Micro greens ?

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Steveharford

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Micro greens ?
« on: January 24, 2014, 19:13 »
Hmm. I read about these in my new freebie magazine and I now see Suttons are doing kits. Ok they are popular with restaurants who specialise in making the plate look pretty and charge accordingly but what's it all about? If you grow your own then it appears to me to be a pretty inefficient use of a decent packet of seeds. I just can't see the point. Give me a good dollop of spring greens or spinach or purple sprouting any day. From that you may gather that I'm not really a lettuce kind of bloke but I do eat it sometimes. Cress is good! .....But micro greens! ?.....

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Trillium

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Re: Micro greens ?
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2014, 19:40 »
In a way you're right, it is a pricey item that profits a lot of restaurants.

But, many home gardeners grow it in winter seasons for fresh, cheap greens. True, you can get more if you let it fully grow, but some folk don't have the time or space so this works out better for them as a quick source. They have the option to change the mixes of the 'greens' selection as well to suit their taste.

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diospyros

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Re: Micro greens ?
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2014, 20:12 »
It's no sillier than mustard and cress, or sprouting lentils, so long as you can find a variety that is cheap, or save your own.

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Kajazy

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Re: Micro greens ?
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2014, 20:26 »
I've done it to use up old seed that I wasn't sure would last till the next growing season.



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