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Posted by sheryl77 (My Page) on Tue, Feb 2, 10 at 19:38
| Does anyone have experience growing wheatgrass? Any recommendations on the best way to do it?
Sheryl |
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RE: Wheatgrass
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| i useally lightly disc up the ground and hand sow it before the first fall rain.i sowed it in my garden last fall.trying to build nitrigen up. |
RE: Wheatgrass
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| Umm, do you mean wheat? Wheatgrass for juice is sprouted indoors to prevent it from hardening off or putting too much energy into the soil. |
RE: Wheatgrass
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| Use 1/2 cup wheat per windowbox. When it gets to 8" or so juice it. |
RE: Wheatgrass
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| You should sow it very thickly if you want store-like results. Also make sure you have a proper way to juice it as a normal fruit juicer won't get you much result. I've been getting into sprouting things like alfalfa, broccoli, garbonzos, and mung beans, so might soon try to sprout wheat in a similar way. All that is required is a jar, some sort of fabric (pantyhose, cheese cloth), and a daily rinse of water. |
RE: Wheatgrass
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| I used to know a guy who always had a couple of trays growing and drank the juice daily. He grew it in 11"x22" growing trays, in (if I remember correctly) about an inch of potting soil. He got two cuttings out of each batch: let it grow 8" or so, cut it, let it grow again, cut it, then toss the sod-like mat of soil and roots to his next door neighbour (me) to use as a compost ingredient. I can't remember what he used to juice the wheatgrass. |
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