Re: Re: [sprout people egroup] Dead sprouts!

[Guest guest]

Hmm,

Well, not sure of an answer for you right now, Melody. When I used my

German sprouter (purchased very economically at Goodwill), likewise there's

little to no air circulation either. Yet my sprouts turn out well, *except*

for that bad batch of adzukis several weeks ago - went to mold, even though

the other spouts in the tray below it did well. Weird. I've also sprouted

in stainless steel strainers with plenty of air circulation and that went

well. It's a conundrum I'll have to ponder more, LOL! Could be there's

someone else on the group who has been insight by which to 'air' this topic,

LOL!!

Good luck with this new batch!!

Thea

From: sproutpeople [mailto:sproutpeople ] On

Behalf Of Melody

Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 10:10 AM

To: sproutpeople

Subject: Re: [sprout people egroup] Dead sprouts!

Hi Thea:

I have a good question. What is this air circulation that you all are

talking about. I use the Sproutgarden with the covers and they stack on

themselves. So what does it matter if I put this whole thing inside a

cooling system, or I just have them on my shelves?

Where is this air circulation going on?

Let me know, and I'll get right on this.

Last night I transferred my soaked seeds to my trays. 5 TRAYS.

I don't want to lose any more sprouts so how can I improve air circulation.

I'll put this in the fridge if it gets hot.

This morning at 6:30 we had SUCH A DOWNPOUR, it woke up the whole

neighborhhood. Now the sun is coming out.

I think it's going to be a hot day.

Thanks, Melody

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi Thea:

>

> I have a good question. What is this air circulation that you all are

> talking about. I use the Sproutgarden with the covers and they stack

> on themselves. So what does it matter if I put this whole thing inside

> a cooling system, or I just have them on my shelves?

>

> Where is this air circulation going on?

>

> Let me know, and I'll get right on this.

>

> Last night I transferred my soaked seeds to my trays. 5 TRAYS.

>

> I don't want to lose any more sprouts so how can I improve air

> circulation. I'll put this in the fridge if it gets hot.

>

> This morning at 6:30 we had SUCH A DOWNPOUR, it woke up the whole

> neighborhhood. Now the sun is coming out.

>

> I think it's going to be a hot day.

>

> Thanks, Melody

>

>

>

Hi Melody,

Not Thea but I thought I would jump in on this subject. Through the

years I have had to minimize my sprouting during the summer for heat and

humidity reasons. Over the twenty years I have been sprouting I have

tried all sorts of different things some work some do not.

What has worked has been to stick with the more hardy

sprouts...fenugreek and lentil mixes in particular. As mentioned, use

less seeds so the sprouts are not crowded in any way. I do not stack or

cover sprouts in the heat, to much heat and humidity that way. I run a

fan in the proximity of my sprouting area to keep the air moving. You

can do the smaller seeds but keep it sparse. I also heavily rinse with

a sprayer not just dunk and water. Less chance for any nastiness to

accumulate. I have also found that micro greens grown on soil or

planting medium do fine in the heat if once again, I do not seed heavily.

Probably the best advice I can give in your case would be to NOT stack

your trays and put a fan in the area you sprout.

Now I have never put them in the fridge. With the level of produce I

keep in there I just don't have the room.

Hope this helps...

Lorri in NH