Growing Wheatgrass for Dummies?
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Lee_123
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Date: August 18, 2009 04:54PM I asked this (below) here [www.rawfoodsupport.com] but no one responded... soooo, if anyone has any pointers please let me know. I got a tracking number for the Green Star I ordered and it is due to arrive on the 24th. I'll spend a week comparing it to the Omega 8006 then sell one at my cost to one of my best friends. I remember first being on this forum and thinking people who owned more than one juicer at a time had to be nuts. ha ha ha Now, I would love to have a couple of juicers.
THANKS! ------------------------------------------------ Growing Wheatgrass for Dummies? Date: August 16, 2009 10:56AM Hi Everyone, I do NOT have a green thumb! Because I travel as often as possible when not working, I don't even have houseplants -- though I wish I did because I like them. I would like to start growing my own wheatgrass and have no idea where to start. Is there a website with instructions for the overwhelmed and inexperienced that can get me started? Barring that, a good book? I have sprouted things and off and on in the past. I have very little space to do this in. And very little money! Any pointers toward step by step information would be great. Thanks! Lee Re: Growing Wheatgrass for Dummies?
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Jgunn
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Date: August 18, 2009 09:17PM i find keeping an air current going (small desk fan doesnt have to be huge) put a halt to all my original wheatgrass going moldy before i could cut it issues
that would be my numero uno tip ...Jodi, the banana eating buddhist Re: Growing Wheatgrass for Dummies?
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Lee_123
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Date: August 19, 2009 11:37PM Thanks, Jodi! Re: Growing Wheatgrass for Dummies?
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Tamukha
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Date: August 20, 2009 08:01PM Lee!
Hope you are feeling better every day. I think wheatgrass juice will help you muchly. My advice amounts to this: --Not soaking the wheatgrass grains more than 8 hours also helps with preventing mold. --Sprouting for 2 1/2 days to give a headstart on sowing seems to help it grow faster. --Not using a lot of dirt, shallow planting in other words, likewise limits mold. --Mixing Azomite, or trace minerals into the soil, and into the [purified] watering water, helps develop a better flavor in the finished grass, IMO. Good luck! Re: Growing Wheatgrass for Dummies?
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Wheatgrass Yogi
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Date: August 21, 2009 01:20AM Tamukha Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > --Not soaking the wheatgrass grains more than 8 > hours also helps with preventing mold. I use Jodi's tip by growing under a ceiling fan. I soak for 12 hours and never have mold. > --Sprouting for 2 1/2 days to give a headstart on > sowing seems to help it grow faster. I plant immediately after soaking. I found sprouting first to be too time-consuming. > --Not using a lot of dirt, shallow planting in > other words, likewise limits mold. I use deep bowls and lots of Potting Mix.....better root system. But it does add to the cost, and there's always a problem in disposing the mat. Tam.....what do you do with yours? > --Mixing Azomite, or trace minerals into the soil, > and into the watering water, helps develop a > better flavor in the finished grass, IMO. Same with me, but not too much Clay. I've tried growing in pure clay, and it killed the grass. Tamukha....We both get good results using difference methods. That just shows how easy it is to grow Wheatgrass. > Good luck! Ditto.....WY Re: Growing Wheatgrass for Dummies?
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Tamukha
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Date: August 21, 2009 03:45PM WY,
[wincing]threw out my last flat of soil, as it moldered beneath--too humid this week in SE Michigan! I can't use a lot of soil, I can't, I just can't!!! I'll stop whining now : ) Going to try it your way this week and see what happens . . . Re: Growing Wheatgrass for Dummies?
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Wheatgrass Yogi
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Date: August 21, 2009 04:26PM Tamukha Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I'll stop whining now : ) LOL > Going to try it your way this week and see what happens . . .If you use a deep bowl, you can pour in a lot of liquid fertilizer before topping it with Potting Mix. I use a blended Carrot, a little Clay, and diluted Sea water (called Ocean Solution). My Grass always comes up strong and healthy....tastes good too. Good Luck.....WY Re: Growing Wheatgrass for Dummies?
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Jgunn
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Date: August 21, 2009 04:49PM hang in their my friends im still fiddling with my small scale hydro/aeroponics ideas here i feel im on the edge to a breakethrough ! ...Jodi, the banana eating buddhist Re: Growing Wheatgrass for Dummies?
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Wheatgrass Yogi
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Date: August 22, 2009 12:28AM Jgunn Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > hang in their my friends im still fiddling with my > small scale hydro/aeroponics ideas here i feel im > on the edge to a breakethrough ! It must be pretty complicated. I'll stick with my 'simple method'. What's the other one....Hydroponics? If you can grow healthy Wheatgrass without using soil, I guess I should make an effort to learn. Jodi...What would you use as a Fertilizer? Keep us updated.....WY Re: Growing Wheatgrass for Dummies?
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Jgunn
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Date: August 22, 2009 12:52AM i grow earthworms in containers from compost i water the earthworm castings with water and strain off the *tea* from that and use it for all my plants ive been spraying the root system with that using a spray bottle, so , so far its not a mechanical system its a manual system
so far the only complicated part im up against is finding a mesh that 1) doesnt let the seeds fall through while they germinate , but yet 2) allow me to pull out the whole mat of grass with roots from the meshholes research will prevail besides i like doing stuff like this i think given the tools ... i would love to be a mad scientist / inventor i love to tinker, i love to experiment .. i really get a charge out of it all lol ...Jodi, the banana eating buddhist Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/22/2009 12:59AM by Jgunn. Re: Growing Wheatgrass for Dummies?
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Wheatgrass Yogi
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Date: August 22, 2009 01:28AM Jgunn Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > i grow earthworms in containers from compost i > water the earthworm castings with water and strain > off the *tea* from that and use it for all my > plants I've heard of 'Compost Tea'. I should be using it on my Fruit Trees. I'm having a poor crop this year. > so far the only complicated part im up against is > finding a mesh that 1) doesnt let the seeds fall > through while they germinate , but yet 2) allow me > to pull out the whole mat of grass with roots from > the meshholes I would kill to be able to juice the Blades with Roots attached. Let us know what you think when you find the proper screen, and start juicing. I'm very interested. > besides i like doing stuff like this i think > given the tools ... i would love to be a mad > scientist / inventor > > i love to tinker, i love to experiment .. i really > get a charge out of it all lol You sound like my kind of woman. Too bad you're already married. LOL. I bet you can even replace an electrical switch?.....WY Re: Growing Wheatgrass for Dummies?
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Jgunn
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Date: August 22, 2009 02:21AM Wheatgrass Yogi Wrote:
> You sound like my kind of woman. Too bad you're > already married. LOL. I bet you can even replace > an electrical > switch?.....WY haha thanks ! an yep i can do the switch ! hehe ! im just one ol' fool witha tool ...Jodi, the banana eating buddhist Re: Growing Wheatgrass for Dummies?
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Tamukha
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Date: August 22, 2009 02:40PM Jodi,
Please let us know when your "It's Aliiiive!!!" moment occurs: ) After I do a test run of WY's bowl-n-soil method, I am considering trying a hydroponic method again. I would use a standard growing flat filled with fortified water and germinated seeds, which I would cover with a flattened out piece of that orange plastic mesh sacking that bulk citrus fruit comes in, to direct the growing grass stalks upward. I despair of success, because I doubt it's weighty enough. Maybe I will need two layers. The design flaws are endless . . . . Re: Growing Wheatgrass for Dummies?
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Lee_123
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Date: August 24, 2009 03:17AM WY, don't you use an awful lot of soil by using a bowl instead of a tray?
That may be a dumb question. I'm new at this. Re: Growing Wheatgrass for Dummies?
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Wheatgrass Yogi
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Date: August 24, 2009 04:42AM Lee_123 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > WY, don't you use an awful lot of soil by using a > bowl instead of a tray? Yes, that's a major drawback. On the Positive side, after the first cutting...I lift up the whole mat...water again...and get a damn good second cutting.....WY Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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