Microgreen Kit
Microgreen Kit
$15.00
A one-time price of $15.00 will be added to your order.
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- Description
- Instructions
Grow your own Microgreens at home, and add color, flavor, and nutrients to your food! Microgreens are most often added to Salads, Soups, Sandwiches, Stir Fry, or Homemade Juice Mixes.
Most Microgreens are rich in Iron, Zinc, Magnesium, Copper, and are also a good source of beneficial plant compounds like antioxidants, nutrients vary by type of Microgreen.
Our Microgreen Kits include everything you need to get started.
This kit includes:
- Growing Container: 28 oz Food Grade Plastic Container. Dimensions: 7.736"L x 5.381"W x 1.838"H
- Coco Coir: a natural material that has been used in agriculture for decades. It's made from the husk of coconuts and provides an excellent growing medium for sustainable gardening, particularly in the hydroponic setting. This Concentrated Potting Mix is a soilless medium, which is safer for plants because it contains on pathogens, and is sterile.
- Wicking: Using the process of capillary action to feed the nutrient solution to the root zone of the plants. Capillary action is the mechanism by which sponges and paper towels draw up liquid from a surface.
- Seeds: Choose the type of Microgreen Seeds you wish to purchase for your Microgreen Hydroponic Kit.
- Open your kit and remove all items.
- You should have 2 Black Growing Containers, 1 Plastic Lid with Wicking inserted, Coco Coir Concentrated Potting Mix, and your seeds.
- Add water to one of the black containers, filling to about 1/4″ from the top. Tap water is fine
- Put Coco Coir on the Plastic Lid with wicking insert, fill until almost level with top of lid.
- Mist the Coco Coir with water, do not saturate, just make it damp
- Put the seeds on top of the Coco Coir, spread evenly on top, do not overlap the seeds
- Mist lightly
- Place the Plastic Lid with wicking insert on top of the plastic container that you filled with water
- Place the 2nd Black Plastic Container on top of the Wicking System
- Leave the Kit alone for 3-4 days, you can lift the lid briefly after 3-4 days to check the growth
- After 3-4 days, the plant should be about 2″-3″ tall
- At this time, remove the Plastic Container on the top, and leave the kit in an area with sunlight
- Watch for a few days, in 5-7 days, the plant should be about 3″-5″ tall, and is ready for harvesting
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