Sunflower micro greens are deliciously nutty with the flavor of raw sunflower seeds but with the texture of spinach. They are easy to grow in just about any container you can find around the house. I like clear plastic salad mix boxes, which are food safe and easily available. But the real magic comes from watching the salad box fill with fresh greens in days to weeks. It’s a fun project to get your garden therapy in the winter and you will love how great they taste. It’s easy to do as well. See the step-by-step instructions in this post:
How to Grow Healthy Sunflower Sprouts in 2 Weeks
Now come along on a photo journey of how these greens grow, from seed to sprout!
Micro greens are different than sprouts because they are grown in soil or a soil-like medium. This is a time lapse photo journal of about 2 weeks growing time for my sunflower micro greens.
For more information on how to grow them, check out this post on growing micro greens in a chicken dome. For information on sprouting, check out this post on sprouting mung beans and green peas in a mason jar or this post on my Fresh Life Automatic Sprouter.
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That looks great and yummy! I’d like to try growing sunflower micro greens. With my birthday coming up, I asked for a gift certificate to buy sprouts and supplies. I’m excited!
Priscilla – that’s so funny! I got my automatic sprouter for Christmas one year. Still one of the best gifts I’ve gotten.
Your sprouting post looks great, by the way. I couldn’t comment from my iPad when I read it, so I’ll visit again soon to leave you some props on your mad sprouting skills.
Stevie
Hi Stevie, great photo series! Do you ever use a soilless medium like jute grass to grow sunflower sprouts? I use it all the time for clover, alfalfa and kale, but haven’t tried sunflower.
Hi Phil, ya know, I don’t. I’ve been thinking about trying it, there is a product called baby blanket that I have seen and wanted to try. BUT, you see how the sunflowers push through the soil? It helps to knock of the seed husks and so I like piling a wee bit of soil on my seeds get get them to “work”. It’s no big deal to tousle the seedlings when they are getting ready for harvest and it knocks the rest off or I pick them off in the salad spinner when I wash them.
I have also tried sunflower seeds in my automatic sprouter but I prefer them as micro greens. I get so much more and they last longer.
Now, I know that mung beans also like to work, so when you grow then as sprouts you should set some rocks on tray over top the seeds so they can push. The more they face a little resistance, the sweeter they will be.
If you do try the soilless method, please come back and let me know how it goes! I’d love photos too, if you have the time to send me some.
Thanks for stopping by.
Stevie
Ya, I use baby blanket or something similar. I see what you’re saying about the husks. I have some sunflower seeds coming in April so hopefully I’ll try this then.
These look so good, especially on that sandwich!