Since I have my handy kitchen sprouter, and it works well to sprout alfalfa (which also tastes good on tacos, by the way), I thought I would try some other sprouting seeds.

Sprouting seed assortment

I found a variety pack of six kinds of sprouting seed mixes. I only have four sprouting trays, so I labeled the trays and rotated which seeds went in the trays. Since I was writing things down, I also recorded when the seeds were started and when the sprouts were ready to eat. (For me, that usually means the sprouts are nearing the top of the tray and there is only one set of leaves.) The trays are near an LED grow light, the house is around 72 degrees, and I change out the water twice a day (data provided for research purposes).

The crimson lentil sprouts took 6 days to sprout. We were not impressed with the taste of these raw, the aftertaste was strong. The chickens loved them.

The mung beans took 6 days to sprout. The sprouts are larger, but we didn’t like the taste raw. The chickens loved them.

The broccoli blend sprouts took 5 days. I really liked these sprouts raw; the flavor is very mild. The chickens loved them.

The Spring salad mix took 5 days to sprout. This has some zing! The radish sprouts in the mix pack a punch. The chickens loved them.

The ancient eastern blend sprouts took 6 days to sprout. I don’t care for the taste raw, the after taste isn’t as strong as the mung beans, but still not to my taste. The chickens loved them.

Alfalfa takes 6 days to sprout. These are my favorite (although that broccoli mix makes a very close second). The chickens love them too, but usually only get what is left over after tacos! No, there is no picture of the alfalfa sprouts because we ate them before I remembered to take a picture. Maybe I’ll remember to snap a shot on the next batch. Maybe.