All of these products are available from our webstores (orange buttons on the right).
We've added two exciting new products to our line, Baby Blanket sprouting medium and Sea Spray
Baby Blanket is a jute grass "Baby" your sprouts and greens.
- It holds moisture around the roots for more even growing conditions.
- It allows growing soil type sprouts without the mess of soil and without the difficulty of getting good safe organic soil.
- Wheatgrass and similar crops can be harvested without the worry of including soil in the product.
- Home users can reuse it several times by cleaning out the bulk of the roots and sterilizing the Baby Blanket with boiling water or household bleach.
- It can be composted or used pieces can be used as ground covering mulch in gardens or flower containers.
Currently we sell 2 sizes- a 1 meter (39") by 15 meter (50') and a 1 meter (39") by 3 meter (10') roll. It can be cut with fabric scissors. Ask for our bulk prices or see our Web Stores (orange buttons on right).
Note- We hope to offer sizes cut to fit a standard plant flat and a 4"x4" produce "clamshell" soon.
Sea Spray is a high quality cold processed liquid kelp concentrate.
- It should add essential minerals to your sprouts when they're grown without soil.
- We have seen small yield increases with some sprouts.
- Sea Spray may increase the storage life of sprouts by making the baby plants healthier and more resistant to bad conditions.
We are currently selling a 125ml (4.4oz) bottle and a 1 liter (32oz) bottle. Ask for our bulk prices or see our Canadian or US web stores.
Books on Sprouing
All of the following books are available in our Web Store (orange buttons on right).
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by Lucie Dejarlais, RNC, nutritionist. | This is an inexpensive booklet explaining the advantages of sprouting and simple methods for sprouting at home, with emphasis on the nutrition and economy of home grown sprouts. |
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by Fionna Hill | We love this beautiful book on growing microgreens at home. Fionna has a simple and effective approach, and creatively recycles household items into microgreen trays. |
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by Mark M. Braunstien | A good basic guide for the home sprouter. Not only how to sprout, but why. Has a good recipe section. |
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by Kathleen O'Bannon CNC | Sprout growing information plus simple delicious recipes for sprouts, including Essene bread. 62 pp |
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by Ann Wigmore | Complete guide to sprouting, with emphasis on health benefits and instructions for greens and wheatgrass. |
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by Steve Meyerowitz | Steve Meyerowitz is the Sproutman- what more do we need to say! |
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by Steve Meyerowitz | The revised edition of the classic on health and wheatgrass. 207pp |
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by Steve Meyerowitz | 250 flourless, dairyless, low temperature, low fat, low salt, Living Food vegetarian recipes. |
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by Steve Meyerowitz | The how and why of shopping for organic food. |
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by Nomi Shannon | Marvellous book by Nomi Shannon. Photography by Edmond Fong. A great introduction to a raw food diet, crammed with recipes, many of which include sprouts. 219pp |
The Easy Sprout sprouter, designed and distributed by Gene Monson, is my favourite way to sprout broccoli. It also works well for almost any other seed, but really shines on seed that only need 2 or 3 days sprouting time, like grains, broccoli, peas, lentils, and most mixes. It will also grow salad type sprouts, like alfalfa and red clover, but in smaller quantities.
This is a dual-container sprouting system (made of durable, easy-to-clean, quality food grade material), and uses the heat produced by the growing sprouts to ventilate by convection.
It comes with directions and suggestions, and works well to store your finished sprouts in the fridge.
Find them in our Web Store (orange buttons on the right).
(called Freshlife in USA)
Exciting news! Oct 27 & Nov 1- an online worshop on the Freshlife Automatic Sprouter offered by the Sproutman. Growing Salad in Your Freshlife Automatic Sprouter. Join Steve Meyerowitz, Sproutman in this rare opportunity to get expert advice, solve problems and learn how to grow beautiful salad greens all year round. See our events page for more info.
We have finally found an automatic sprouter that fills the gap between manual sprouting the the larger scale Val Archer Automatic Sprouter. The new Freshgreen sprouter will grow up to 1 kg (2.2lbs) of sprouts or microgreens in a cycle of approximately one week, or twice as much with the optional second tub. We actually harvested 1.1kg (2.5lbs) of beautiful sunflower shoots from 180g (6.4 oz) of seed, in a week.
Above is a picture of the Freshgreen showing the huge crisp mung beans that can be grown with very little effort. In our opinion the Freshgreen is the easiest home device for growing mung beans and soy beans to restaurant quality. (Be sure to cover the sprouter, or sprout in a dark room when growing mung beans. Any light can cause bitterness in bean sprouts.)
You can leave the water for as long as two days, but it does need to be changed.
If you need a moderate amount of wheatgrass, the Freshgreen works well. Each layer can produce a pound of grass every 10 days. This yields 10 to 12 oz of juice. If you can use both tubs this amount can be produced every 5 days.
Start with one to four kinds of seed per tub, cover with the top layer to encourage tall growth, and in a few days you'll have beautiful crops.
Ordering the second optional layer allows for continual production of large amounts of sprouts.
A nice crop of radish sprouts ready to store in the fridge. The Freshgreen will grow most types of sprouts.
The basic single tub, Freshgreen showing the various parts.
The basic single tub, Freshgreen showing the various parts.
To order Freshgreen, visit our Web Stores (orange buttons on right).
Our new "GET SPROUTING" JAR organic seed sprouting kit has everything you need to get sprouting. It contains 125g (4.4oz) Sandwich Booster, 125g (4.4oz) Crunchy Bean Mix, 2 pieces reusable tulle netting, 2 rubber bands, easy directions, all packed in a clear plastic sprout growing jar.
Give the gift of good health. Free shipping on orders over $25 (over $50 to the US).
DIRECTIONS:
Put 1 or 2 Tbsp of sprout seeds in the jar.
Cover with netting and rubber band. Wash, swirl, and drain the seed. Add 1 cup of water, and soak for 2 to 4 hours. Drain.
Prop the jar in a bowl or sink. Refill and drain twice daily.
Use or refrigerate.
Our "Get Sprouting" Jar is now available in our Web Store (orange buttons on right).
We have found this to be the best countertop sprouter. It comes with a divider for two crops at once and is stackable.
It comes in three sizes:
Small SproutMaster is 5" x 6"
Large SproutMaster is 10" x 8"
Triple SproutMaster is 3 stackable 5"x6"
The SproutMaster with a crop of Buckwheat shoots
The SproutMaster with a double crop of Red Daikon Radish (left) and China Rose Radish (right)
The triple SproutMaster can grow 3 crops at once (or 6 crops, using the divider!)
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