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 😂

It’s been just about a month and trying to get this learning curve down on my grows and trying to absorb as much valuable information from all you pros.

Hey friends, wow what an awesome resource! I’m excited to explore this and to have found a growing community (thank you to those who took the time and energy to put this together). A little about myself, I’ve recently outfitted one of my bedrooms to be a grow room for Microgreens and gourmet mushrooms. I’ve been growing things for many years and relatively recently got the itch to grow Microgreens on a larger scale. I’m looking forward to providing my community with a delicious super food as well as myself. I’m grateful to have found this community 🤙 looking forward to learning together and sharing our experiences. I’m located in south Florida, Delray Beach I’m a biomedical engineer and farm enthusiast I love music and art I’m growing 13 varieties of Microgreens and my favorite is split pea I’m an artist, entrepreneur, and business owner 🤙

Hi everyone! 👋 Joined the group a few days ago. Just getting started with some test grows of broccoli and Rambo Radish on hemp grow mats with some BSF trays and a 3ft shelf. Going to try Coco Loco next.

Hi! I’m Becca in Tallahassee, FL. I just started Wildheart Farm and am hoping to start selling microgreens at farmers markets and via home delivery soon. Would love to expand to restaurants eventually, but another established grower in the area already has all the restaurants, so figured direct to consumer is the place to start.