Hello everyone! I’m Eugene, My Wife and I own Anchorage Microgreens , which is located in Anchorage, Alaska. We are 21 trays in and really enjoying this new challenge. We are looking to be an organic/natural grown alternative during the spring, fall, and winter months. The locally grown produce in Alaska is amazing during the summer (20+ hours of sun + amazing soil = HUGE tasty produce) but when half of your year is winter then you can imagine the condition of the stuff that gets shipped 2500 miles to Alaska. If you have any tips or tricks for new growers please reach out! Set up - 48x18x72 Costco trinity rack - Barrina T8, one per shelf, distance from light to top of tray is 9 inches, seems to be working really well, have one shelf at 9in and one shelf at 10in, haven’t noticed a difference so will probably make them all 9in. - Bootstrap 1020 shallow trays - OceanSolutions Pure nutrient solution (organic) The Microgreens colors seem to be brighter when we use the solution but the yield seems marginal. Cost per tray is around 5 cents so we find it worth it. - Coco Coir (organic), We tried a few different brands, didn’t notice a difference between them. We bought a blue lab ph and conductivity pen test kit. Will test the different coco coir to see if they have any salt content and are ph neutral. - Seeds all come from TrueLeaf because of cost. Really happy with everything so far except the sunflowers. Issues - finding a seed supplier that ships to Alaska without charging an arm and leg in shipping 😂 - Sunflower seed hulls won’t come off during the growing process as much as I wish they would. 3 days germ, 1 day black out, 4 days light. I soak my seeds for 8 hours and germ them with  15lbs on top. I continue to top water once they come out of germ for the next 3 days and try to brush off the hulls as much as possible. I would say we spend more time harvesting sunflowers then I do anything else. Hopefully, this all makes sense. I typed most of this while I was at the store 😂

So I’ve noticed a pretty steep drop off in flavor after 8-9 days or once they reach a certain height. What are people doing to keep more flavor further into the grow? Are we sacrificing some flavor for yield day 9 and 10?

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.