Sunflowers are everyone's favorite in my little circle of friends. A tip for trimming the shoots off the tray: Get your face down level with your blade and I think you'll find better accuracy, and less soil of whatever media you use. I've had moisture just under the canopy of my sunflowers in the winter time. I rub the tops twice daily to control that, and of course a bunch of hulls will pop off at the same time.
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Glad to hear they tasted about the same because I have a lot of gray striped seeds and no black oil. I thought the regular sunflower seeds looked better than the black oil in your test, and the difference between the two in final weight is very small.
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🙂We like the grey striped more as well...check this link for seeds we use... Hello Paul LeMay ! We get our seed's primarily from this company 😄 www.trueleafmarket.com/?source=pepperjam&publisherId=203835&clickId=3227408288&PepperJam&
🙂Thanks for sharing that...really happy you growing some healthy sunflower microgreens!!! akindofmagick 😉akindofmagick Would you Be~Leaf we're actively working on tasty recipes that will highlight the various flavors of your favorite microgreens in surprising ways...Not just a garnish...yum!!
Experiment suggestion with sunflower black oil seeds: keep the weight on one tray for 3 days 1 blackout keep the weight on 1 tray for 4 days and no blackout. I accidentally left the weight on my sunflower seeds for 4 days and they were so strong and thick that I was able to get a 600% return on sewing rate. Smoothie recipe: 2 cups of sunflower micrograms 1 peeled & chopped Bosc pear 1cup of water 1 Stevie packet 2 Tbsp raw honey 1 cup crushed ice Blend in a vacuum blender
😉EZdashTarget Hey...nice glance at your recipe...would you Be~Leaf we're actively working on tasty recipes that will highlight the various flavors of your favorite microgreens in surprising ways...Not just a garnish...yum!!
Hey here's what I'd like to see more videos on: how to get good results growing in biostrate. I have had pretty mediocre results and I know from some of your older videos you mentioned you had to dial in your methods to get good results in hydroponic mediums. But I don't think you ever shared those tips, please do!!!
🙂Thank you so much for the support Jenn W!! We are going to be making new content soon! 😄 We dialed in to using primarily Coco coir for our crops...because of the need for consistency in our recipe book.
Nice comparison test! My question is why is the word OIL in the name “black OIL sunflower”?? Any ideas? I also want to say that I learned something. I am a hobbyist grower, and I never knew that the leaves after the cotyledons are called “true leaf”. So that explains the name of “True Leaf Market”. Anyway, I hope someone will post about why “OIL” is in the name of “black OIL sunflowers”. Thanks!
I saw a report passed around on Facebook that if given their choice, almost all birds prefer the black oil seeds to any other seed. Hence, many people in my bird watcher group only used black oil sunflower seeds in their bird feeders.
I will say that you don't have to grow these in a UV closet. Sunflowers are one of those plants (a cousin to the humble dandelion) that can grow inside. And because you are harvesting them after only a couple weeks, you can grow a bunch in little cups on whatever window sill you want to use!
Really interesting video, i have just done a batch myself of Sunflowers, not black oil as haven't seen them yet here! Great video as always. Can I ask I have been using fans a bit like yours to create air flow, is there an optimum temperature to keep to after they germinate and start to grow and can you mix full spectrum grow lights with led white lights at all. Mny thanks, Mark, UK!
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Hey there! I have a daikon radish micro question. I'm having the same issue with moisture on the cotyledons even though I have only bottom-watered, and they seem to be slightly curled downward, as well. I'm using a coir mixture and using a 3-light LED system (I'm small potatoes as of now :)). I grew some without the addition of light a couple of weeks ago, and they did not make it beyond about 1 1/2". These new ones are closer to 4-5" and super spicy! I'm also growing clover along side and not seeing any moisture on them at all. I was thinking maybe I need a dehumidifier? I do not have a fan blowing on them either. Whacha think it might be? I'm glad you did this comparison, because I do want to grow sunflower next. Thanks! 😊
We have a TH-cam playlist that has all our Full Walk-Through grows for different crops and we also have a ‘How to grow microgreens’ blog that you may find helpful. I linked both below for you! Playlist: https//th-cam.com/play/PLkEXI0BumyG5OBbqj_wXM6gnPB6gJ4alW.html Blog: www.onthegrow.net/post/how-to-grow-microgreens-on-the-grow
🙂Thank you so much for the support Shirly Liu!! We are going to be making new content soon! 😄 They might do well...they put out some serious roots that weave real tight around each other...
Thanks for the vid and growing inspiration! You’ve led me to trial odd edible veg plants as microgreens - weirdly butternut squash microgreens taste like runner beans! 🤣
😉Amanda Toumasis Would you Be~Leaf we're actively working on tasty recipes that will highlight the various flavors of your favorite microgreens in surprising ways...Not just a garnish...yum!! So we're backing away fro odd seed experiments for now!!
We have a playlist here on TH-cam that has a few recipes on how to use Microgreens! You should check it out for inspiration → th-cam.com/play/PLkEXI0BumyG6IEk3hM4WyIuKa4RfMeUe2.html
good morning was watching your farmers market experience video... you said you wanted to do more vlog/experience type of video's and she wanted to do cooking ... both are great ideas! please try do do one or two more b/ you went back to experimenting stuff... the farmers market video and you moving you trailer were great and a nice change of pace for the viewers
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Thanks for the video. What prep do you do prior to serving or using these micro greens? I mean do you wash them? Do you pick off the remaining hulls prior to storage? Thanks
Personally I pick off the seed hulls after I remove the blackout dome because they are nice and moist and easy to get off. But I only grow 5x5 trays. I know some commercial growers wash them to get the seed hulls off. They have some older videos where they discuss this issue.
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Is there any chance how we can get estimates of nutrients per micro plant or bio available nutrients? Do seed farms provide that? I ask because you could grow most any micro green and most of North America has massive vitamin D, zinc, collagen, B vits, and more deficiencies. Austin loves OTG
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Did you accidentally let the roots get too dry? This can happen with the really thirsty crops, as sunflowers are! Trina Have you signed up for our Master Class yet? Please get ready to take advantage of all the information we've assembled for you!!!
Great stuff.we will be starting up are micro.s again soon.just to busy to grow in the summer.i.am sure I.ll have a questions again this year. Wayne Springhillfarms
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Guys do yoy think what factors in microgreen height? Have done few trays, but unlike what I saw in your vid or fb groups, which is tall, mine is short for almost all of the trays. Do seeds play important role?
I swear I watched like 50 of their videos before realizing they were saying "Seed hulls", I was trying to figure out where the holes were in/on the seeds. I pronounce "Hulls" like the "u" in "uh". They pronounce the "u" like "oh". lol, maybe this will help someone else.
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You are probably correct! Dwarf just refers to the size of the fully grown plant. Thank you so much for the Feedback agauerm! We appreciate your support!
Isn't the significant difference here the number of seeds? Sounds like you used the same weight which seems like it would mean that the quantity of black oil seeds was higher. Sure looks that way when you visually compare the piles. I wonder what the results would be if you counted out the number of seeds and matched on that. Since seeds are sold by weight (I currently see the same price per pound for regular vs black oil on TrueLeafMarket.com), it could turn out black oil produce more simply because you get more seeds for the same money/weight. If seed prices and comparison were per seed I bet the regular would win.
🙂Thank you so much for the support Aaron Molnar!! We are going to be making new content soon! 😄 You're properly onto something...the black oil weigh less per seed!!!
Thank you so much for the Feedback Jolene's Garden! We appreciate your support! Good observation...the black oil seeds are truly smaller , slimmer and thus more per gram in the long run!!!
There’s a reason they are so cheap! We contacted some of the suppliers for the wild bird seeds and they said “they do not advise them to be used for human consumption”. The main reason they stated is that there are no regulations for what the seeds are treated with. When seeds are used for human consumption, they have to meet certain regulations, and the wild-bird feed has none of that. Microgreens are expected to be consumed in large quantities, so if there is some poison or anything unsafe about the seed, it is going to be consumed in high quantity and very shortly after germination. Personally, we would never eat the microgreens from wild-bird feed and it would likely be very illegal to sell microgreens grown from wild-bird feed. There are people out there who use wild-bird seed and say there’s no issues, but they have never had their produce tested... I am strongly against doing anything that puts another persons health at risk. Microgreens are supposed to be healthy, so use safe and healthy seeds! You can also contact that individual brand and tell them you want to eat the seeds and see what they say...
😉pine apple This is very important...Would you Be~Leaf we're actively working on tasty recipes that will highlight the various flavors of your favorite microgreens in surprising ways...Not just a garnish...yum!!
Thank you for watching JFKENZ!!! 😄 Glad you enjoyed it! We've been using a 15lber and a 7.5lber...depending on the tray! Got to love the method huh? P.S..check us on TikTok when you can!
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It's luck of the draw really... I can't remeber for this batch specifically cause it's been a few years. I remeber we were mostly getting smaller seeds for a while, so it's likely the smaller ones. As long as you deal in volume or weight, seed size shouldn't matter too much. Just make sure you use around 150grams of seed for sunnies. Happy growing! 🌱🌱🌱
Good Morning I'm starting to produce microgreens in BRAZIL and I don't have a reference for the weight that is placed in each 10 by 20 tray If you have a table with the vegetables below please could you send it to me to serve as a reference for my first experience. Thank you very much For the following vegetables Beet radish cilantro mustard cabbage cress arugula Sunflower Chive basil parsley Leaf kale lettuce carrot pea Thanks!!
🙂Thank you so much for the Feedback susan tellez! We appreciate your support! Take a look at them seeds...sometimes you benefit from a little rinsing off of debris, etc...also hulls need some degree of softening depending on variety.😉
Sunflowers are everyone's favorite in my little circle of friends.
A tip for trimming the shoots off the tray: Get your face down level with your blade and I think you'll find better accuracy, and less soil of whatever media you use.
I've had moisture just under the canopy of my sunflowers in the winter time. I rub the tops twice daily to control that, and of course a bunch of hulls will pop off at the same time.
😉John Would you Be~Leaf we're actively working on tasty recipes that will highlight the various flavors of your favorite microgreens in surprising ways...Not just a garnish...yum!!
Glad to hear they tasted about the same because I have a lot of gray striped seeds and no black oil. I thought the regular sunflower seeds looked better than the black oil in your test, and the difference between the two in final weight is very small.
Nice one! Thank you for always inspiring us to keep on growing 🌻
Thank you so much for the support! We really appreciate it :)
I absolutely love your channel! I am a new grower and you have done a lot of the trial and error for me plus done the how-to’s.
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@@OnTheGrow Through the website?
Your videos address every question/concern, the best!
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The difference in weight between these two is less than 5% and the replicate was "One".
There is no statically significant difference between them.
Haha thanks for responding. I was about to say something similar but you killed it.
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Thank you for sharing. I actually like growing regular sunflower compared to black oil seed but I can not find them here in Canada.
🙂We like the grey striped more as well...check this link for seeds we use... Hello Paul LeMay ! We get our seed's primarily from this company 😄
www.trueleafmarket.com/?source=pepperjam&publisherId=203835&clickId=3227408288&PepperJam&
Hu. Thanks for all the awesome how to do microgreens. How do you store your harvest?
Thank you so much for the support! Generally we use a plastic baggie or a reusable container like a mason jar.
This is so timely!! I am about to order 25# of sunflower seeds tonight!! Thank you!!
🙂Thanks for sharing that...really happy you growing some healthy sunflower microgreens!!! akindofmagick
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Experiment suggestion with sunflower black oil seeds:
keep the weight on one tray for 3 days 1 blackout keep the weight on 1 tray for 4 days and no blackout.
I accidentally left the weight on my sunflower seeds for 4 days and they were so strong and thick that I was able to get a 600% return on sewing rate.
Smoothie recipe:
2 cups of sunflower micrograms
1 peeled & chopped Bosc pear
1cup of water
1 Stevie packet
2 Tbsp raw honey
1 cup crushed ice
Blend in a vacuum blender
😉EZdashTarget Hey...nice glance at your recipe...would you Be~Leaf we're actively working on tasty recipes that will highlight the various flavors of your favorite microgreens in surprising ways...Not just a garnish...yum!!
Hey here's what I'd like to see more videos on: how to get good results growing in biostrate. I have had pretty mediocre results and I know from some of your older videos you mentioned you had to dial in your methods to get good results in hydroponic mediums. But I don't think you ever shared those tips, please do!!!
🙂Thank you so much for the support Jenn W!! We are going to be making new content soon! 😄 We dialed in to using primarily Coco coir for our crops...because of the need for consistency in our recipe book.
Exactly the video I needed!! Thanks :)
Glad it was helpful!! Thank you for the support!
Nice comparison test! My question is why is the word OIL in the name “black OIL sunflower”?? Any ideas? I also want to say that I learned something. I am a hobbyist grower, and I never knew that the leaves after the cotyledons are called “true leaf”. So that explains the name of “True Leaf Market”. Anyway, I hope someone will post about why “OIL” is in the name of “black OIL sunflowers”. Thanks!
I believe size is the reason black oil seeds are used in birds seed. Great video
🙂Thank you so much for the Feedback Tristin Christenson! We appreciate your support! I've two trays working now...5 days away now!!!
I saw a report passed around on Facebook that if given their choice, almost all birds prefer the black oil seeds to any other seed. Hence, many people in my bird watcher group only used black oil sunflower seeds in their bird feeders.
I will say that you don't have to grow these in a UV closet. Sunflowers are one of those plants (a cousin to the humble dandelion) that can grow inside. And because you are harvesting them after only a couple weeks, you can grow a bunch in little cups on whatever window sill you want to use!
No plants need uv to grow you just need blue light spectrum and your good to go
Really interesting video, i have just done a batch myself of Sunflowers, not black oil as haven't seen them yet here! Great video as always. Can I ask I have been using fans a bit like yours to create air flow, is there an optimum temperature to keep to after they germinate and start to grow and can you mix full spectrum grow lights with led white lights at all. Mny thanks, Mark, UK!
Thank you so much for the support Mark Ward!! We are going to be making new content soon! 😄Visit www.onthegrow.net and get that Master Microgreens Book heading your way asap...
Hey there! I have a daikon radish micro question. I'm having the same issue with moisture on the cotyledons even though I have only bottom-watered, and they seem to be slightly curled downward, as well. I'm using a coir mixture and using a 3-light LED system (I'm small potatoes as of now :)). I grew some without the addition of light a couple of weeks ago, and they did not make it beyond about 1 1/2". These new ones are closer to 4-5" and super spicy! I'm also growing clover along side and not seeing any moisture on them at all. I was thinking maybe I need a dehumidifier? I do not have a fan blowing on them either. Whacha think it might be? I'm glad you did this comparison, because I do want to grow sunflower next. Thanks! 😊
We have a TH-cam playlist that has all our Full Walk-Through grows for different crops and we also have a ‘How to grow microgreens’ blog that you may find helpful. I linked both below for you!
Playlist: https//th-cam.com/play/PLkEXI0BumyG5OBbqj_wXM6gnPB6gJ4alW.html
Blog: www.onthegrow.net/post/how-to-grow-microgreens-on-the-grow
I have problem when it's growing up. And ready to harvest the black cover stuck in the top. Any ideas please?
awesome video, thanks. do you think i can grow those black oil sunflower seeds without any growing medium using those trays?
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So now we have small black oil seeds. Does that mean they would yield a more dense harvest with small cotyledons?
Thanks for the vid and growing inspiration! You’ve led me to trial odd edible veg plants as microgreens - weirdly butternut squash microgreens taste like runner beans! 🤣
Thank you so much for the support! Lol, happy to hear you experimenting and we will have to try those out!!
Can i ask what other odd seeds you have made into micros?
On the grow...this would be a really fun experiment to watch!
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Thanks 💫
Thank you for the support Kelly!
We have a playlist here on TH-cam that has a few recipes on how to use Microgreens! You should check it out for inspiration → th-cam.com/play/PLkEXI0BumyG6IEk3hM4WyIuKa4RfMeUe2.html
good morning was watching your farmers market experience video... you said you wanted to do more vlog/experience type of video's and she wanted to do cooking ... both are great ideas! please try do do one or two more b/ you went back to experimenting stuff... the farmers market video and you moving you trailer were great and a nice change of pace for the viewers
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Hello
Love ur videos
What temp and humidity u keep ur microgreens
Getting ready to start my first micos
Thks
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Thanks for the video. What prep do you do prior to serving or using these micro greens? I mean do you wash them? Do you pick off the remaining hulls prior to storage? Thanks
Personally I pick off the seed hulls after I remove the blackout dome because they are nice and moist and easy to get off. But I only grow 5x5 trays. I know some commercial growers wash them to get the seed hulls off. They have some older videos where they discuss this issue.
🙂Thank you so much for the support Garrett Mineo!! We are going to be making new content soon! 😄 We normally harvest as sanitary as possible...and place into plastic bags with twist tie tops...then place in refrig until ready to prepare!!
Thank you so much for the Feedback Jenn W! We appreciate your support! Also a great tip for smaller growers!🙂
Is your regular sunflower seed Russian Mammoth?
I am confused by how many types there really are people use to make micrograms.
Thank you.
I'm curious if it's possible to do microgreens from hulled sunflower seeds.
I’m addicted to your channel . Do you have a link to your trailer? Grow on!!!
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Can all sunflowers seeds from other varieties be grown as micro greens?
ALWAYS a pleasure to watch your videos! *goes to buy Black Oil from TLM
Thanks for doing all the work for us!
You are superb.....
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Please Fenugreek full video
Fenugreek microgreen in soil full walkthrough
Please please
🙂That's funny a few folks have asked that as well...for now we are planting according to the recipes we are working with...what do you use this in???
Awesome
Is there any chance how we can get estimates of nutrients per micro plant or bio available nutrients? Do seed farms provide that? I ask because you could grow most any micro green and most of North America has massive vitamin D, zinc, collagen, B vits, and more deficiencies. Austin loves OTG
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Im growing black oil seeds in a sprouting tray with coco coir. The roots coming through the mesh are brown. Is this bad?
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Great stuff.we will be starting up are micro.s again soon.just to busy to grow in the summer.i.am sure I.ll have a questions again this year.
Wayne
Springhillfarms
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Guys do yoy think what factors in microgreen height? Have done few trays, but unlike what I saw in your vid or fb groups, which is tall, mine is short for almost all of the trays. Do seeds play important role?
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I swear I watched like 50 of their videos before realizing they were saying "Seed hulls", I was trying to figure out where the holes were in/on the seeds.
I pronounce "Hulls" like the "u" in "uh". They pronounce the "u" like "oh". lol, maybe this will help someone else.
Lol, yeah... it’s Hulls. Sometimes there are holes in the seeds though 🤗🌱🌱
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🌻⭐️⭐️⭐️🌻. Thank you! Very helpful😁
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Are all sunflower seeds edible???
I think that if you had used a dwarf sunflower seed variety it would have no difference.
You are probably correct! Dwarf just refers to the size of the fully grown plant. Thank you so much for the Feedback agauerm! We appreciate your support!
If you cut off the extra length you have to re-calculate your weight
You are correct! Both would need to be cut though because they were both longer than what we prefer so it would even out if we cut them the same...
seed "hull" not hole! Ha Thanks for the video - good to know.
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Isn't the significant difference here the number of seeds? Sounds like you used the same weight which seems like it would mean that the quantity of black oil seeds was higher. Sure looks that way when you visually compare the piles. I wonder what the results would be if you counted out the number of seeds and matched on that.
Since seeds are sold by weight (I currently see the same price per pound for regular vs black oil on TrueLeafMarket.com), it could turn out black oil produce more simply because you get more seeds for the same money/weight.
If seed prices and comparison were per seed I bet the regular would win.
Was going to say the same thing, the regular had a lot less seeds planted. Fewer seeds, fewer plants kind of go hand in hand.
🙂Thank you so much for the support Aaron Molnar!! We are going to be making new content soon! 😄 You're properly onto something...the black oil weigh less per seed!!!
Thank you so much for the Feedback Jolene's Garden! We appreciate your support! Good observation...the black oil seeds are truly smaller , slimmer and thus more per gram in the long run!!!
what sbout the black oil sunflower bird seeds from walmart? thet are so cheap!
There’s a reason they are so cheap! We contacted some of the suppliers for the wild bird seeds and they said “they do not advise them to be used for human consumption”. The main reason they stated is that there are no regulations for what the seeds are treated with. When seeds are used for human consumption, they have to meet certain regulations, and the wild-bird feed has none of that.
Microgreens are expected to be consumed in large quantities, so if there is some poison or anything unsafe about the seed, it is going to be consumed in high quantity and very shortly after germination.
Personally, we would never eat the microgreens from wild-bird feed and it would likely be very illegal to sell microgreens grown from wild-bird feed.
There are people out there who use wild-bird seed and say there’s no issues, but they have never had their produce tested... I am strongly against doing anything that puts another persons health at risk.
Microgreens are supposed to be healthy, so use safe and healthy seeds! You can also contact that individual brand and tell them you want to eat the seeds and see what they say...
@@OnTheGrow thanks for the info
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What weight do u use on this tray?
Thank you for watching JFKENZ!!! 😄 Glad you enjoyed it!
We've been using a 15lber and a 7.5lber...depending on the tray!
Got to love the method huh?
P.S..check us on TikTok when you can!
Super Like!!!
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@@OnTheGrow Wow, that's great! Sunny is my favorite:)
more seed bigger harvest
Are these LARGE or SMALL Black Oil Sunflower Seeds?
It's luck of the draw really... I can't remeber for this batch specifically cause it's been a few years. I remeber we were mostly getting smaller seeds for a while, so it's likely the smaller ones. As long as you deal in volume or weight, seed size shouldn't matter too much. Just make sure you use around 150grams of seed for sunnies. Happy growing! 🌱🌱🌱
what do you mean "regular" sunflower...
Good Morning
I'm starting to produce microgreens in BRAZIL and I don't have a reference for the weight that is placed in each 10 by 20 tray
If you have a table with the vegetables below please could you send it to me to serve as a reference for my first experience.
Thank you very much
For the following vegetables
Beet
radish
cilantro
mustard
cabbage
cress
arugula
Sunflower
Chive
basil
parsley
Leaf kale
lettuce
carrot
pea
Thanks!!
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Download the “Crop Growing Guide” and it has all the information you are asking for!
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I notice you didn’t soak seeds. In previous video your wife soaked the seeds. Why the difference.
🙂Thank you so much for the Feedback susan tellez! We appreciate your support! Take a look at them seeds...sometimes you benefit from a little rinsing off of debris, etc...also hulls need some degree of softening depending on variety.😉