Re: EW, need your help in buying PEA SHOOTS

May 24, 2010

Ok, Melody, two different uses for pea seeds. If you do them in your colanders,

you are going to get sprouts. Just like all of the rest of your sprouts. You can

grow them in little longer and they will get a little taller. For pea shoots,

you need to grow the seeds in a medium. If you go back to the link you just

sent, you can read all of the different mediums he uses. Any pea seed will grow

into shoots. They pretty much taste the same. I grow peas in my garden and

always let some pods mature so that I can harvest the seeds for sprouting and

replanting next year. It's been more than ten years since I purchased pea seeds

When you do sprouts, you have the pea seed still on your sprout. They are a

little crunchy, but edible. A one time shot. With shoots, you cut them off as

you need to harvest. The peas seed stays in the soil and grows another shoot.

I have Asian neighbors who love to go into my garden and harvest the pea

tendrils and use them in their cooking. They are tender and tasty. I used my

shoots on sandwiches and in salads. I prefer shoots to sprouts.

Growing peas shoots is like having a mini-garden in you kitchen window sill.

ew - LA County Certified Master Gardener.

EW, need your help in buying PEA SHOOTS

EW;

I just went to Sproutpeople.com and found this:

http://www..com/seed/peashoot.html

Now, is this what I am buying to sprout pea shoots? And I know they talk about

soil less mediums, but you did say I can sprout them exactly the way I do my

radish and broccoli sprouts, right?

So just let me know if this is what I buy, and then say " Melody, do what you do

with the trays, and you'll have pea shoots " .

And then I'll be all set.

I don't want to purchase the wrong thing and do the wrong thing while sprouting

them. It's only $5 and change per pound, but I don't want to get or DO the wrong

type of sprouting.

Thanks much

Melody

P.S. Can't wait to taste these.

and answer me one thing. Are pea shoots the same thing as when I went to the

store and bought GOYA PEAS?? Same thing, or completely different? Because I

sprouted the peas and they looked like sprouted lentils when I was finished with

them. I just want to know if these pea shoots (when I sprout them like I do my

radish, and other sprouts), well, if they will look like sprouts, or like the

lentils with the tails? Thanks much

Melody

May 24, 2010

EW:

If I do them in my colanders, and they grow like sprouts, can't I take a bunch

of them, snip off the pea part, AND THEY WILL BE THE SHOOTS??

or is this not feasible? And if it's not feasible, I gather I can just sprout

them, and when harvested, add them to my salads, so they will kind of have the

consistency of sprouted lentils?? Did I get this right?

thanks VERY MUCH

Melody

>

> Ok, Melody, two different uses for pea seeds. If you do them in your

colanders, you are going to get sprouts. Just like all of the rest of your

sprouts. You can grow them in little longer and they will get a little taller.

For pea shoots, you need to grow the seeds in a medium. If you go back to the

link you just sent, you can read all of the different mediums he uses. Any pea

seed will grow into shoots. They pretty much taste the same. I grow peas in my

garden and always let some pods mature so that I can harvest the seeds for

sprouting and replanting next year. It's been more than ten years since I

purchased pea seeds

> When you do sprouts, you have the pea seed still on your sprout. They are a

little crunchy, but edible. A one time shot. With shoots, you cut them off as

you need to harvest. The peas seed stays in the soil and grows another shoot.

> I have Asian neighbors who love to go into my garden and harvest the pea

tendrils and use them in their cooking. They are tender and tasty. I used my

shoots on sandwiches and in salads. I prefer shoots to sprouts.

> Growing peas shoots is like having a mini-garden in you kitchen window sill.

> ew - LA County Certified Master Gardener.

>

> EW, need your help in buying PEA SHOOTS

>

> EW;

>

> I just went to Sproutpeople.com and found this:

>

> http://www..com/seed/peashoot.html

>

> Now, is this what I am buying to sprout pea shoots? And I know they talk

about soil less mediums, but you did say I can sprout them exactly the way I do

my radish and broccoli sprouts, right?

>

> So just let me know if this is what I buy, and then say " Melody, do what you

do with the trays, and you'll have pea shoots " .

>

> And then I'll be all set.

>

> I don't want to purchase the wrong thing and do the wrong thing while

sprouting them. It's only $5 and change per pound, but I don't want to get or DO

the wrong type of sprouting.

>

> Thanks much

>

> Melody

> P.S. Can't wait to taste these.

> and answer me one thing. Are pea shoots the same thing as when I went to the

store and bought GOYA PEAS?? Same thing, or completely different? Because I

sprouted the peas and they looked like sprouted lentils when I was finished with

them. I just want to know if these pea shoots (when I sprout them like I do my

radish, and other sprouts), well, if they will look like sprouts, or like the

lentils with the tails? Thanks much

>

> Melody

>

May 24, 2010

Yes, you can let them get to about 3 - 4 inches in your colendar, snip off the

seed and you'll have a sprout. Remember that this is a one time only shoot. If

you plant them on a medium, you'll get at least four shoots - more for your seed

money. Don't throw away the peas seed and root. Toss them in your soup pot.

ew

EW, need your help in buying PEA SHOOTS

>

> EW;

>

> I just went to Sproutpeople.com and found this:

>

> http://www..com/seed/peashoot.html

>

> Now, is this what I am buying to sprout pea shoots? And I know they talk

about soil less mediums, but you did say I can sprout them exactly the way I do

my radish and broccoli sprouts, right?

>

> So just let me know if this is what I buy, and then say " Melody, do what you

do with the trays, and you'll have pea shoots " .

>

> And then I'll be all set.

>

> I don't want to purchase the wrong thing and do the wrong thing while

sprouting them. It's only $5 and change per pound, but I don't want to get or DO

the wrong type of sprouting.

>

> Thanks much

>

> Melody

> P.S. Can't wait to taste these.

> and answer me one thing. Are pea shoots the same thing as when I went to the

store and bought GOYA PEAS?? Same thing, or completely different? Because I

sprouted the peas and they looked like sprouted lentils when I was finished with

them. I just want to know if these pea shoots (when I sprout them like I do my

radish, and other sprouts), well, if they will look like sprouts, or like the

lentils with the tails? Thanks much

>

> Melody

>

May 24, 2010

Okay, NOW I HAVE A REALLY GOOD QUESTION FOR YOU.

Let's take this one step further. When I originally bought the round green

trays, when I (after soaking overnight), poured the seeds into the green trays,

well, every 12 hours, I NEVER MIXED THEM UP, I used to mist them, or lightly put

some water over them, and then put them in my drainer rack so the water would

run out from the bottom.

Now, why can't I do the same thing with the pea shoots. Instead of a soil less

medium, can't I just press down the seeds on the bottom of the tray, every 12

hours, do the misting, and as they grow, they will grow UPWARDS, and in 4 or so

days, I just take the whole bunch out of the tray, AND SNIP SOME OFF, and then

let the rest grow.

So instead of the soil less medium on the bottom, there would be NOTHING. When I

initially started sprouting, this is what I did. I just never mixed up the

sprouts. I had a big bunch of upward growing sprouts. I didn't like the bottom

root part, so I used to snip snip, and throw the bottom out. Just a little part

of the bottom.

But after I watched videos, I learned that it's ALL edible, and I didn't have to

do that, so when using trays, I just take my hands and mix them up.

But if I go back to the original way I used to sprout, it would be EXACTLY like

pea shoots. Growing up up up.

Can I do this?

Melody

> >

> > Ok, Melody, two different uses for pea seeds. If you do them in your

colanders, you are going to get sprouts. Just like all of the rest of your

sprouts. You can grow them in little longer and they will get a little taller.

For pea shoots, you need to grow the seeds in a medium. If you go back to the

link you just sent, you can read all of the different mediums he uses. Any pea

seed will grow into shoots. They pretty much taste the same. I grow peas in my

garden and always let some pods mature so that I can harvest the seeds for

sprouting and replanting next year. It's been more than ten years since I

purchased pea seeds

> > When you do sprouts, you have the pea seed still on your sprout. They are a

little crunchy, but edible. A one time shot. With shoots, you cut them off as

you need to harvest. The peas seed stays in the soil and grows another shoot.

> > I have Asian neighbors who love to go into my garden and harvest the pea

tendrils and use them in their cooking. They are tender and tasty. I used my

shoots on sandwiches and in salads. I prefer shoots to sprouts.

> > Growing peas shoots is like having a mini-garden in you kitchen window sill.

> > ew - LA County Certified Master Gardener.

> >

> > EW, need your help in buying PEA SHOOTS

> >

> > EW;

> >

> > I just went to Sproutpeople.com and found this:

> >

> > http://www..com/seed/peashoot.html

> >

> > Now, is this what I am buying to sprout pea shoots? And I know they talk

about soil less mediums, but you did say I can sprout them exactly the way I do

my radish and broccoli sprouts, right?

> >

> > So just let me know if this is what I buy, and then say " Melody, do what you

do with the trays, and you'll have pea shoots " .

> >

> > And then I'll be all set.

> >

> > I don't want to purchase the wrong thing and do the wrong thing while

sprouting them. It's only $5 and change per pound, but I don't want to get or DO

the wrong type of sprouting.

> >

> > Thanks much

> >

> > Melody

> > P.S. Can't wait to taste these.

> > and answer me one thing. Are pea shoots the same thing as when I went to the

store and bought GOYA PEAS?? Same thing, or completely different? Because I

sprouted the peas and they looked like sprouted lentils when I was finished with

them. I just want to know if these pea shoots (when I sprout them like I do my

radish, and other sprouts), well, if they will look like sprouts, or like the

lentils with the tails? Thanks much

> >

> > Melody

> >

May 24, 2010