Tobias Ber wrote:hey sandra ...
welcome to the forums.
perhaps you should try other seeds. i use "normal" wheat which is not special sprouting seed. and it works well.
in trays i got mold all the time. no i do deeper containers. like the ones for balcony flowers. i sprout them in a jar, like you do. but i cover them with maybe half and inch of soil. adding lots of sand to the cover will help. i try to keep the surface dry. i water at the sides of the container, where water will soak deeply into the soil. sometimes i poke holes for drainage. i want the roots to have water but the surface to be somehwat dry.
i also have earthworms in the containers. they probably eat some stuff that is starting to rot.
in these containers i can go for 2-3 cuttings of grass. i also do barley grass, which i like more than wheat grass. i also do peas and sunflowers.
good luck and blessings
tobias
Thank you for your input =)
Very interesting stuff! Some questions arises since im quite new to this.
How deep is the soil in your containers?
How exactly do you water when you do it from the sides?
Do you have your own compost where you then put the soil with roots and worms and all when the batch is done? I would feel bad for the worms if i just threw them away.
and then for the next batch, you just take "new" worm and put in the container or how do you do it?
