Microgreens

b4ds33d

b4ds33d

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Ryante55 said:
sprouts are grown different than microgreens sprouts dont use soil and have the root attached when you eat them something with the soiless causes the salmonella.
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I’d say if you want to be sure to kill the salmonella on sprouts mix up a light bleach solution and soak the sprouts for 15 minutes. Then strain them out of the bleach and soak them in ice water for 5 minutes and throw them in a salad spinner.
 
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Ryante55

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b4ds33d said:
I’d say if you want to be sure to kill the salmonella on sprouts mix up a light bleach solution and soak the sprouts for 15 minutes. Then strain them out of the bleach and soak them in ice water for 5 minutes and throw them in a salad spinner.
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is that really worth it?
 
b4ds33d

b4ds33d

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Ryante55 said:
is that really worth it?
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I’m also a ER RN...you ever had salmonella?? As far as I’m concerned, the little bit of time out of your day would def be worth it if you are at least a little concerned. And there are few other methods that work as well and aren’t destructive to the texture/pallatability of the sprout.
 
Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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i'd do the same thing, but i'd use hydrogen peroxide instead of bleach. if you had ever had salmonella, the extra ten minutes would be well worth it
 
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Ryante55

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b4ds33d said:
I’m also a ER RN...you ever had salmonella?? As far as I’m concerned, the little bit of time out of your day would def be worth it if you are at least a little concerned. And there are few other methods that work as well and aren’t destructive to the texture/pallatability of the sprout.
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yeah exactly why i was saying its better to grow microgreen than sprouts
 
b4ds33d

b4ds33d

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Roger A. Shrubber said:
i'd do the same thing, but i'd use hydrogen peroxide instead of bleach. if you had ever had salmonella, the extra ten minutes would be well worth it
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I don’t know which is better peroxide or bleach. If you are washing a lot of sprouts, the cost of peroxide would add up quickly as the concentration would need to be fairly high whereas you only need a couple drops of bleach for a gallon of water. Plus bleach kills much more unwanted organisms pretty easily.
 
TexasT

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I tried out some of those grow pads. They work.

I also put a couple more into the coco coir media.




I like to cut em with a scissors and put them on salads.
I don't know about tasty as I use a habanero ranch dressing but I hope they will help with over all health
 
TexasT

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Well, almost a yr later and I've refined the growing a bit. Also gonna try a strawberry and tomato in a bucket, Kratky Style.


About three days in

After a week or so.Those are dollar containers from dollar tree. A little coco coir media, and a shammy from the auto section at dollar tree. Cut two slots in the lids, fill with water and cover for a couple days to get em going then set em out back in the sun. They go wild. I pulled some and put them in the rain down spout with some nutes to get em really growing.

Rain downspouts from Lowe's. And some pool noodle cut offs to hold the plants. Nutes in the water.



Also trying out a bucket grow for a strawberry and tomato. Same nutes as the rain gutter setup. I have high hopes.


I really like this micro greens method. I bought some arugula and bok choi seeds off ebay and some salad mix seeds from the Lowe's. They are working great.
 
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hanimmal

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Watched this yesterday, really nice video on doing micro-greens:

I was curious if anyone has any suggestions for veggies that like the light cycle 12/12 to mix in with an indoor grow.
 
meangreengrowinmachine

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DrKiz said:
Been growing micros on the side for about a year.
No soil. I use hemp mats. Bought a 120 foot roll on amazon.
Tap water only with hydrogen peroxide.

I do sunflowers and peas. The rest are a pain in the ass.
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Hmmm interesting! I have been looking to get into this and have been going back and forth between soil and soil less. This seems like the perfect solution! No mess of soil but also compostable! Do you just use normal t5 floros? I was wondering about some small leds possibly but seems like overkill for microgreens.
 
DrKiz

DrKiz

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meangreengrowinmachine said:
Hmmm interesting! I have been looking to get into this and have been going back and forth between soil and soil less. This seems like the perfect solution! No mess of soil but also compostable! Do you just use normal t5 floros? I was wondering about some small leds possibly but seems like overkill for microgreens.
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I use 6000k LED shop lights. 10000lux at about 10”. Minimal space and energy consumption.

It’s my clone and seedling shelf. Multi use.

I get a 10x20 tray of each a week.
 
Drop That Sound

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Hi guy's, cool to find a microgreen thread without joining regular gardening sites. Forgot I was a RIU member too so figured I would hop onboard.

I've really been looking into growing microgreens lately. Of course i'm starting out small as of now and hoping to improve my families diet, but can't help thinking about scaling up and setting up a decent sized operation, and a legit business to grow into. I do understand its a grind and you have to stay busy to be successful, and not exactly like all the YT videos make it out.. or is it?


I live on the dark side of the hill (no direct sunlight on my greenhouses after september and all winter) so figure container gardening would be the way to go. I'm thinking 45-53 ft semi dry van trailers insulated with foam (reefer trailers seem nasty like an old burned out fridge and cost double), and partitioned into different rooms. Already possibly have one here I can start working on now, and they are cheap to come by around here anyway so I could keep adding more as I go, hopefully never dealing with a lot of people or farmest markets, and just filling large orders like the supermarkets, etc.

It seems like buying all the plastic and especially steel racks alone would cost more than the used dry van so I would probably make simple PVC pipe racks to save cost. Food grade no but I would plan on automating the entire system with makeshift NFT trays to sit on them anyway because who wants to water flats all day by hand?



As for lighting on a large scale like i'm talkin about, I was thinking about just using the lowest wattage housdehold 60w or less equivalent screw in LED bulbs possible with the globes removed if needed, and cheap chinese ebay $4 10 packs of base sockets all wired up in rows.

Those shop lights do look nice and have a slim profile. 77.34/200= $0.3867 per watt right? That's not too bad. Pretty sure I could beat it though and save thousands if lighting a whole trailers full of racks with screw in bulbs from walmart instead?.

Also, might even be able to install a hoop house on top the trailers, for spring and summer times. I got so many idea's coming..


Oh yeah and another one, suppose I could take any old junk travel trailer I got around the property, gut it out and spray foam the walls, and hook up a cool bot device to an AC , and also an onboard generator strapped down, and have a ghetto reefer trailer to haul large orders basically anywhere with my little trucks for cheap..

That's all for now, I'll chime in again soon

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