Sprouting seeds

[monica123]

Does anyone sprout their own seeds and eat them? I just started doing it and I am amazed how well it worked how easy it actually was to do. They are really crunchy and good to eat.

 

[mamaA]

We started gardening a few years ago and I'm happy that we did. We eat cucumbers all summer long which is great because it's a veggie my family really enjoys. I love growing our own food!

 

[monica123]

We have been growing a veggie garden for quite sometime. It is a simple and cost effective way to eat. It is also a more healthy alternative at least you know what you are eating.

 

[SallyA]

I eat bean sprouts that I sprout myself regularly. There are so many different ones! My favorite is lentil sprouts because they taste kind-of nutty. Sprouts are very healthy, too!

 

[outdoors Joe]

We've never sprouted seeds to eat. What are the advantages? How do you eat them? Are they nutritious?

 

[monica123]

To my understanding they are fantastic for your digestive track and they are veggies so they are really good for you to start and there are real benefits to eating raw foods.

 

[patches]

Sprouts are very nutritious and sprouting them is easy. The most common ones are probably Alfalfa, but broccoli, lentil and others are popular, too. We eat them in salads and on sandwiches. but you can put them in soups or anything you want to. Advantages to eating sprouts are added nutrition and they taste good.

 

[AndyMan]

How do you keep them at the eating stage, without them going on to add leaves and becoming bitter? When we tried them I think we must have done too many or left them too long, because we ended up eating only a few. The rest we either planted or threw away.

 

[KennyV]

When growing sprouts you need to space the timing out so you always have some ... Just right... :smile:KennyV

 

[outdoors Joe]

I'm thinking about sprouting alfalfa seeds and maybe the lentils that were suggested. I read that all you have to do is soak them in water overnight, drain the water, rinse the seeds and then rinse them every day after that. About how long will they be at the edible stage before they start being too big?