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Music for Microgreens
Does anyone play music for their Microgreens. My fiance decided to play classical music 4 hrs a day and birds singing at sunrise for 10 min a day. Hopefully it helps.
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New comment 9d ago
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Yes, I have done this since day 1. I too start the morning with bird chirping as I heard it jumpstarts the plants for the day. Lately our own outside birds are louder than my speaker playing - before sunrise I might add 🙄. I swap various genres of music out during the day.
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@LaReina Olson
Coco Coir question
So I’m about to start some trays with coco coir I buy the 750 g bricks and I hydrate 1 brick in a 5 gallon bucket with 1 gallon of boiling water, then once cooled I’m planning to fill my tray and apply my seeds, then do another misting over top of my seeds. Is this the correct method?
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New comment 1d ago
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I don’t boil my water either. You will want to note if it’s been prewashed several times or you will have to take the time and steps to wash the salt off. I buy it pre washed and ph balanced so I just add water and fluff it up. I mix it it with an organic seedling mix.
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@Kim Woods Coco Coir Mega Brick Organic... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004T0G67S?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
My First Yields
I grew 16 1020 trays in my first attempt to grow microgreens. I got all my seeds at True Leaf Market This is what I grew: Basic Salad Mix - 4 trays - Seeded .6 oz - 4 oz harvest weight per tray - I did have some issues with the fan, so this should be closer to 5+ oz. Pea - Speckled - 3 trays - Seeded 10 oz (soaked 8 hours) - 9 to 12 oz - I was hoping my yields would be higher. I realized after that I may have seeded these at too high a rate. Radish - Triton Purple - 2 trays - Seeded 1 oz - 12 oz - I harvested these at 8 days after seeding. They grew terrifically. I realized after I should have seeded them at 1.5 oz. Sunflower - Black Oil - 3 trays - Seeded 9 oz (soaked 8 hours) - 13 to 15 oz - I was hoping for a higher yield. Broccoli - Waltham 29 - 4 trays - Seeded .5 oz - 3 oz - I realized after that I should have seeded them at 1 oz per tray.
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New comment 11d ago
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@Spencer Pope You might want to consider something for seedlings, it’s fluffier, lighter and easier for seedlings to get started, also contains perlite. Garden soil is usually for in ground gardens, very heavy mix. In between is potting mix, not as heavy as garden, not as light as seedling.
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@LaReina Olson Yup I’m one of them. I just got a couple bags delivered from Greenhouse Megastore because they had a sale and even with shipping it was cheaper than $39 Amazon price. When I can’t get it, I make up my own blend.
Recent grows & rack set up
Yes, I have plants growing on my bottom "grow" shelf! I'm getting ready to re-do my lights and shelves... but will keep the growing happening while I update lights and shelves! I should have labels delivered today and plan on getting some samples out! Business FB group is set up... Need to focus on website now! I already have my business license, logo, getting labels set up. Need to get insurance. Anybody else have insurance yet? What do we need? And where do you have insurance through?
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New comment 12d ago
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Your greens look amazing! I use FLIP.
Knocked it out of the park....
I had to share this just because of how nervous I was about selling at a farmer market and not knowing ANYTHING about the demographic. I had no idea of what would sell or who would be buying if - anything at all. The farmers market coordinator reached out to me today for a bit of a phone chat letting me know that she was very pleased with our set up, the niche' I had filled due to another microgreens vendor bowing out, and that she loved the mixes and varieties I had available. Even discussed being a full-time vendor next year. I was just so shocked at that response and how kind she was for reaching out to me. Before she ended the call she asked me if planned to have beets at the next market, which I had already planned so of course I told her so. She replies "if you could do me this solid I'd appreciate it. Please save me back 1 package of beets so I can get one before they sell out." Sell out!? You have just made my day.
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New comment 12d ago
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Tracy Webster
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@tracy-webster-8930
Artist turned microgreens farmer. That makes me a 3rd generation farmer in my family, first to be vertical farming. Living in the PNW:,Bellingham WA

Active 53m ago
Joined Mar 11, 2024
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