Re: Sprouting in hotter weather

February 23, 2010

I lived in and around Miami for 20 years and we tried to keep the temp in our

living spaces down to 78 degrees... we had to use AC to do that.. no choice..

the AC kept the humidity down... you might want to keep a slow fan over your

sprouting seeds and change the water more often... use green tea in your

sprouting water, maybe put some ice cubes in with the tea or water... when I

lived in South Florida I would dream of feeling the coolness of 70 degrees..

that would have been like heaven. Now I sprout and ferment in temps as low as 62

degrees the cultures and seeds don't mind ... good luck

From: melry77 <melry77@...>

Subject: Sprouting in hotter weather

Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 8:32 AM

Â

Hi all! I live in San , Tx and am wondering what best techiniques to use

when the weather heats up? I have been sprouting sunflower seeds (hulled) in

mason jars all winter and they are great! Unfortunately now that it is getting

warmer (not today but there have been a couple nice days lately and it will

inevitably start heating up soon I hope!) When I put the jar in my window (not

direct sunlight) and it warms up to about 70 in our house I come home and there

is a lot of condensation inside the jar and the seeds have rotted right in the

jar, the smell is awful and I usually just toss the whole jar it smells so bad!

I can only rinse in the morning and late afternoon when I get home. We are soon

going to be living in our r.v. so it will be much much harder to keep a cool

temperature. Any thoughts on sunflower seeds especially? I am addicted now and

couldn't imagine not having them every day. I just purchased a salad spinner and

hope that will help

with more air circulating but am wondering about what to do when it is time to

green? My salad spinner does not have a clear outer bowl or lid, should I just

leave the colander part out in the window? Maybe open the window to get a breeze

in? Will they dry out too much? Thanks so much for all the great info you guys

have on here every single day :-) -

February 23, 2010

Hi, , first of all, get your jars out of the window. The sprouts don't

need that much light to grow. They don't need any night until they sprout. Do a

better job of draining after you rinse. Tilt the jars on their sides with the

opening pointed downward to let them continue to drain out what you didn't shake

out. What do you cover the jars with? You maybe stifling them. Seventy degrees

in your house is not too hot. Keep your jars in the coolest are where they can

still get some light. My sprouters sit on the end of the sink and only get

indirect light from the what ever light is in the kitchen. I do have grow trays

on the window sill, but they contain soil. Unless you are growing a lot of

sprouts, I would not advise using the salad spinner. If you do use it, the outer

bowl color really makes no difference, as long as you don't cover the top.

You're not growing corn in the field. You will be surprised how little light

that sprouts really need.

ew

Sprouting in hotter weather