The Microgreens

It’s been four days since I planted the microgreens. I wrote about it in this post. They’re doing great! I count on having most microgreens ready to harvest starting about 7 days after planting. There are some that take a bit longer and some that take a lot longer. The basil takes a good bit longer and the Swiss chard is a BIG seed and they are just now starting to sprout.

I can’t tell if this is the Red Acre Cabbage or the China Rose Radish. It’s all labeled but I didn’t pay any attention to which one I was photographing. At this point, they kinda both look the same. I LOVE the China Rose Radish. It’s spicy and Vince isn’t as crazy about it. I can’t stop thinking about a tuna salad sandwich with a tomato and a big pile of these radish greens.

If you have any concerns about our food supply and don’t have the space (or desire to sweat and get eaten by mosquitoes) to grow an outside garden, the microgreens are so very easy. I pour about a cup of water in the bottom tray every other day. The initial investment is fairly small – the grow lights are about the biggest expense and if you have a super sunny room that you don’t mind having a microgreens setup in, you might can get by without grow lights. I grow these year round inside – no sweat, no bugs to eat me or the plants, no critters to eat the goods

I’ll keep showing pictures. I’ll start harvesting the lettuce, cabbage and radish microgreens probably Wednesday – whenever I make bread again so I can have a tuna salad sandwich. We actually have lettuce in the garden right now but it isn’t going to last long in this heat