How to Grow Sprouts
Learning how to grow sprouts is easy. You can grow sprouts with only a quart jar and a few seeds or you can use carefree commercially made sprouting supplies
—start the process, and never touch the sprouts again until they're ready to eat!
Include sprouting seeds and beans in your emergency food storage program. Sprouting is the ultimate survival tool! If you are ever in the position of having very little food, you can multiply what you have--by sprouting! Even if you failed to plan ahead. All you will need to get started are the common everyday items that I have listed below!
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Mung bean sprouts are a delicious addition to many meals.
Growing Sprouts the Easy WayNo matter what method you choose to use, growing sprouts is really easy. You can use simple items that you already have in your kitchen, or you can make the process even easier by using a sprouting kit or sprouting trays...
Simple Sprouting Equipment This is the simplest method and a great way to get kids started sprouting. Many schools, parents who home-school, or children's groups use sprouting as an activity for their children. You can learn how to grow sprouts too—-in just a few minutes. Here's what you need to get started... - Sprouting jar – it can be a clean mayonaise jar or a quart canning jar.
- Fabric or screening - Cut a 4” square of (clean) screening (as in window screens), nylon stocking, nylon netting (like that used in wedding favors) or another loosely woven fabric. This will be used to cover the top of the jar.
- Heavy duty rubber band or a metal canning ring - Use this to hold the fabric or screening in place on top of the jar.
Sprouting equipment and seeds
are quite inexpensive, so it won't take much money to get started!
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Alfalfa sprouts make a great substitute for lettuce.
When you have grown your sprouts, eat the whole thing—seed, sprouts and roots. Sprouts are full of nutrition, and the sprouts that you produce can have 25 times as much volume as the original sprouting seeds you started with. In addition, the nutrition of the seeds, multiplies when they become sprouts--almost like magic! Store your sprouted seeds in the refrigerator. This will slow down their growth and keep them fresh, so that you can eat them before they get tough. As you can see, learning how to grow sprouts is really quite simple. Make sure you include
sprouting seeds
in your food storage plan. And practice growing sprouts now, so that, in the event of an emergency, you will already know how to sprout!
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