Description
Broccoli Calabrese – Growing Instructions
Grow as a microgreen
- Sow your seeds directly onto a moistened growing medium (3-5cm deep) and lightly mist the seeds with water.
- Place the seeded tray into a second tray without drainage holes. This will allow you to bottom water the tray.
- Cover with a lid or another tray and lightly mist as needed.
- After leaves have been developed on day 3-4, remove the cover and place in a well-lit location.
- When watering the seedlings, keep using the bottom tray.
- Harvest between 7-12 days or when the seedlings are 5cm tall. Cut the stems above the soil line with a knife or scissors.
Grow as a sprouting
- Rinse the seeds to remove any debris and soak the seed in a solution of 3% hydrogen peroxide for 15-20 minutes.
- Rinse the seeds to remove the solution and then soak the seed for 8-12 hours in room temperature water, then rinse and drain thoroughly, remove any seeds which are floating.
- Clean and sterilise the sprouter.
- Put the seeds in the sprouter and cover with room temperature water
- Drain all of the water until the seeds are damp.
- Place the seeds in the sprouter and cover with a lid
Make sure to rinse the seeds 2-3 times a day until harvesting around days 5-7.
