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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Microgreen Harvest 12/28/10

pea microgreens

spinach and radish microgreens

shoot... can't remember what I planted in the bottom planter!

I bought this indoor green house a few years ago.  It's perfect for getting my seeds started... and growing my microgreens!


pea microgreens
I read in a gardening magazine a few months ago about growing microgreens.  And thought... ya... I can do that!

So I grabbed a couple long planters and some left over seeds.  I sprinkled the seeds thickly over the soil then lightly covered with soil.  Placed the 2 long planters in my indoor greenhouse near a south facing window.  Watered every so often... well, really I just misted...

It's been a few weeks.  I've so enjoyed watching the seeds sprout and grow their first little leaves!

Today the pea sprouts were a good 3 or 4 inches tall... so I decided that it was time to harvest!!!

I plan on using my microgreens in salads, on sandwiches, and in my green smoothies!

Today those tender, fragrant, tasty pea microgreens went into my fruity green smoothie!

7 comments:

  1. How wonderful! AND no bugs :) I have a few greens growing under lights right now too.

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  2. I want to try peas. I adore the taste and it would be great in Jan and Feb when everything is so white and I'm dying for green.

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  3. Hi GrafixMuse! LOL... no grasshoppers... even in the hoop house!

    It's so easy Daphne... and the flavor is really intense!

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  4. Appetizing! I like that indoor greenhouse. Where did you get that from?

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  5. Hi Veggie PAK, I got that indoor greenhouse from a store here in northern Wyoming called Pamida. Here it is on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&rh=n%3A1055398%2Ck%3Aindoor%20greenhouse&page=1

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  6.  Peas are the one microgreen crop that can be re-grown for a second cutting. Cut the first crop leaving a shoot at the base of the plant to re-grow. Peas taste like newly harvested spring peas. Pea Shoots are a nutritious microgreen with high levels of vitamin C and vitamin A. They also have...
    • 7 times more vitamin C than blueberries
    • 8 times more folic acid than bean sprouts
    • 4 times more vitamin A than tomatoes

    Readers might like my new book "How to Grow Microgreens" by Fionna Hill

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  7. Hello Fionna! Thank you for stopping and sharing some of your microgreen knowledge! Will look up your book!

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