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How to use your Hydroponics Sprout Grower

Place 3 tablespoons of MUNG beans onto the screen. Pre-soaking is not required for
mung beans. Place a half cup ( approximately ) of water under the Mung beans so the water touches the bottom of the seeds. Approximately 12 hours later pour out the old water and rinse the beans under the tap. Replace with clean fresh water. This should be done every morning and every night.. Your Mung beans should be ready to eat in approximately 2 and a half days from the time you first place them onto the screen, And because of inhibiting enzymes they should not be eaten before they are ready.   ( Very small other seeds may need to be pre soaked overnight or for up to 2 days to make them swell so that they do not fall through the holes in the screen.) .   The plastic dome is only a dust cover. It need not be pushed down against the bottom. It should sit loosely so that air can circulate if necessary.

Tips from Glenda Swanson

CLICK THIS TO SEE AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO
   SPROUT MUNG BEANS IN TONY'S SPROUTER.
NEW SPROUTING INSTRUCTIONS, ( AS OF FEBRUARY 2008 )
FOR SPROUTS WITHOUT THE GREEN SEED COVERINGS

For maintenance of the sprouter: The SCREEN is easily cleaned with a brush and may also be put into the dishwasher.

The PLASTIC is heat sensitive. When there is a slight mineral deposit on the bottom part, it may be cleaned very easily using a USED green pad (they are rectangles) that is sold for pot cleaning. Make sure that it has been well used and is now soft, as a new one will leave scratches.

Please be advised that nature wants to ensure survival during a drought and for that reason there will occasionally be a seed that will not sprout as quickly as the others and if eaten can be rough on the teeth.

Warmth will make anything sprout a little faster, however organisms also like this environment, so common sense should be used. The more warmth, the more frequently the water should be changed.

"A seed sleeps until it sprouts"

An advantage to this sprouter: Two different seeds or beans may be sprouted at the same time, without too much effort in keeping them separate, (one on each side of the screen). You may harvest each one at the time that it matures.

Water is VERY important for our health. If we do not drink much water, we MUST include it in our diets juicy food. The only choices are fruits vegetables and sprouts.

ANY seeds or beans placed on the mesh over the water will look for the water by germinating into the water through the mesh. This is natural for the roots to reach into the water.

When the seed or bean starts to gain nutrients from the minerals in the water it effects the appearance (color) of the plant.

When storing ANY type of sprout in the refrigerator it is required to rinse them daily to keep them fresh. The nutritional value is still increasing.

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                                                               ADDITIONAL NOTES

Warmth can make your sprouts grow faster and they will also grow slower if the conditions are colder, but around 70 degrees is optimum. All sprouts generate heat themselves during their growth and this may have to be compensated for, from time to time, by rinsing more frequently.

If the sprouts are grown with no access to light, they will not green. The yellow sprouts are just as good, but are missing chlorophyll. This is a personal preference. You may want to grow them both ways and mix the colours.

Tony’s sprouter allows the sprouts to be very easily loosened (for proper cleansing) by the high pressure water from the sprayer on your tap. This avoids the “clumping” of the seeds/beans. If you ever get any amount of this “clumping” (perhaps from starting too many at once), the sprouts should be shaken, dumped or loosened to do be properly cleansed/rinsed.

Wash the plastic cover and bowl with detergent. If they are washed often they will not stain.

Tony's notes
It is important that your seeds or beans are washed before you set them to sprout. And of course the growers must have a change of water every morning and evening along with another complete rinse.
According to the Canadian Food Inspection agency Letter ( Code of Practice for the Hygienic Production of Sprouted Seeds), Dated --September 11, 2001, No poisoning has been reported in the Province of Ontario. See: Web Site: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/fresh/safsal/sprointe.shtml#1
This food is no different than any other food in your home. It should be kept clean and free from all contaminants using good hygiene. I have been sprouting various seeds and beans for over 40 years and have never experienced any kind of illness.

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Our Growers are designed to grow organic mung bean sprouts more quickly than any other sprouter ever designed. During the growth you can see through the clear dome exactly how much you have eaten. Nothing is hidden.
Clean pure water should be used. The water should be changed at least twice a day. After the first 12 hours the water should be poured out. The beans should be rinsed and the clean pure water replaced. After the next 12 hour period you should again replace the water.
You can start eating the baby sprouts after or during the second day. Watch them, taste them if they are soft and have roots you can start eating them. Add them to your cooked soup, salads or prepare them as described in 100’s of recipes found on web sites by going to search engines like Google.com
Like any Human child born, a baby sprout is no different in that it is given ALL nutrients to start life with. It is only after a few days of life that the genes take over and decide what nutrients will be discarded or kept to make the plant grow as the mother.

An Interesting item about mothers of animals ( Humans ) and mothers of vegetation ( all seeds and beans ).
" When Babies are born to humans, a mother has an afterbirth. And all mothers of vegetation also have an afterbirth " Ask Sprout Growers. com and we will tell you how you can see the afterbirth.

And that is life. Isn’t it.

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