Re: Sprouting on the 'Cheap'

[Guest guest]

I don't bother with trying to keep the seeds in place, in fact I swirl the

heck out of them while rinsing them. Then after draining I roll the jar on

the counter and try to get as many of them as I can to stick to the sides of

the jar. My yield is pretty high. Sounds like the device you've created

works pretty well for you.

Lorri

Have been sprouting about a year now and mostly disappointed with

using the jar-on-the-side routine. Rinsing was easy that way but

hard to rinse and keep the seeds in place.

[Guest guest]

On 1/10/09, Phyllis <adrianpv@...> wrote:

>

> Cut a piece of window screen to fit in

> the bottom of the container

What kind of metals are in window screen? I feel kind of iffy about

eating food that was grown on one.

Other than that, you've pretty much described the sprouter I got

through amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012YKCTC

The trays have slits on the bottom: the top tray drains to the bottom

tray which drains to the base. The slits are big enough to let the

water through but small enough to sprout tiny seeds like alfalfa and

mustard. It's a simple set-up but I'm pleased with it. I especially

like that I can move it around the kitchen easily when I need to free

up space here or there, which I couldn't do as easily with jars that

had to stay in the dish drainer or someplace else to keep from

dripping everywhere.

Sparrow

[Guest guest]

> >

> > Cut a piece of window screen to fit in

> > the bottom of the container

>

> What kind of metals are in window screen? I feel kind of iffy about

> eating food that was grown on one.

>

> Other than that, you've pretty much described the sprouter I got

> through amazon.com:

>

> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012YKCTC

>

> The trays have slits on the bottom: the top tray drains to the

bottom

> tray which drains to the base. The slits are big enough to let the

> water through but small enough to sprout tiny seeds like alfalfa and

> mustard. It's a simple set-up but I'm pleased with it. I especially

> like that I can move it around the kitchen easily when I need to

free

> up space here or there, which I couldn't do as easily with jars that

> had to stay in the dish drainer or someplace else to keep from

> dripping everywhere.

>

> Sparrow

Sparrow, Never gave any thought to what the window screen was made

out of.......Phyllis

>

[Guest guest]

On 1/10/09, Phyllis <adrianpv@...> wrote:

>

> Sparrow, Never gave any thought to what the window screen was made

> out of.......Phyllis

It's probably okay - I think most window screens are made of

fiberglass or aluminum. I'd be worried about lead content, mostly.

Sparrow

[Guest guest]

Many years ago I learned to grow sprouts in glass jars with a piece

of nylon stocking covering the opening (held on with a rubber

band). I tip it upside down in some sort of container to drain. It

works great. I haven't seen anyone write about this before. Does

anyone else do it?

Barb

> >

> > Sparrow, Never gave any thought to what the window screen was

made

> > out of.......Phyllis

>

> It's probably okay - I think most window screens are made of

> fiberglass or aluminum. I'd be worried about lead content, mostly.

>

> Sparrow

>

[Guest guest]

I use jars, but not nylon.

:~)

Thia

On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 10:31 PM, bhans2 <bhans2@...> wrote:

> Many years ago I learned to grow sprouts in glass jars with a piece

> of nylon stocking covering the opening (held on with a rubber

> band). I tip it upside down in some sort of container to drain. It

> works great. I haven't seen anyone write about this before. Does

> anyone else do it?

>

> Barb

>

>

[Guest guest]

When I first started sprouting I used wide mouth mason jars. I used

mama's old nylons or a cheese cloth. You have to make these cloths really

thin because they hold water. I learned to swap out a dry cloth after I

drained the sprouts. So I cut a least three covers for each jar.

ew

Re: Sprouting on the 'Cheap'

Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:31:26 -0000

Many years ago I learned to grow sprouts in glass jars with a piece

of nylon stocking covering the opening (held on with a rubber

band). I tip it upside down in some sort of container to drain. It

works great. I haven't seen anyone write about this before. Does

anyone else do it?

Barb

> >

> > Sparrow, Never gave any thought to what the window screen was

made

> > out of.......Phyllis

>

> It's probably okay - I think most window screens are made of

> fiberglass or aluminum. I'd be worried about lead content, mostly.

>

> Sparrow

>

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 1/12/2009 9:31:42 PM Central Standard Time,

bhans2@... writes:

> Many years ago I learned to grow sprouts in glass jars with a piece

> of nylon stocking covering the opening (held on with a rubber

> band). I tip it upside down in some sort of container to drain. It

> works great. I haven't seen anyone write about this before. Does

> anyone else do it?

>

I use glass jars with plastic screen lids. I love it. It works great.

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[Guest guest]

I like this idea!!!!!!!!!!! I have been using cheese cloth for when I

do not have enough screens and the cheese cloth sometimes will alow the

sprouts to spill out.

>

>

> > Many years ago I learned to grow sprouts in glass jars with a piece

> > of nylon stocking covering the opening (held on with a rubber

> > band).

[Guest guest]

That is exactly how I got started. However, my wife and I have this big

argument about the roots on sprouts and I have to cut them off for her.

Sprouting in a jar causes the sprouts to be a tangled up and becomes a

burden to harvest if you have to remove the roots. The FreshLife makes it

easier because the sprouts all grow upward.

ew

Re: Sprouting on the 'Cheap'

Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 10:56:42 EST

In a message dated 1/12/2009 9:31:42 PM Central Standard Time,

bhans2@... writes:

> Many years ago I learned to grow sprouts in glass jars with a piece

> of nylon stocking covering the opening (held on with a rubber

> band). I tip it upside down in some sort of container to drain. It

> works great. I haven't seen anyone write about this before. Does

> anyone else do it?

>

I use glass jars with plastic screen lids. I love it. It works great.

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