Day 5: Microgreens trial – 4th morning
We planted a variety of seeds and the germination rates are now starting to show the speed of the varieties.
We planted a variety of seeds and the germination rates are now starting to show the speed of the varieties.
On the 3rd morning (we counted the 1st day as the evening of planting) the growth is obvious – now we’re getting somewhere, wow, these are very interesting.
Remember at this early stage don’t stress about what looks like mould – below you can clearly see the root hairs disappear when you add water.
By the 2nd morning there was more progress and it is very impressive to see nature at work.
As expected for the most part not much happened overnight. There is definitely some growth appearing which is great for the seeds that are quick to germinate.
The process each morning and evening is to:
After constructing the environment that we feel is going to be suitable for growing food indoors, and our seeds arrived from KingSeeds, we have started our MicroGreens trial. It was a bit of a messy start, we didn’t have the garage table sorted out with suitable lighting areas so we moved into the kitchen, and we know that our aluminium food /baking trays are a bit flimsy however we haven’t yet discovered the perfect food grade plastic trays for growing in. These will do for starters!
The process was to: