How To Grow Alfalfa Sprouts - The Definitive Guide
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- Опубликовано: 12 июл 2024
- Alfalfa Sprouts Are The Easiest Crop In The World! The tiny seeds grow to impressive, delicious, crunchy sprouts in just a week and pack a nutrition boost like no other. Never buy days old Alfalfa again when you can sprout your own unlimited supply using just a jar of water!
In this video, we'll go over the 4 steps necessary to being successful with Alfalfa Sprouts every time: 1) Soaking 2) Rinsing 3) Greening Up, and 4) Harvesting and Storage. All the information is year, every step, every stage laid out with close up pictures and video to explain the process down the finest detail. By the end, we'll all be sprouting masters!
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I put this on my bagel, cream cheese, capers, sprouts and slice tomato on top w/ a dash of pepper. 😍
Sooooooooo good! :-)
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I put cream cheese first of course, salmon cheese is the one I prefer and stick the capers to the cream cheese so they don't roll off, I don't wanna waste my precious capers, then sprouts etc. 🤩, sometimes I toast the bagel.
Spoilt....bad smell
Will try my luck this time by rinsing thrice a day as you mentioned
Wow, how awesome is that to be able to grow something without tools. Excellent video, good information and as always a great presentation.
Thanks Sandy! Love the Alfalfa!!! 🙂
Thank you! That was exactly the tutorial I needed! For me, there's nothing more refreshing than a "sprout sandwich" for breakfast and this gets me on the way!
Yay. This will be my first 2023 crop 🙂
👏❤
I absolutely love alfalfa sprouts and cannot find them anywhere. I'm a beginner gardener and cannot wait to grow these.
Thank you for posting 🙏
Hi Stephanie, health food stores often have the seeds, as well as online.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms --- No help!
@@JohnQPublic11 really? You can't find Alfalfa seeds online?
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms --- Another guy that was helpful in another video showed the name brand.
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Thank you!
Let us know what we all can do to help Joshua!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I'm not sure if you, as a content creator, could petition on his behalf.
Obviously one would have to check out his videos for themselves and determine whether or not it truly is educational content or if it possibly makes you want to do magic mushrooms! If one finds it more on the educational, harm reducing side of things maybe comment on his latest video about being demonetized and his appeal video (all one video).
They haven't told him what he needs to edit or remove to keep him within guidelines or to get him re-established. For the time being they haven't shut his channel down.
Not sure how else we can help, other than possibly follow him on other platforms.
@@SirDydimus86 cool, I'll give him a follow here and post a link on my FB group.... It's got 100K members and some reach as well!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I truly appreciate it. Without this guy a lot of people would have given up their journey
Thank you so much! I started growing them 2 weeks ago, last time I forgot to put them by the window but now I have a patch there. I love your clear explanations. It's such a joy to see them grow so quickly, I'm probably going to grow them for the rest of my life! :D
I really like these little sprouts. Full of energy.
The best Nancy!!
Hi I hope you doingok in Vancouver Island and thank you for refreshing my memory. I was doing this 4 years ago and my teacher was Mike VANDUZEE he is a pro in hydroponic systems. I'm making the second time my sauerkraut at home also. Thank you I really appreciate stay cold the summer is warming up . Your videos are awesome always 😊😉❤️
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I love alfalfa sprouts! I want to grow them!
Too awesome!🙌 Thanks, Jeff! 🤗😙🌱🏆💗
Cheers Jamie!
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Now that I will definitely have time to do that!!! Absolutely love it!!! Im type of person who loves salad without the lettuce. This would be a great addition. Thanks Jeff!!!
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So with you on that Brandy.....a huge salad of just greens and sprouts? The best!!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms and fresh tomatoes from the garden!!!
Excellent Jeff I do this with broccoli and mung beans 😋😋😋. Keep warm it’s almost spring 😜😜
Awww...missed the live feed! Have a good day all
No worries Carol, hope the weekend has gone well for you! 🙂
Thanks so much for a clear and concise guide. much appreciated Subscribed.
I agree. Thanks
Thank you!
I need2 set an alarm so I dont forget to rinse on time.😀perfectly explained video!
Me too Melanie! :-)
The look beautiful and delicious!
I have these seeds, fun to watch grow.
And so fast!!
A bag of these sprouts at the market is like 3 bucks where I live, you can buy a 1pd bag on Amazon for 15 dollars and grow equivalent to 32 bags, that would be $128 if you kept buying them at the store.
Thank you.
Cheers, thanks for watching!
I appreciate the video but ain't no way this should be this long. Love you❤
I love sprouts..My favourite is to soak mung beans until they grow shoots.yumm.
Mung beans rock.....so easy too!
Great video Jeff and very interesting. I have only heard of this plant recently and only regarding as a fertiliser and micro greens.
Hope the finger wasn't hurt too bad!?
Ha ha thanks!!! It was a BIG cut....didn't stop bleeding for over an hour!
Thank you, I will try this. I love alfalfa and it’s hard to find where I live.
Hi Jeff. That's really cool. And I had know idea so easy. I'm always buying alfalfa sprouts. In the summer that is. We have a lot of salads then. I really have to have them. Or I feel like my salads naked lol. Like how can you eat pizza without pepperoni. That's another thing of mine. Silly. So thank you so much for the vid. Take care and God bless
Let me know if you do try to sprout some Donna!! :-)
I love alfalfa sprouts on my sandwiches!
The best Linda!! Fresh and raw...little bit of pepper..so tasty!
I love the sprouts,so YUMMY,alfalfa sprouts are sold where,at Amazon???
Me too! So tasty!! Local organic supermarkets carries them...online is usually cheaper though. For Amazon, this brand is good: amzn.to/3RhKH5d
I have been sprouting alfalfa seeds on and off for 45 years and have seen a lot of instructions and videos on how to do it but your video is really outstanding. Very good detailed, simple instructions. Along with an interesting video. Very good job making this video. I liked all the extra details you provided in the video. The explanations were spot on. You have encouraged me to start sprouting again. Every once in a while I will spring for some sprouts from the grocery store but I know I am paying way over the amount of what it costs me to sprout my own. But that instant gratification is strong. We are so lazy and I am right there with the rest of them. But I love how good alfalfa sprouts taste on sandwiches!
Thanks so much man! Love the Alfalfa, but have you experimented with other sprouts? Mung Beans? Clover? I feel like there's a whole other world out there I haven't tapped yet!
I do like other sprouts, especially radish sprouts. But I crave, I mean really crave alfalfa sprouts! I love the taste in everything. Top a soup with them. Sandwiches, salad, just plain. On top of steak or a hamburger. Paired with avacado. On a baked potato. Something about the taste just drives me wild.
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Do you use a solid lid or the screen one? Don’t they need air while spouting or no?
Is there a link here for the place you suggest buying organic alfalfa sprouts? Thank you
Hi Jeff
Just to clarify, on my question, I asked you a second ago about the broccoli sprouts having the fuzziness look to a few of them. I also did alfalfa and bean and they don’t have that looked at them.
Yeah, true sprouts wait way longer to send out hair roots.... Broccoli are usually a microgreen rather than a sprout.... They want soil right away
Jeff is it same procedure for all sprouts I'm doing organic broccoli seeds sold for sprouting?
If grown as a sprout yes....microgreens, no. They need soil.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Thanks yes I'm growing as sprouts
Great info, is there a way to re plant the alfalfa to get repeating the process or do you have to just get more seeds?
Hey Gaston, you really need to start new seeds each time. Alfalfa can be planted in soil and grown much larger, but for sprouts they are eaten at a week old or so,
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Thanks man, would like to figure out how to harvest the seeds on my own, instead of buying them. I’ll look into it.
@@gastonjeanty5440 oh yes, for more seeds, simply plant the Alfalfa in soil and let it go to flower. Then harvest all new seeds after the flowers fall off!
Jeff - where do you recommend purchasing the seeds for sprouting? (Amazon?) I don't see a link.
Local organic supermarkets carries them...online is usually cheaper though. For Amazon Shiloh, this brand is good: amzn.to/3RhKH5d
Do I need rinse 4 times at single rinse or have to do it after few hours each day?
Sir. Can you do this say process with beans for sprouts?
Hi, I was wondering if there are any real benefits of ammending potting soil with oats?
Question after many days of rinsing to let the sprouts sit out in the light? Thank You
Yes, its not completely necessary Bill...but I find greening them likely makes them more nutritious. Day 6 or 7 is fine.
Hi. Great video to simplify the process. I have one question I'm confused by. You say when we lay them on the side and put in sunlight, they only need sun and air but you have the lid on. How do they get the air? Totally new to indoor gardening.
Hi, thanks for watching! I have done where I've taken the lid off each day and where I haven't and in this 2-3 day period I didn't see a difference. Once fully grown they simply go in the fridge for 1-2 days max. They do sell plastic containers that have slits in them....like the ones cherry tomatoes are sold in. Some people use those for air but honestly, I haven't seen a problem with the lid on as long as its not baking in 100 degree sun for 2 weeks, LOL!
Thank you for replying! @@TheRipeTomatoFarms
@@nkenny5007 no problem, best of luck!
Hi. Dumb question... How do I get rid of the husks? Or are they soft enough to eat? Thank you in advance.
Just saw someone else asked and you answered. Perhaps I am not growing them for enough days?
With Alfalfa, you don't worry about the seed coats! :-)
can we use these seeds to grow full plants or are the genetics bad for it? I was thinking of growing some alfalfa to use as mulch layer, so this would give me double reason to get some!
Yes, the sprouting seeds will grow full on Alfalfa plants no problem! Just usually about double the price, or more.
Where do you recommend purchasing the Organic sprouting seeds ? I'm having a hard time finding a place.
What country Thomas?
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms U.S - California
Is tap water ok? Or should I use filtered water?
Hi Jeff
QUESTION……
I am at the final step where you put it in the window sill for light and air However I see that used to leave regular mason jar lid on. SOOO
Do I leave the lid on???
2nd QUESTION……. On my broccoli sprouts I noticed a little fuzziness look on the little sprouts.
Does this mean they got moldy? I did something wrong I DK????
I remove the lid to add a little more air in.... But both ways work. White fuzzies are normally hair roots and not mold.... Normally
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms
Great 😊 thank you
For taking the time to respond to me, I was worried wasn’t sure if I should eat them lol
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms
Good deal 😊👍
Ty!!!
@@vickirickman9373 :-)
Like the other commenters I am finding it's confusing to rinse at all. I am sprouting a HUGE batch (half a bag of Good and Gather's Organic Lentils) just fine after straining the initial soak water. I simply shake up the large container aggressively a few times a day and make sure there at least a BIT of water at the bottom. With the lid, the humidity is kept very high. As it been a short while (like 4 or so days now) I am having it slightly opened for air exchange.
Not every seed is the same. Mung beans don't need as much rinsing either. Lentils have a larger surface area and sprout far faster, hence less need for rinsing.
Jeff is there a reason that some say to use cheesecloth over the top with a canning lid. You are using a canning lid and ring. One would give air and the other will not🤷🏼
Exactly Michele. If you're rinsing less, using a permeable lid is really good for air exchange. I'm opening mine up 4x daily and it seems to be enough air change
Ok thank you. Day 6-7 you say to give 6 hours of bright light. After that do they go in darkness or just out from under my lights. Everything else I understand👍
So where do you get the seeds and exactly which company makes them
How do you re plant it to have a crop
These are ok. Clover is much sweeter and tastier
I love red clover the most
step 7 you say light and air but you leave the lid on do you ever take the lid off in step 7?
???? What about pea sprouts. Any changes to the process?
Much changes. Peas are a microgreen. They are grown in soil and take about 2x as long: ruclips.net/video/hwwp2wbY_8Y/видео.html
Why is the rinsing process so crucial? I inoculated and grew an entire horse pasture, 2.5 acers, with alfalfa simply by scratching the surface of the pasture with the tines of a box-scrape; lifted the scrape-blade to get the tines about 2-inches below the surface while creating a near-level surface (ground cover included).
Moreover, why do we need to rinse? What happens if we do not rinse?
Growing Alfalfa as a cover crop in soil out in the garden is a FAR different process than as a sprout entirely in water. The initial rinsing is to prevent fermentation damage during soaking (doesn't happen in the garden) and the subsequent rinsings happen because the seeds are left high and dry in the jar and need moisture (not submerged) to survive...again, doesn't happen in soil out in the garden.
Do you keep the lis closed please?
where do you get sprouts for 20 cents?
I failed twins. I covered them in a white cloth. Don't know if them quality of seeds is poor...
Will try again ...
Oh dang. Did they go moldy?
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms
Went bad.....sticky.
Will try my luck this time by rinsing thrice a day as you mentioned
Can you make alfalfa meal from this?
Yes, but its no small feat! Especially considering the cost of bulk alfalfa meal Billy! :-)
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I can’t get alfalfa meal where I am. I’m in Australia and our hardware places don’t have it, or kelp meal. We don’t even have anything that has phosphorus, we have an 8.1.2, but that’s it unless it’s synthetic
Can you grow those instead of eating
Because these are eaten raw and grown in warm conditions, there is a risk of bacterial growth like e-coli, salmonella, This is one reason you rinse a lot.
Precisely! Excellent point Jeannie.
Aren't all veg grown in warm conditions and eaten raw tho haha. Everything in my garden is grown in warm conditions.
why do you rinse so much? doesnt chlorine from tap water destroy the micronutrients present in alfalfa? isn't that why you're supposed to use RO water with organic gardening?
Rinsing happens for two reasons. Initially, its to prevent fermentation which will kill the seeds pretty quickly. After that, we rinse to prevent the seeds from drying out as we are growing them in literally nothing but air. I have never heard of chlorine destroying any micronutrients.
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Video is MISSING something... Seed husks don't disappear on their own... Part of the rinsing process. The sprouts you put in the fridge LOOKED like store bought!
Lol... Yummmm.....no. Alfalfa seeds don't need to worry about the husks....they are NOT like mung beans. Spend the 9 days to grow some and you'll see.
You're video is great, the info is great. I have one bit of feedback: when you narrate, every sentence has the same rise and fall of tone from beginning to end of statement, and it becomes super repetitive and distracting... 😓
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good content but the up-speak makes it unpalatable
I read that they’re bad for you? 🤷🏻♀️
Thank you!
Cheers Paras, thanks for watching!