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[Beekissed]

If you did a whole big bag of seeds in this manner, would it have the same results?

 

[texasmomma]

If you did a whole big bag of seeds in this manner, would it have the same results?

I don't sprout in a bag. I guess I could, but I always figured it would be difficult. I sprout in a plastic colander. It works great. I rinse a time or two, and then I have sprouts. Once they get going, I do what I'm going to do with them. I haven't sprouted much for the chickens, just BOSS. I plan to try some grains at some point. It's easy to sprout in a colander and you can do a bunch more at a time.

 

[aaggjg]

No peace to make. Just a misunderstanding that we worked out pretty quickly. .

Aoxa is fine, and I hope you are fine with us being fine.

Hahahahaha .... Probably didn't have enough coffee when I read it was sure it was a misunderstanding and wanted to make sure you all knew it ahahahahhaha

Next time I'll drink more coffee before posting... but look out I'm on afternoon coffee now

 

[aaggjg]

If you did a whole big bag of seeds in this manner, would it have the same results?

I know someone who bought a sprouting bag whatever that is... um I bet some sort of mesh bag works great and is a whole lot cheaper!! She can rinse the seeds in the bag and let them continue to grow.

I sprout BOSS, wheat, Mung Beans .... oooh and I tried Barley but it always wanted to start fermenting!!! I was attempting this last summer when it was HOT so maybe I'll give it a go now in winter. The wheat always wants to go moldy on me

 

[galefrances]

On the topic of favorite farmers videos.

Farmers Tribute: So God Made a Farmer

That was beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Do you ever rinse them or just leave them??? Do you grow them into grass or just sprout?? I've had terrible time with them going moldy on me .... but I think it is my climate

I've been wanting to post some photos of the way I sprout in hopes it would give someone encouragement to try it. I've read so many sprouting things that just seem obsessive and a hassle. My sprouting has been as easy or easier than ff and no muss/fuss and never an issue with mold.

I just use a large bowl with a ss strainer and do it on the kitchen countertop. I haven't done photos before so the only ones I can post today are my 2 bowls that are soaking. Here's what I do:

-Put as many seeds as I want to sprout into the strainer(s)
-Put the strainer(s) in the bowl(s) and cover with water. Let soak overnight.
-Drain them in the morning by lifting the strainer out of the bowl; dump the water left in the bowl out .
-Get a canning jar ring (or whatever you have laying around that will work), put it in the bottom of the empty bowl and set the strainer with the seeds on top of it. Gives room for any moisture to drain while keeping the seeds from sitting in the water below.
-1 or 2 x/day, lift up the strainer, run it under cold water from the facet. Then either toss the seeds around a bit in the strainer (like tossing a pizza dough) or give them a little stir with my hand and replace the strainer back in the bowl on the ring. (Repeat a couple days until tiny tails appear on the seeds.)

I feed mine at the tiny tail stage.





The strainers came in a set from Bed Bath and Beyond. http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?SKU=11508006 I had them for cheesemaking already so I didn't go out and buy anything new.

You can mix seeds together in the bowls that sprout at similar rates. Wheat and Sunflower seeds work well together.


For winter, I tried sprouting some wheat to the grass stage and they enjoyed eating them. I will show a photo of those sometime in the future when I have one to take a picture of.

This whole process takes less than a minute each time I attend to it as it sits on the counter. I like sprouting the whole seeds better than putting them in the ff. I use the mash for the ff; sprouting for the seeds.

 

[aaggjg]

I've been wanting to post some photos of the way I sprout in hopes it would give someone encouragement to try it. I've read so many sprouting things that just seem obsessive and a hassle. My sprouting has been as easy or easier than ff and not muss/fuss and never an issue with mold.

I just use a large bowl with a ss strainer and do it on the kitchen countertop. I haven't done photos before so the only ones I can post today are my 2 bowls that are soaking. Here's what I do:

-Put as many seeds as I want to sprout into the strainer(s)
-Put the strainer(s) in the bowl(s) and cover with water. Let soak overnight.
-Drain them in the morning by lifting the strainer out of the bowl; dump the water left in the bowl out .
-Get a canning jar ring (or whatever you have laying around that will work), put it in the bottom of the empty bowl and set the strainer with the seeds on top of it. Gives room for any moisture to drain while keeping the seeds from sitting in the water below.
-1 or 2 x/day, lift up the strainer, run it under cold water from the facet. Then either toss the seeds around a bit in the strainer (like tossing a pizza dough) or give them a little stir with my hand and replace the strainer back in the bowl on the ring. (Repeat a couple days until tiny tails appear on the seeds.)

I feed mine at the tiny tail stage.

You can mix seeds together in the bowls that sprout at similar rates. Wheat and Sunflower seeds work well together.


For winter, I tried sprouting some wheat to the grass stage and they enjoyed eating them. I will show a photo of those sometime in the future when I have one to take a picture of.

This whole process takes less than a minute each time I attend to it as it sits on the counter. I like sprouting the whole seeds better than putting them in the ff. I use the mash for the ff; sprouting for the seeds.

Thanks ... This is very similar to my setup.... It is very easy and my girls love them. I wanted to try and take the wheat to the grass stage and some grew and others molded .... my BOSS grew well and I have a pie tin on my counter full of BOSS greens for the girls. The barley was a joke ... it literally fermented in the overnight soak in WATER!!! but that is Southern CA in the summer. My girls LOVE the mung beans as well! Gobble them up as fast as I can drop them!

 

[Leahs Mom]

Thanks ... This is very similar to my setup.... It is very easy and my girls love them. I wanted to try and take the wheat to the grass stage and some grew and others molded .... my BOSS grew well and I have a pie tin on my counter full of BOSS greens for the girls. The barley was a joke ... it literally fermented in the overnight soak in WATER!!! but that is Southern CA in the summer. My girls LOVE the mung beans as well! Gobble them up as fast as I can drop them!

I think I found a (simple) way to sprout the wheat seeds to grass with, again, little messing around. I don't have any now but will by the end of the week. I'll take some photos and show (picture's worth a thousand words). I've done it twice and it worked well both times.

 

[aaggjg]

Bee I have a question for you. I supplement my girls diet with lots of fresh greens I get for free from the farmers market every weekend. I try to let them free range at least an hour each morning and sometimes they get as much as 3 hours .... But since they are cooped up most of the time, I want them to have good healthy greens available and something to keep them occupied all day long. Well they have all been on FF for 2 months now but I have a few that have runny poops. Could the abundance of greens be causing the watery poops??? I am guessing the old saying too much of a good thing.... right? My girls only get fed in the morning ... I scoop out their FF and throw in a bunch of greens... everything from beet tops, carrot tops, collards, fennel, turnip, radish, lettuce etc etc I also get the occasional blemished tomato, pepper, watermelon, squash etc etc. So yes my girls eat well. I don't give it all to them at once ... I spread it out over the week but they do get a healthy portion of greens daily and the bonus things as a special treat. I guess I should cut back and see if that fixes the problem ..... poor girls now what will they do all day

 

[aaggjg]

I think I found a (simple) way to sprout the wheat seeds to grass with, again, little messing around. I don't have any now but will by the end of the week. I'll take some photos and show (picture's worth a thousand words). I've done it twice and it worked well both times.

Oooh great!!! I can't wait to see!!! The boss was EASY ... and wheat seemed like it should be