after soaking, which would make a big difference. \u00c2\u00a0Obviously I didn’t think so, but I just can’t account for the discrepancy otherwise .<\/p>\n
Even my new batch seem like they will be too crowded again. \u00c2\u00a0And that was 1\/2 cup before soaking for 10×10.<\/p>\n
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My sprouts look and taste good.<\/p>\n
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This is French Garden mix from Sprout People and includes Clover, Arugula, Cress, Radish, Fenugreek, Dill. More expensive than a basic seed but I wanted a tasty mix for my first foray into sprouts. \u00c2\u00a0I used an Easy Sprouter but it is basically like doing it in a mason jar. This just has an inner cup with holes like a strainer in the bottom which makes draining it super easy. Having done it though, I don’t think it has that much advantage over a mason jar with an easy to remove and replace sprouting lid.<\/p>\n
I started with 1\/4 cup seed mix in my sprouter and set it to soak for 8 hours (important, with a salad mix. Too long and it will go anaerobic, too little and they won’t sprout well). \u00c2\u00a0Drained well, kinda tapped it so seeds were climbing the sides and spread out a bit, and then left it 24 hours with a vented lid. After that I fill the cup and soak 5-15 minutes twice a day, using a chopstick to fluff it up and break up the solid mass. Re-drain, until as dry as possible, repeating. The sprouts eventually produce a leaf, shedding a hull, and the cup keeps getting fuller. \u00c2\u00a0It’s ready to eat now. It’s a lot of sprouts for just me. \u00c2\u00a0Hope the kids like it in their salad at least.<\/p>\n
I like the flavor. It’s not too grassy, which is how I recall “sprouts” (they were probably alfalfa).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The pea shoots look terrible. Pretty sure it’s just density and it’s not that I can’t grow something. \u00c2\u00a0I hope anyway. \u00c2\u00a0I wonder if pea seeds of different varieties can be different enough sizes that mine are that much larger than the video I watched. I also wonder now that I’m having crowding issues — […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[34,35],"class_list":["post-253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-growing-stuff","tag-sprouting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":258,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions\/258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}