Growing microgreens and sprouts are two of the easiest, fastest, most nutritious, and rewarding plants you can grow with ease at home.
Salad Mix Sprouting Seeds
A high nutrition blend of sprouting seeds that add a crispness, texture, colour, with a balanced flavour that is mild to slightly peppery to any dish.
The mix contains alfalfa, broccoli, radish, mungbeans, lentils, and adzuki beans that can be added to raw dishes, salads, wraps, sandwiches, and stir fries. You can grow this all year round and harvest in 3-5 days.
This combined sprouting seed mix are high in plant based protein, fibre, vitamins A, B, C, E, and K, plus minerals iron, calcium, magnesium and potassium.
How to Grow and Harvest Salad Mix Sprouts
- Pre-soak approx. 20g seeds for 6-8 hours.
- Sterilise your Glass Sprouting Jar in dishwasher or with soap and hot water.
- Rinse seeds well in cool water. (It is particularly important to rinse them well in humid weather).
- Place seeds in your sprouting jar and to ¾ full with fresh water;
- Drain the water through a mesh lid.
- Leave your sprouting jar upside down on an angle to allow water to drain out of direct sunlight. Leave for 8-12 hours.
- Continue to rinse and drain twice a day until ready to harvest - approximately 3-5 days.
- Before eating do a final rinse, drain well and they're ready to eat fresh or add to a meal.
- Sprouts will last in the fridge for approx. 1 week.
Salad Mix Sprouting Seed Details:
- Family - Leguminosae & Brassicaceae
- Seeds - Alfalfa, Broccoli, Radish, Mung Bean, Adzuki Bean, Lentil
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Non-GMO
- Open-pollinated
- No chemical treatment
Health Benefits of Microgreens and Sprouts
- Incredibly nutrient dense and low in calories. One study found that "some microgreens contain up to 40 times higher levels of vital nutrients than their mature counterparts" [1].
- Makes seeds easier to digest.
- Essential minerals and nutrients contained within the seeds/legumes become more bioavailable after sprouting (i.e. the nutrients become easier for your body to absorb and use).
- Delicious addition to a salad, sandwich, smoothie or other meal. Add a crunch or a peppery zing depending on the type you choose (see a list of different microgreens/sprouts and their tastes here).
What's the Difference Between Microgreens and Sprouts?
Both microgreens and sprouts are the young shoots of germinated seeds - essentially baby plants. You can grow grains, legumes, nuts and seeds as sprouts or microgreens and people are now fully realising the benefits of eating these young plants.
Sprouts are not grown in soil or other growing medium but rather are germinated with only water, usually in a jar or on a paper towel. They do not need light but require rinsing/misting at least twice per day, are ready to eat in 3-5 days and both the seed and plant are consumed.
Microgreens are grown in soil, a hydroponic growing pad or another growing medium such as cocopeat. They require light, are usually ready to eat in 5-15 days depending on what you're growing, and are generally cut off above the soil so only the stems and leaves are consumed.
For further information see our article - 5 Ways To Grow Microgreens and Sprouts
How to Store Microgreen and Sprouting Seeds
Store seeds in a cool, dry place (under 10°C) or in an airtight container in the fridge. Do not expose to moisture or direct sunlight, Grains, cereals & pulses should be refrigerated.
Some of our Microgreen Seeds
- Snow Pea Oregon Sugar Pod
- Coriander Microgreens
- Beetroot Microgreens
- Basil Microgreens
- Australian Black Sunflower Microgreens
- Broccoli Microgreens
- Green Cabbage Microgreens
- Kale Microgreens
- Mung Microgreens
- Mustard Microgreens
- Radish Daikon Microgreens
Where to Put all your Seeds! - Timber Seeds Box
*** Due to quarantine restrictions we are unable to send seeds to Tasmania or South Australia***