How to Grow Microgreens at Home

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Even if you aren’t big on gardening, you can grow nutritious little microgreens. After all, they are supposed to be crowded and leggy!

When it comes to young vegetables, microgreens are “the next size up from sprouts,” according to North Carolina University’s Cooperative Extension. In other words, microgreens are harvested when they are larger than sprouts but smaller than baby vegetables and often are used to garnish sandwiches or salads.

A University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources study discovered that microgreens are extremely nutritious, containing “four to 40 times more nutrients than their mature counterparts.” So, the health benefits of microgreens provide you with one reason to raise them, while the joy of watching seedlings sprout during winter provides another.

If you want to know how to grow microgreens without soil, you can purchase a microgreens growing kit like this highly rated option available on Amazon. However, the below guide concentrates on constructing a microgreens garden with soil, using tools that you may already have on hand. Perforated 1020 flats inside unperforated flats of the same size make ideal growing trays for microgreens, but you can use other shallow containers with drainage holes such as repurposed lidded plastic produce boxes. Just place them inside a dishpan to water them.

The Best Microgreens to Grow Indoors

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To reap microgreens’ benefits, grow whichever sort best fits your personal tastes. There are microgreen seeds for nearly any common leafy crop, like radishes and basil. They also come in seed mixes that feature mild, spicy, or complementary flavors. Some microgreens, such as arugula and cress, are spicy, and others, such as amaranth and kale, have a milder flavor.

Beginners might start with some of the easiest microgreens to grow, including radishes, mustards, and kale. For more information on flavors and yield, refer to Mississippi State University Extension’s excellent material on microgreen varieties.