Thanks for the advice guys. I have some dried peas in my store. I will see what happens.
How to sprout seeds
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The grocery store dried seeds are hit and miss.
Got the feeling that sometimes, the seed was hot steamed ( = dead) then dried. eg Chick peas/Garbanzo beans.
The mung bean seed is live and usually quite fresh in our bulk food section.
Untreated wheat (sprouted then baked in breads) is just about impossible to get here.
Got the feeling that sometimes, the seed was hot steamed ( = dead) then dried. eg Chick peas/Garbanzo beans.
The mung bean seed is live and usually quite fresh in our bulk food section.
Untreated wheat (sprouted then baked in breads) is just about impossible to get here.
Do you get 'live' bird food seed mixes, RV ? and can you shelter some wheat growing long enough to ripen ?
I picked out wheat, barley, rye from ours and sowed it in patches where the birds wouldn't get to it. It grew, and I saved the crop. I know that crop is not treated with fungicides or pesticides, or anything else. I sow some of it every year and it sprouts well
M
I picked out wheat, barley, rye from ours and sowed it in patches where the birds wouldn't get to it. It grew, and I saved the crop. I know that crop is not treated with fungicides or pesticides, or anything else. I sow some of it every year and it sprouts well
M
Sorry about the bank balance, but the seeds look great
I hope they do well for you, and that they're tasty too !
Did you get the mixed sets ? I've been eyeing them up again.
M
I hope they do well for you, and that they're tasty too !
Did you get the mixed sets ? I've been eyeing them up again.
M
My chai seeds have begun to sprout!
I didn't think they would. Been hanging around the kitchen for two years and are supposedly out of date. I'll post a pic soon.
I didn't think they would. Been hanging around the kitchen for two years and are supposedly out of date. I'll post a pic soon.
The germination % begins to slide, right from harvest.
At work, I could get "outdated" bags of cleaned and ready-to-plant pine seed for free.
Germination % might be 75%. Fresh, it would have been 95%+ and $5,000 per kilo.
Replanting greenhouses can't afford that kind of waste space with dead seed.
What I'm really looking forward to is the ginger root. It has 1" sprouts on it already.
Must break it up and into some dirt this week. I'll see a 4' grass and dice the leaves like green onions.
At work, I could get "outdated" bags of cleaned and ready-to-plant pine seed for free.
Germination % might be 75%. Fresh, it would have been 95%+ and $5,000 per kilo.
Replanting greenhouses can't afford that kind of waste space with dead seed.
What I'm really looking forward to is the ginger root. It has 1" sprouts on it already.
Must break it up and into some dirt this week. I'll see a 4' grass and dice the leaves like green onions.
Well my seeds for sprouting have arrived. Made the postman leave on doorstep.
Detolled the packaging before bringing inside and left to dry in the bath.
Crazy precautions but I'm taking no chances!
Looking forward to opening it and getting the seeds going.
Just eaten the last of my cress. Wish I'd thought to order more of that but stupidly forgot. Plenty of mustard left so I'll be having mustard and cress ... but without the cress!
Detolled the packaging before bringing inside and left to dry in the bath.
Crazy precautions but I'm taking no chances!
Looking forward to opening it and getting the seeds going.
Just eaten the last of my cress. Wish I'd thought to order more of that but stupidly forgot. Plenty of mustard left so I'll be having mustard and cress ... but without the cress!
