Clean


Clean is Good

All that you really need to know is noted on the Sprouter information pages, but we will put it here too.

Basically you should sterilize your Sprouter as often as you can. We do this every 3-4 crops in our home Sprouter, but when we grew professionally we sterilized in between EVERY CROP (and we used a lot higher bleach concentration). It is always best to have a clean Sprouter - that way your crop will have a head start. We suggest soaking your Sprouter for 10-20 minutes in bleach water (1 Tbs. of bleach per pint of water is good and strong according to the FDA and local Health Department.) and then scrubbing thoroughly.

With a few of our Sprouters you may need to poke some seeds out of some tight places. We use a paper clip or toothpick for this task.

Be sure to rinse all of that bleach out - you don't want it on your seeds!

And - be careful not to burn yourself - bleach is caustic after all.

The Basic Truths of Sprouting:

  • Rinsing: Water is the key ingredient in sprouts. Use it liberally.
  • Draining: It is essential that sprouts be drained thoroughly after rinsing. Sitting in a puddle is the most common cause of crop failure.
  • Air Circulation: If your sprouts can't breathe while growing - they can die. Don’t put them in a closed cabinet.
  • Cleanliness: Your seed should be clean and your sprouting device should be sterile. wash your sprouter well between crops with dilute bleach (1 Tbs. of bleach per pint of water is plenty).
  • Storage: Properly stored, fresh sprouts will keep for up to 6 weeks in your refrigerator but fresher is better. Never refrigerate wet sprouts.
  • Eat More Sprouts! Grow More Often!



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We have been an internet only business since 2001. We are not a big corporation. We are but 2 people, mom n' pop. We decided after years of juggling our family's (kids, dogs, cats and even our own) needs, and the needs of Sproutpeople, that we had to make more time for our kids, so we stopped talking on the phone. All calls go to voice mail and have since 2001.

We are very fast to fill orders and answer e-mail, and though we wish we could make the time to talk, we just can't seem to get more minutes into a each hour. We are many years older than when we started and our days are too short and made up of too few hours to do everything. This limitation in our business has not kept us from pleasing our customers, nor from growing (as we have every year since 1993). We do what we do as well as we can, and we think we do it very well indeed.

We appreciate your business more than we can say. We ask that you use the phone for emergencies only and that you search our site for answers before e-mailing us. This site is bigger than any 4 sprout books put together, it is always available and it is free, and we know that almost all questions are answered here.

Thanks again for your patronage and your many kind words.

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