Been struggling to understand a good time line to optimize my harvests.
Right now im on my fourth batch currently growing. I've had it going for almost a week now and going in today, my broccoli and radish are finally gaining some height and recovering from some flattening they experienced from my fan being too close to them.

How long should I stack: Dunn Peas, Sunflowers, Broccoli, Radish? Should I keep them stacked through their blackout phase? I tried between stacking then flipping the tray for the rest of the blackout phase, but I feel like I had a lower germination because of that.

How long until harvesting each of those varieties? I tried following some of the common timelines people post on their videos or blogs, but I feel like mine are taking longer than they claim.

I have recently bought this rack that I’m going to grow microgreens it’s measurements are about 90cm-33cm so I was going to buy this 4 pack of 2ft barina lights 60cm so I was going to put 2 on each row and possibly stagger them I’m not sure if anyone could help that would be great thanks !

Hi!

I am looking to start and after a few days in the rabbit hole, I am looking to buy the trays for the microgreens. I am thinking either of the two:

With lid and without lid

What is the main difference here? I am looking to grow without soil and with as little 'maintenance' as possible to start. Seems like the trays with cover (humidity dome) dont need to be watered as much? Is there any other difference?

I have a pretty dry apartment in winter. I am looking to grow on a east window shelf. Do i need a growing light or will natural light be enough to start?

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my super basic questions

Hi there , I just grew my first rack of microgreens and I am trying to nail down my growing process before trying to scale up in any way or trying to sell. Two things have stood out to me so far that I would like to improve.

First, it seems potting soil will be used up like crazy. Is it necessary to fill my 10-20 tray to the brim ? Also, a book I read recommended against reusing soil to prevent mold. Composted and recycled soil can also introduce wild molds etc. How do I become efficient with soil use ?

A second point of the process is bottom watering. Lifting up the tray and putting water in the bottom tray seems clunky. Any tricks for this ? Maybe a funnel, but then I can’t see how much water is needed to cover the tray bottom.

And advice welcome !

I have shallow containers I can use for microgreens. I live on the west coast of Canada. There's very little sun, lots of shady trees around, many moist days, mostly overcast skies, and it's cold. I am focusing on brassicas. I can germinate indoors and then put outdoors under a deck when it sprouts. Any tips to make them super lush? I am growing them for the health benefits.

Hey everyone!

I’m currently living in Tokyo and planning to start growing microgreens. I used to buy seeds in the States from places like TrueLeaf and Johnny’s Seeds, but I’m unsure where to source bulk seeds here in Japan.

Does anyone have recommendations for suppliers or stores that sell quality microgreens seeds in bulk? Any advice or tips from fellow growers in Japan would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Red Garnet amaranth. Planning on doing a few in fabric pots and letting them get to full size. Would really like to try homemade amarth bread and maybe see how the seeds would do in a smoothie

Hi! I'm just going to dump all concerns here. Hoping you waste your time on helping me :)

1. My sunflower was a fail. I tried soaking and not soaking. Spraying with hydro peroxide water. On soaking, tried cold water with hydro peroxide stored in the fridge for 12 hrs. Tried soil vs hydroponics. I always get molds with zero geemination at all. Now i'm on my 3rd try and on 2nd day of germination. I only see cracked shells.

2. My other failed growth is clover. It smelled bad 2 days after without germination at all. Clover is tagged as the easiest seed to grow but in my case, its the opposite

3. Pricing: how do you guys price your micros?

4. Do you wash your harvest before packaging?

5. What do you do with your soil after harvest with those left over roots on it?

6. Aside from peas and sunflower, which seeds needed soaking first?

7. Seeds source. No one sells here in my area. I buy mine online in repackaged portioning as most sellers got their supply from the US. Is there anyone from Southeast Asia here who knows where i can directly order seeds that won't choke with shipping fees lol I tried amazon but US can' t ship it here due to the organic nature of the seeds.

A little background about my microgreens journey:

I am a former chef and now a stay at home mom. I currently supply 1 hotel and started 1 month ago. I have succesfully grown broccoli, chia, green amaranth, radish kaiware, alfalfa, popcorn, spicy mix, dun pea, red kale, tuscan kale, purple kohlrabi. My grow mediums are vermicast mixed with coco peat and for hydroponic, i use silicone mesh. I am located here in the Philippines. My grow area is in our balcony, so that makes it partially indoors-outdoors. I take advantage of our weather here, so i don't use any grow lights. Although, i'm thinking of getting the purple grow lights to enhance colored micros.

Ps. Photo is for a chef from another hotel. I sent him a sample.

Hey everyone.

As I’m sure many of you have noticed this sub has been a massive target for repost bots. It’s been a major problem and it’s only gotten worse.

We as mods can’t constantly patrol, I know for myself I’m also running my microgreen business (which funnily enough has been the target of like 5 reposts this week, go figure) while also moderating here. I’m online at least 5-10 times a day just browsing and sometimes I catch them but I can’t thank all of you for reporting.

Please continue to report and help us to weed out these bots. We’ll continue as mods to remove them as quickly as possible, and will be looking into some automod tools to prevent reposts from appearing in the first place.

Apologies for not being able to stop them or control them more, and thank you again for your assistance with reports.

Happy growing y’all!

I wonder why so many didn’t take off? Needed longer dark out?

I'm planting in a couple days. I was wondering what everyone thinks about prepping the trays with my soil and fertilizer mixture a day early so I can consolidate that task to one time block.

1. Will it give mold spores more time to settle in?
2. Any reason why I shouldn't do this?

Hi everyone! Anyone from Europe who could suggest websites for some good price-quality trays? Thank you!

Me and my brother are beginning to grow micro greens and we had a pretty good first run with Kellogg all natural indoor potting mix (purple bag) but now we switched to Kellogg all natural outdoor potting mix (blue bag) to buy more in bulk, but now we have ran into the problem of mold where before we haven’t seen any. We also bought a bag of Kellogg Raised bed and potting mix to experiment, but still running into the problem of mold. Any advice on how to take care of this problem and/or soil recommendations. Greatly appreciated thank you for your time!

As the title asks, I’m curious how possible it is to profit 2k/month from microgreens.

I’m a full time fireman and have been growing microgreens for years. It’s always been small scale, as it’s just for my family and my chickens.

My schedule at the firehouse allows for a lot of time off, which leads to various part-time work. With another child on the way, I’d really like to be home more. Growing produce has always been a hobby and a passion of mine, and I’m wondering how/if I can profit $2,000/ month selling microgreens on a small scale.

If I was able to do this, I could quit my part time jobs and spend more time at home with my family. (My son loves working in the garden with me, so it would be an added bonus to do this with him)

I haven't seen anyone mention this here or in YouTube videos, but I wouldn't claim to have seen 100% of everything, so maybe I missed it somewhere...

I'm setting up a microgreens farm in a corner of my basement, just to see how well I can do in my small town. If it works out then great. If not, it won't bother me because I'll end up using the racks for my aquarium plants and other miniature specialty plants. But I have warm and fuzzy feelings about possibly being able to provide people in my town with microgreens so I'm going to give it a shot.

Does anyone have any insight into this? Have any of you been reasonably successful in a town of only about 30,000 people (which maybe gets an extra 10k on the weekends when people from neighboring/smaller towns come in for shopping)? We don't have a whole lot of restaurants, either, so I'm honestly not even sure how to get customers other than direct sales, subscriptions, and our crappy, seasonal farmer's market. But again, I have nothing to lose and I want to at least try and fail before jumping to conclusions.

Am I crazy?

@ourladymicrogreenstx on Instagram

I have a microgreen set up in my office closet and it's done great in the past. Recently I moved and my new house is too dry and unless i water numerous times a day they are bone dry. Would it be effective to wrap the rack in plastic and put a humidifier in it? Any suggestions on products. I can't relocate the set up to the garage as it's way too hot. I could potentially put a grow tent in the garage with a ac unit but that it seems like tackling this humidity issue would be easier.