Organic Alfalfa for sprouts

NAMES
Alfalfa sprouts and microgreens are also known as Lucerne. The two are the same plant and Latin name for this plant is Medicago sativa.

TASTE
Alfalfa has a very neutral taste like green iceberg lettuce as both sprout and microgreens. The taste is sweeter the more light, you give the plants.

LOOKS
Alfalfa / Lucerne is a fragile looking little sprout. As a mature sprout it is 10 cm long from root tip to leaf top. As a microgreen it is 20 cm long.

NUTRIENTS
Alfalfa sprouts and microgreens contain the nutrients: A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B9, C, K
 and Potassium, Iron, Calcium, Copper, Zinc, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Manganese.

EDIBLE PARTS
Alfalfa / Lucerne is a very sustainable plant as both sprout and microgreen. This is because you can eat the whole plant from root tip to the top of the small green leaves.

TIME
Alfalfa sprouts take 6 days from seed to edible sprout. As microgreens they take 14 days from seed to microgreens ready for harvest and serving for your food.

1

Measure out the right amount of your organic alfalfa seeds. Each half of the SproutPearl tray needs 6 gram seeds.

2

Soak the seeds in fresh, cold, drinking water in a clean glass for 8 hours. Place it in shade in your kitchen.

3

Pour the Alfalfa seeds into your SproutPearl seed tray after soaking and rinse with clean, cool water.

4

Put the seed tray into the SproutPearl and place it on your clean kitchen counter out of hot sun or cold draft.

5

Rinse your Alfalfa seeds and plants every morning and evening until they are at your desired growth stage.

6

Your Alfalfa sprouts are mature after 6 days. Your Alfalfa microgreens are ready for harvest after 14 days.