sprouting seeds**to eat**

Tricky_Vicky

I had alfalfa for the first time in my life this week. It came in the organic veggie box - didn't know what else to do with it so I bunged it in my chicken sandwiches - seemed a bit like cress.

morganlefay

PLease will a patient person tell me where to buy alfalfa seeds / I tried H&B locally who were a bit sniffy, and julian Graves who were worse (and had run out of the nice easiyo powders) and short of expensive Thompson and Morgan packets I can't find the seeds anywhere, tho I have probably missed something earlier on this thread. I'itching to get on with them (I hate mung beans sprouted) but no seed =no sprouts at present....

dannahaz

morganlefay wrote:

PLease will a patient person tell me where to buy alfalfa seeds

I got mine here http://www.livingfood.co.uk/content/?p=whatis

Ordered in the morning, arrived in next day's post.

Queenie

morganlefay wrote:

PLease will a patient person tell me where to buy alfalfa seeds / I tried H&B locally who were a bit sniffy, and julian Graves who were worse (and had run out of the nice easiyo powders) and short of expensive Thompson and Morgan packets I can't find the seeds anywhere, tho I have probably missed something earlier on this thread. I'itching to get on with them (I hate mung beans sprouted) but no seed =no sprouts at present....

Julian Graves does alfalfa in nondescript packets @ £1.89 for 150g.

I have a local Health Food Store that sells them by 3 or 4 different companies (BioSnacky or somesuch aka expensive) but they do stock some cheaper brands; they are all much of a muchness apart from price.

Don't stop at just alfalfa or mung beans though, read back over the thread and you will see that there are a whole variety of seeds you can sprout on your windowsill. I confess to being a chickpea sprout-a-holic and I have a tray on the go nearly all the time because I take a nibble whenever I'm washing up :laugh:

morganlefay

Thank you Dannahaz (no thanks button) for link to seed place in St Ives - I ordered online and they came next day - brilliant ! We're going on hols at weekend so haven't been able to start sprouting yet but it'll give me something to cheer me up when I get back and am feeling glum ! And thanks to Queenie too - I wouldn't have thought of doing chickpeas, so will try them too with my alfalfa and I was going to do broccoli too as I have heard it's a 'wonder veg' and red clover - just because I fancied it. Is this the answer to fattening snacking which I find it hard not to do ?????:j

bizzylizzy

OK, so I bought a pack of mixed seeds from H&B, put 2 tbsps in a jam jar, covered it with an old dishcloth, rinsed it out with water once (sometimes twice) a day. I keep it in a cupboard. The packet says they should be ready in 4-5 days but they weren't - some hadn't even sprouted. They have been growing for 8 days now and the ends are going brown so I think the guinea pigs will have them for lunch instead of me!
The mixture is of mung beans, aduki beans, chick peas and green lentils.
Any ideas on what I've done wrong?

Also can you sprout and eat ordinary packs of mung beans or do they have to be special ones just sold for sprouting? I saw a pack for 46p in Asda with all the pulses etc.

Grumpysally

Queenie wrote:

Elastic bands ... pop out and follow your Postie after he's delivered .. loads of free elastic bands Or, save the one's from brocolli bunches :laugh:

Oh dear, I'm sounding tighter by the minute :laugh:

Beware this becomes an addiction, my pockets are full of posties rubber bands.;)

Grumpysally

Can pumpkin seeds be sprouted?
Last year we cut open a pumpkin and the seeds indide has started sprouting already, they tasted quite nice but wasn't sure if they were supposed to be edible. I guess that as you can eat the seeds you can eat the sprouts but have never seen them on a list of ones you can sprout, same with sunflower seeds.

jojo3_2

Hi all, hope someone can advise please.

I've put mung beans in one pot, black eye peas in another. They were soaked overnight and then today I have drained and rinsed them, put the foot from a clean pair of tights ( New actually but I was reluctant to admit to that on the OS site )and put them into the kitchen cupboard.

It is at this point that my knowledge ceases!

What happens now and what do I have to do?

Many thanks

debbym

First things first how much room did you have in the pot as the sprouts need 900%+ more room!
Keep them in a kitchen cupboard as the dark will make them develop chlorophyll (green) and go bitter. At least once a day rinse them through gently with cold water and wait about a week. The mung beans will take longer than the peas; don't expect them to look like beansprouts that you buy either (although commercial ones are mung bean sprouts) the ones you buy are weighted down to make them grow straight.