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2026-04-11 16:12 UTC

That looks like a great system to consistently produce sprouts. How do you consume them? Are all eaten as sprouts, or do you grow them further? What are your favorite recipes with sprouts? I noticed soaking/floating seeds in water for 48 hours in the dark, before putting the seeds on trays, improves germination rates, did you try that yet?

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@jaykrown@lemmy.world 2026-04-11 16:58

Great questions and thanks for asking. I grow them further to the microgreen stage, and yes I've moved to a complete separation of the initial complete blackout soak in water, and then the move to the tray about 48 hours later like you said. Soaking the radish seeds also enlarges them so they don't fall through the tray holes. Here are some closer photos of the harvests. The radish microgreens in this salad ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/694ff2f6-a726-446e-adb9-1837ca1b5168.jpeg) My first harvest of green pea microgreens ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/c9bb6b06-0761-4f73-bc82-2003b7a63ea8.webp) Close up of the daikon radish ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2fe67ca3-5e18-4a06-96b6-fcfc7c0b4240.jpeg)

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