Re: RE: Re: seed sterilisation

[Guest guest]

Interesting idea. Doctors wash their hands with a surfactant (soapy water) to

remove bacteria; the same thing ought to work on sprout seeds. Soap or Basic H

shouldn't harm the seeds, but you'd have to do a very good cleaning to remove

_all_ the bacteria.

I didn't use bleach on the sprouts, just in the first part of the seed soak.

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From: davidwhittaker <davidwhittaker@...>

Date: Fri Dec 16 10:28:17 CST 2005

Subject: RE: Re: seed sterilisation

I use a product from Shaklee called Basic H, it is a biofriendly

surfactant/detergent that is PH friendly, zero phosphates that we use for

cleansing, we have a dispenser at all our sinks in the house, it is safe to

use as Tooth Paste, I use it in our water softener to make the water

softener work more efficient. we still have a Culligan 5 step purification

filter system for our drinking water. We also use Basic L for laundry, we

have very little lint accumulation in the dryer screen (less than 10% of

using regular detergent) as a result of using this product for laundry

washing, hence I believe that Basic H is less abrasive to the clothing than

a phosphate based detergent would be, and our clothes seem to last and look

better longer as a result. So just to let your know, if our sprouts get

looking like they are deteriorating, or get a bad smell due to bacteria

built up, we soak and rinse the sprouts in water with a couple squirts of

Basic H and we can extend the longevity of the sprouts for another few days.

I believe that this would be less harmful to the sprouts than a chlorine

rinse would be, though I do not know how bad Chlorine would be for the

sprouts. Hope this helps. Thank you. Dave From Ontario

Re: Re: seed sterilisation

Is chlorine bleach really that bad? It would contaminate the hull of the

seed which you don't eat anyway. I've sprouted some seriously contaminated

sunflower seeds (which I got from a local candy store); the first batch

stank from bacteria and yeast so I used lots of bleach on the 2nd and it was

OK. The sprouts didn't seem to mind.

[Guest guest]

soap can leave a chemical residue. And also there is negative info on using

antibacterial soaps. Search it out. I still think peroxide is best.

003marklanders@... wrote: Interesting idea. Doctors wash their hands

with a surfactant (soapy water) to remove bacteria; the same thing ought to work

on sprout seeds. Soap or Basic H shouldn't harm the seeds, but you'd have to do

a very good cleaning to remove _all_ the bacteria.

I didn't use bleach on the sprouts, just in the first part of the seed soak.

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From: davidwhittaker <davidwhittaker@...>

Date: Fri Dec 16 10:28:17 CST 2005

Subject: RE: Re: seed sterilisation

I use a product from Shaklee called Basic H, it is a biofriendly

surfactant/detergent that is PH friendly, zero phosphates that we use for

cleansing, we have a dispenser at all our sinks in the house, it is safe to

use as Tooth Paste, I use it in our water softener to make the water

softener work more efficient. we still have a Culligan 5 step purification

filter system for our drinking water. We also use Basic L for laundry, we

have very little lint accumulation in the dryer screen (less than 10% of

using regular detergent) as a result of using this product for laundry

washing, hence I believe that Basic H is less abrasive to the clothing than

a phosphate based detergent would be, and our clothes seem to last and look

better longer as a result. So just to let your know, if our sprouts get

looking like they are deteriorating, or get a bad smell due to bacteria

built up, we soak and rinse the sprouts in water with a couple squirts of

Basic H and we can extend the longevity of the sprouts for another few days.

I believe that this would be less harmful to the sprouts than a chlorine

rinse would be, though I do not know how bad Chlorine would be for the

sprouts. Hope this helps. Thank you. Dave From Ontario

Re: Re: seed sterilisation

Is chlorine bleach really that bad? It would contaminate the hull of the

seed which you don't eat anyway. I've sprouted some seriously contaminated

sunflower seeds (which I got from a local candy store); the first batch

stank from bacteria and yeast so I used lots of bleach on the 2nd and it was

OK. The sprouts didn't seem to mind.