NOW ON DVD, LEARN HOW TO GROW YOUR OWN WHEATGRASS, SUNFLOWER, PEAS & BUCKWHEAT AND SPROUT JUST LIKE THE PRO'S DO IT!
(PEA GREENS CAN BE GROWN THE SAME AS WHEATGRASS)
Complete "HOW TO GROW" page coming soon; Sprout Chart below... Grow your own Sunflower Greens also below.... (have you learned yet to scroll down all my pages?)
Spend as little as $1.00 per week to have your very own wheatgrass juice at home, all you need is seperate wheatgrass juicer. Get all your supplies from www.gotsprouts.com to begin growing your own at home (seeds, planting trays, racks and fresh sprouts / grass). Small trays are 10"x10" and will yield up to 10 ounces of juice and large trays are 17"x17" and will yield up to 20 ounces of juice per tray. One pound of wheatgrass = approx. 13 ounces of juice, when using the Healthy Juicer. You may order your own "How to Grow" DVD by Michael Bergonzi from the store link on the left. (at this time, phone consultations are a small fee, only email questions will be answered for free). The DVD includes how to grow wheatgrass, sunflower, pea greens and buckwheat. (Pea Greens can be grown the same way as wheatgrass!) Seperate sprouting DVD will include all different kinds of sprouts (mung beans, whole lentils, fenugreek, alfalfa, broccoli, clover, garbanzo beans, adzuki, quiona, millet, etc...) all of these are grown hydroponically, without soil.
The basics to know:
1. Soak your hard winter wheat seed (also called wheatberries) overnight or 8-12 hours.
2. Sprout the seed in a jar for the next 16-24 hours, rinsing the seed well three times a day.
3. Plant the seed after a very short "tail" is visable, on top of the soil (basic potting mix or top soil will work fine, peat moss is an important ingredient to look for in your soil, if you have to add peat moss the mix is 1part peat moss/3parts soil) filled half way up the tray.
4. Water tray and then cover seed to keep from drying out for the first three days.
5. During the first three days of growth, water once a day in the am and really soak the soil (until the tray drips is a good sign you are watering enough) and then lightly mist your seed in the pm (lift cover off to mist seed).
6. On the fourth day, uncover grass (roots should begin to take over your soil), water heavy, once a day and keep the grass in the shade (never direct sunlight).
7. For mold problems, increase your air circulation with a fan or A/C to keep temp between 70-80 degrees.
8. Harvest grass when a second blade of grass appears or when the grass "splits" toward the bottom of the blade (average growing time is 7-12 days depending on the weather, but still always watch for the second blade of grass as you can never judge by how many days it has been growing or how tall the grass is).
9. Only harvest one time (cut grass will store in the fridge for up to 7 days) and then start process all over again with new seed and soil. This is just some hints on growing, refer to the video for detailed instructions.
1. DAY ONE AND CLOSE UP IN LARGE TRAY
2. DAY TWO AND CLOSE UP
3. DAY THREE AND CLOSE UP
4. DAY FOUR TOP AND SIDE VIEW
DAY FOUR CLOSE UP
DAY FIVE CLOSE UP
TIME TO HARVEST, SECOND SHOOT
This is the easy way to sprout. More about this chart to follow soon...
*FOR ALL YOUR SEEDS, PLEASE CONTACT WWW.GOTSPROUTS.COM (they sell the same seed that Michael uses)
Growing Sunflower GREENS: (only a few things that are different)
1. Use small black or black oil sunflower seed.
2. Plant a bit less seed per tray then what you would with wheatgrass.
3. Cover the sunflower seeds (after soaking, sprouting, planting) with a weighted tray.
4. Keep the weighted tray on top of the sunflower seeds for up to 5 days, water once a day.
5. After the five days of weight on top, then keep dark for two more days, allowing them to grow taller.
6. Sunflower shells should slide off the leaves, or you can 'rub' them off when they are wet.
7. Sunflower is ready to harvest when it "joints" at the top, another set of leaves will be visable.
(average of 10-12 days before harvest time)