With winter happening outside, we can bring more green into our lives (and meals) by growing microgreens. Microgreens are chock-full of concentrated nutrients. They are easy to grow indoors and will be ready in just a few weeks.
Our latest video shows you how to grow them indoors or outside, whatever your weather. Toss them on salads, in soups, and any other dish that needs a boost.
Growing Microgreens
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Resources
Find a selection of microgreen seed packets like the one used in the video here (use this link to help support Gardenerd)
For windowsill gardening, check out the Knowing Nature microgreens kit mentioned in the video.
If you don’t have a nursery flat, use any container with drainage. Wide shallow bowls, boxes, old fruit containers, old nursery 6 packs. Anything that’s safe for growing food.
Growing Tip:
When growing indoors, place your tray in a sunny windowsill and rotate the sprouts toward the sun to keep them from leaning and growing leggy. No one likes a mouthful of stems, right? Direct sunlight will help keep them short and stocky.
Hi! I want to grow microgreens and I wanted to know If it is possible to grow in a grow box like these ones here https://stealthgrowbox.co.uk . The lights would be around 70cm from the microgreens so I was wondering if this is too far away
Unless the light moves lower, or you can stack your seedlings up to the light, it’s too far away.