Cut them with clean kitchen scissors 2–5 mm above the substrate .
This prevents small substrate particles from getting into the harvest. Afterwards, you can briefly rinse the microgreens or dry them in a salad spinner – done!
Important: The lower millimeters of the stem are usually a bit firmer and do not contain any additional nutrients – so they can remain in the pad.
Superfood Microgreens
- Growth: Could mold develop?
- Growth: Do I need fertilizer to support the growth of microgreens?
- Growth: How do you prevent the seed pad material from sticking to the microgreens?
- Growth: Is there a risk of bacterial contamination?
- Growth: What can I do if I have problems with germination or uneven growth?
- Growth: What is that white fuzz near the radicles?
- Growth: What type of water should I use in my indoor garden?
- Growth: Why do my microgreens grow at different rates and reach different sizes?
- Growth: Why shouldn't I use filtered water to grow microgreens?
- Harvest: Do I need to wash the microgreens before eating them?
- Harvest: How do I harvest my microgreens?
- Harvest: How long does it take for microgreens to grow and be ready for harvest?
- Harvest: What's the best way to store microgreens?
- Harvesting: What's the best way to harvest microgreens?
- Health: Are all Ingarden microgreens organic and GMO-free?
- Health: Are microgreens safe for pets?
- Health: Can I replace vegetables with microgreens?
- Health: Can children eat microgreens?
- Health: Can the various microgreen pads replace the dietary supplements that are currently available on the market?
- Health: How many broccoli microgreens are healthy?
- Health: Where do the nutrients in the ingarden Microgreens pads come from?
- Health: Where do the seeds come from?
- Nutrients: Where are most of the nutrients located – in the leaves or in the stems?
- Product: Can I use my own seeds with ingarden seed pads?
- Product: How do I store the refill packs/seed pads correctly?
- Product: How long do the microgreen seeds last?
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