|
|
Post by lynnee on Oct 10, 2021 22:05:13 GMT -5
Started up the Microgreens garden again. Forgot to wet the felt before adding the seeds and starting the pump--a mistake that I won't make again! A lot of the seeds washed down into the Bounty microgreens deck and bowl, so I cleaned them out and refilled the bowl. The seeds on the left are Johnny's Rainbow Sprinkles (beets and chard). The ones on the right are Aerogarden Spicy Mix (Daikon radish, purple stem radish, red cabbage, arugula, green mustard, ruby streaks red mustard).  |
|
Shawn
Administrator
Posts: 16,218 
|
Post by Shawn on Oct 11, 2021 5:16:39 GMT -5
I enjoy watching these grow. One day I may try them if I can find one I would want to grow.
|
|
campingcorgis
AGA Farmer
🌴 I wet my plants. :-) 🌴
Posts: 3,113
|
Post by campingcorgis on Oct 11, 2021 12:03:26 GMT -5
I enjoy watching these grow. One day I may try them if I can find one I would want to grow. has a nice selection of microgreens seeds. I'm sort of kicking myself for not buying that red AG Bounty Elite that was on sale yesterday...one can never have enough Bounty machines!  |
|
|
|
Post by lynnee on Oct 14, 2021 15:22:29 GMT -5
I enjoy watching these grow. One day I may try them if I can find one I would want to grow. has a nice selection of microgreens seeds. I'm sort of kicking myself for not buying that red AG Bounty Elite that was on sale yesterday...one can never have enough Bounty machines! I ordered another stainless steel Bounty Elite on sale. Now the AG "Deals" tab and emails are strictly off limits! |
|
campingcorgis
AGA Farmer
🌴 I wet my plants. :-) 🌴
Posts: 3,113
|
Post by campingcorgis on Oct 14, 2021 15:50:19 GMT -5
LOL...I know what you mean...and yet...  |
|
|
|
Post by lynnee on Oct 15, 2021 13:51:07 GMT -5
LOL...I know what you mean...and yet... Yep. 😄 |
|
Shawn
Administrator
Posts: 16,218
|
Post by Shawn on Oct 15, 2021 15:19:43 GMT -5
If I ever decide to try microgreens I either grow cilantro and/or basil version
|
|
Sher
AGA Farmer
Posts: 7,025
|
Post by Sher on Oct 15, 2021 19:33:38 GMT -5
I decided to grow microgreens in a sprouting jar again. This time I am growing the spicy mixture. Last time I grew mostly alfalfa, and it tasted like grass to me.
I leaned to just eat a tiny pinch on a sandwich. If I eat a lot, they upset my stomach.
|
|
|
|
Post by lynnee on Oct 16, 2021 16:50:24 GMT -5
Harvested the current batch of microgreens after 8 days. The beet/chard sprouts tasted like beets and chard, but were disappointing.  Started over with same seeds, using True Leaf mats cut to cover larger area of deck. Spread 3 tsp. of seeds in single layer on wet mat, and sprinkled seeds with water.  After flooding, the seeds barely budged. I reset the days planted to 0 days, and changed the nutrient schedule to 4 days to remind me to change the water. .jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) |
|
|
|
Post by lynnee on Oct 29, 2021 13:56:11 GMT -5
It's farewell to the microgreens garden for now (10/29/21, after several harvests). The microgreens are rather flavorless, which I guess is a common complaint about hydroponic microgreens. I'll try again with experimental nutrients to enhance flavor, but I need to research which ones to use. The AG Spicy mix has some radish flavor. However, the radishes grow so fast that they shade out the others, and you end up with mostly radish microgreens. In the photo, the microgreens on the left are AG Spicy, planted about 3 days ago, and you can see how large the radishes are. The microgreens on the right are AG Supergreens after about 10 days. They're growing in a Bounty Elite with 4mg of AG nutes added at every 4-day water change. Some fibers from the fragile True Leaf MicroMats pads come up with some early sprouts, so one needs to clip the stems carefully to avoid harvesting fibers. The AG felt doesn't do this, but it's currently out of stock. True Leaf sells other growing pads that are more durable than MicroMats.  |
|
maskedsonnet
AGA Farmer
Without the burden of comparison, everything is beautiful
Posts: 1,563
|
Post by maskedsonnet on Oct 29, 2021 22:51:56 GMT -5
They grew so thick and nice-looking, it's a shame they don't have much flavor!! Hope you have success down the line with adding nutrients to make them tasty!
|
|
Shawn
Administrator
Posts: 16,218
|
Post by Shawn on Oct 30, 2021 4:16:42 GMT -5
Too bad on the lack of flavor. Hopefully you will find something that will taste better.
|
|
|
|
Post by lynnee on Oct 30, 2021 16:25:55 GMT -5
One site suggests using liquid kelp and/or FloraGro to improve flavor, so I ordered some. I'll try it after the GAL produces flowers to transplant outdoors, and frees up the AG.  |
|
