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Gardening

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Riftaxe

(2,693 posts)
Sat Aug 3, 2013, 04:38 AM Aug 2013

Sprouts! [View all]

A quasi-hydroponic adventure.

A few years ago, when ABBA was still popular on the radio, I worked at a soup and sandwhich kitchen, and as food prep one of my duties was to make sure the alfalfa sprouts were rinsed and turned.

While all nostalgic, I priced the things at the market.

So buying them was a bit beyond anything I am willing to do.

All it is is a jar, a bit of water, etc...surely i can grow my own then? Might as well order some seeds....


So as I await the seed delivery, it dawns on me i really did not pay too much attention back then to....pretty much anything.

Any tips for an amateur sprouter?

I decided to start off with lentils, I figured they look rugged surely they can survive my care.






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Sprouts! [View all] Riftaxe Aug 2013 OP
What do you know? kathysart_decoration Aug 2013 #1
Thank you very much! Riftaxe Aug 2013 #4
Rinse with Food Grade H2O2 bahrbearian Aug 2013 #2
Artesian tap water has managed so far Riftaxe Aug 2013 #3
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