Re: Newbie needs help with sprouting

January 26, 2012

You are not hopeless you are just NEW. We've all been new.

Buy some organic sprouting seeds from Sproutpeople.com or handypantry.com.

Start small. Take a mason jar, some cheesecloth and two tablespoons of seeds.

Soak overnight.

Next day, rinse and drain thoroughly. Do this again 12 hours later. In a few

days you'll see them sprouting. When you are done by the 4th or 5th day, rinse

and drain thoroughly again and put the mason jar in some light in your kitchen

and by the end of the day, you'll see them nice and green.

Get cracking!!

lol

Melody

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> Hello everyone!

> I'm so glad to have found this group. I have just begun experimenting with

sprouting because I am switching to a mostly raw food diet and I am not having

much luck with anything I try to sprout.

> I don't know what I am doing wrong. I have read some sprouting websites and

watched several videos and am following the instructions but nothing I have

tried has sprouted so far.

> I tried lentils first. The 1st two attempts, they got black dots (mold I

assume) on them and I tossed them out. The third attempt, they actually started

to sprout, although took way longer than they should have from what I have read.

They died out before they even got 1/4 of an inch. I also tried natural sesame

seeds, brown rice, wild rice, mung beans with no luck.....nothing. The mung

beans were sold as dried sprouted mung beans so that might be why. I tried

pumpkin seeds but could not tell if they sprouted or not, as I had read that the

sprout on seeds can remain tiny.

> I have been using open glass bowls and water from my kentwood water cooler

to soak overnight, rinsing in morning and before bed, sometimes in afternoon

too. Then the next day I drain the water and have tried various things...a mesh

screen, cheesecloth, a damp paper towel. Nothing seems to work. Oh I also tried

cannelini beans with no luck, (nothing happened)as well. Am I hopeless as a

sprouter? lol

>

January 27, 2012

Thanks everyone,

Yeah, I had been wondering if it was the quality of my seeds, some of the

beans were just plain old cheap-o walmart brand. And I did see a video that

mentions irradiation but I was eager to experiment with what I had on hand. I

went to wholefoods and I did get some raw organic flax seeds which I have not

tried yet but I learned that they get sort of gelatinous when they sprout? And

so I assume they might be better for smoothies and juicing then salads? Eh,

either way I think I will give them a try next. I love the sprout people website

and I am planning to order some seeds. I am very interested in the micro greens

and will try that too now that I know that they are easy. Thank you for your

help!

> > >

> > > Hello everyone!

> > > I'm so glad to have found this group. I have just begun experimenting with

sprouting because I am switching to a mostly raw food diet and I am not having

much luck with anything I try to sprout.

> > > I don't know what I am doing wrong. I have read some sprouting websites

and watched several videos and am following the instructions but nothing I have

tried has sprouted so far.

> > > I tried lentils first. The 1st two attempts, they got black dots (mold I

assume) on them and I tossed them out. The third attempt, they actually started

to sprout, although took way longer than they should have from what I have read.

They died out before they even got 1/4 of an inch. I also tried natural sesame

seeds, brown rice, wild rice, mung beans with no luck.....nothing. The mung

beans were sold as dried sprouted mung beans so that might be why. I tried

pumpkin seeds but could not tell if they sprouted or not, as I had read that the

sprout on seeds can remain tiny.

> > > I have been using open glass bowls and water from my kentwood water cooler

to soak overnight, rinsing in morning and before bed, sometimes in afternoon

too. Then the next day I drain the water and have tried various things...a mesh

screen, cheesecloth, a damp paper towel. Nothing seems to work. Oh I also tried

cannelini beans with no luck, (nothing happened)as well. Am I hopeless as a

sprouter? lol

> > >

> >

>

January 27, 2012

Do keep in mind that not all seeds " sprout " -flax does not sprout in the sense

that beans do-in other words, it won't get a pretty green growth on it. Flax,

chia, pumpkin, sunflower, and other seeds are " soakers " in which you " sprout "

them by soaking, but they don't grow...unless you grow them in soil as a

microgreen. I suggest starting with something like alfalfa, mung bean, radish,

or something that will give you the actual " green sprout " it sounds like you are

expecting. Flax and chia form a " gel " when they sprout, not an actual sprout.

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> Thanks everyone,

> Yeah, I had been wondering if it was the quality of my seeds, some of the