Sprout: Nuts & Seeds
Sprouter: Easy Sprout
Crop: 8 ounce
1. Put 2/3 cup of seeds into the Easy Sprout Growing container. Prep the seed by running cool water through them for about 30 seconds. Place the Growing container into the Solid base. Fill Easy Sprout with cool (65-70°) water. Mix seeds up to assure even water contact. Soak for time specified below*.
2. Remove Growing container. Rinse thoroughly with cool water by holding Growing container under faucet, or by spraying. Drain thoroughly by shaking, spinning and bouncing (against the side of your sink) the Growing container. Return Growing container to Solid Base. Place Domed Lid on top between Rinses. Set anywhere out of direct sunlight and at room temperature (70° is ideal).
3. Rinse and Drain (repeat step 2) at 4-12 hours intervals.
We prefer to grow tiny sprouts and so we Rinse/Drain them once after their Soak period and only once or twice more after that.
5. Your seeds are done when they have the beginnings of little tails (sprouts) or not. In the case of Almonds they will never actually sprout - that is as it should be - they are oft called Soaks. If you are growing Madison Market Mix the Peanuts also will not sprout in this time- that is fine too - just taste them and you'll see how fine it is =;-D They are ready to eat. Eat the entire thing – seed and sprout (if any). You can eat these raw right out of the sprouter or prepare them any way you like. Refrigerate them when no longer damp (8-12 hours after final rinse). Some of these store for not too long - Sunflower and Pumpkin especially. Eat these as fresh as possible and you won't have to worry about that - and since these are done sprouting so quickly, you can grow more instead.
Soak times:
Almond = 4-12 hours
Buckwheat Groats = 20-60 minutes
Madison Market Mix = 6-8 hours
Peanut = 8-12 hours
Pumpkin = 2-4 hours
Sesame = 2-8 hours
Sunflower Seeds (Hulled) = 1-4 hours
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