So I am starting up a small sprout "garden" in my apartment. I have VERY limited space, and am trying to maximize what I have to work with. I will be using converted mason jars (with mesh under the lids) for sprouting and have 2 dozen jars on a small shelving unit under my window as well as a tray for wheat grass. I have mung beans, radish and broccoli sprouts. I would also like to sprout oats, as oats are one of those foods that make me personally feel incredibly good when I eat them. I also may do chickpeas and sunflower. What other "essential" ones should I look into? Thinking of having 2-3 jars of each variety that I will rotate in over the coming week so I always have more going once one batch can be harvested to keep a constant supply. Suggestions?

Yes, broccoli and radish are some of the super star sprouts for too many reasons to go into at the moment, but l will be writing a fully referenced article on the star foods of the sprout diet and why soon.

Other stars foods really important in a sprout diet are:

* chia seeds (very very important)
* sunflower seeds (very important)
* sesame seeds (very important)
* fenugreek sprouts (very important)

You could also do

* pumpkin seeds (more sparingly, just soak or ferment)
* alfalfa (3 - 4 days per week)
* wheatgrass on trays (you could grow soil less)
* poppy seeds (perhaps the most nutritious seed of them all).


You may also want to do some occasional flax seed sprouts.

The sprouted seeds and greens are very VERY important. The seeds are the best way to increase the nutrition in the diet and also allow one to balance many parts of the diet, and the greens are potent nutrition top ups, balancers and toxin chelators/reducers to counteract any issues from legumes and various seeds. And these types of foods mentioned will offer some of the greatest protection possible against higher fat diets for too many reasons to go into at the moment.

The seeds can make a satisfying meal that will fill, sustain and give loads of good nutrition.

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SUNFLOWER


That is like my favorite.

The Sproutarian Man Wrote:
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> Other stars foods really important in a sprout
> diet are:
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> * fenugreek sprouts (very important)

I second these! They're tasty, and are supposedly beneficial to women's health. Armpits might smell interesting if you eat too many though

bluespixie Wrote:
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> The Sproutarian Man Wrote:
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> > Other stars foods really important in a sprout
> > diet are:
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> > * fenugreek sprouts (very important)
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> I second these! They're tasty, and are supposedly
> beneficial to women's health. Armpits might smell
> interesting if you eat too many though

Had a large fenugreek juice this morning. And my armpits smell amazing, they smell like fenugreek.


Dr Gregor on fenugreek:

[nutritionfacts.org]

A funny video by Dr Gregor on fenugreek.

[www.youtube.com]

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I was only able to find fenugreek in a sprouting blend, but I will be trying to get some photos up soon of my setup once I get everything in "rotation" I have 26 sprouting jars and am still rotating in the last ones so I will have a constant supply. The Whole project cost well under $100 and my husband did the math, and sprouts are really cheap to grow (with the bonus of being very nutritious!).