Jump to the following parts of the Episode: 03:09 Support My and Buy a GYG tee shirt 03:33 Tour of Greenhouse Begins 07:13 Growing Microgreens in Soil vs Hydroponic 09:45 Why outdoor gardens work 10:15 How to get a 30% longer shelf life for Microgreens 10:30 How to have better tasting microgreens 11:50 Soaking and Germinating Seeds before Seeding 12:50 Save time by Germinating seeds before planting 13:29 How Fast Microgreens Grow at Arizona Microgreens 15:10 Growing 24 Varieties of Microgreens 16:26 Growing in Full Spectrum Light from the Sun 19:20 Challenges with growing Microgreens 20:58 How to avoid problems when growing microgreens 23:13 Best Practices to Grow microgreens 24:!5 Do Your own testing when growing microgreens and your garden 26:08 How microgreens can grow with limited sun 28:48 Interview with Joseph Martinez of Arizona Microgreens 29:28 Why did you start growing microgreens? 32:00 What are microgreens? 32:44 Are microgreens better than full-size vegetables? 34:40 Is it really hard to grow microgreens? 35:50 What are the easiest microgreens to grow? 36:45 Why is it important to grow microgreens in the sun and organic soil? 38:50 Have you brix tested your microgreens? 39:55 Dogs love Microgreens 40:28 The attitude You should have in Live 40:52 Is all the nutrition in the seed to grow microgreens? 42:24 What nutrients can you add to grow microgreens? 43:40 My opinions on nutrients and microgreens 45:03 Repurposing Microgreens growing soil to grow a garden 45:55 What are some microgreen growing tips 47:07 What are some tips for beginners for growing microgreens? 48:16 Where do you recommend getting microgreen seeds? 49:40 Why do you do all the trials and experiments on the farm 50:45 What is one experiment that worked the best? 52:$0 Tell me the story about your most unique customer? 56:00 What is your microgreens smoothie? 57:10 Why are microgreens the most nutritious 57:48 How has the shelf live improved growing in soil and with sun 58:32 Will you make your research on microgreens available to others? 1:00:12 Create a microgreens growing Network 1:03:30 Any words of Wisdom you want to share with my viewers? 1:05:00 How you can find Arizona Microgreens?
Yes, I have been growing like this for years from my micro farm in Australia and for home use. Interesting this has just popped up now. There has been a handful of us in Australia growing in compost, soils, rock minerals and worm castings. Getting the compost right with the worms in the compost makes a huge difference,,,and yes they have a way longer shelf life, The stems of the plants contain more minerals, so the cell walls are stronger, which means it has a longer shelf life. Love their set up,,thanks for video John. Happy Gardening from Australia Marty Ware
Hello from Iceland! I sure wish we had the intense AZ sun for my greens. I appreciate the emphasis on every grow is different. It really is. I'm growing in a dry, dark, cold environment and still having some success. My wife and I do feel better by adding some radish, kale, or rocket to EVERY meal :) Thank you John for all the insight and positivity!
Love your "good, better, best" mentality because I'm that perfectionist who stops myself from doing anything if I don't have the resources to do it next level. Very inspirational and great food for thought. Thanks!
I’m so happy to see this video. I have been hesitant to try my micro greens outdoors. I’ve always thought...they’d probably do better outside. Now I have more confidence to try. Thank you!!
Great video. Thank you John for taking the time to make videos for us. Thank you to Joseph and AZ Microgreens for their time and sharing their knowledge with us.
We actually put worms directly in the grow trays, with great success. I have trays that are almost 1 year old with the same soil, never changed and still growing. They started out as Kale microgreens, then I let them grow to baby kale and have been cutting on them ever since. I have done straight micros for 20 turnarounds and never changed the soil and have no mold issues. We have perfected the process over the last year.The worms are my secret weapon. They live in the trays and keep everything going, it has changed the way I do microgreens. : )
I love your channel and get little time to actually see each vid, but I love watching them when I can. I have a small apartment and try to get the best ways to grow indoors with minimal sunlight. I do learn a lot from you and did order the book from one of your guests. Thank you so much. Blessings.
Another information packed video. Thanks for the info. I've started growing microgreens since watching your episode with City Hydro. Have had great success so far.
I'm a home grower and I used to use Peat Moss as my media and I compared it to a local potting soil. The soil used grew way better than just the peat moss! It grew bigger and faster and tastes great.
I would like to know how they package them to sell without getting dirt in the bag/box. I'm growing in soil with compost and was feeling lesser since everybody else seemed to be growing in a host of other media because it was cleaner.
That is precisely my viewpoint it concurs on point. I've traveled several places and I'm a gardener as well and I'm seeing that there are new things that can be done in old industries. I moved from DC to St. Lucia two years ago and I just moved to a farm recently. There are so many wonderful opportunities on this farm. 12 acres roughly untouched primarily. It's a Rastafarian farm and they have several people that have a garden on the property and that may consume maybe 3 acres at most. We need help we need seeds we need gardening equipment and addition, turning part of the acreage into solar energy farming is another project. Where are you getting your seeds for your micro greens? We have loads of seeds here from fruit that's already growing but not most will make micro greens.
John, all the purple carrots I have seen seed for are purple on the outside and orange on the inside. Can you recommend a fully purple variety like ones you recently showed for juicing? I’m looking for something like this - almost black inside www.haydnallbutt.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Cut_deep_purple.jpg Thank you!
what John mentioned the salad, if you add real bee honey and apple cider vinegar organic and mix it well and taste it, it tastes more like honey but with a vinegar flavor, and you put it on top of the microgreens with fresh basil leaves and next to some sardines from the sea in tomato or olive oil, that's for lunch ha ha ha
Excess phosphorus pollution in lakes and ponds is a major problem caused by lawn keepers, gardeners and farmers. Misuse of fertilizer and livestock manure is a problem, but excess organic matter can be a problem too. Test your soil. If your soil test results say that your available phosphorus is 20 to 40 pounds per acre, your soil is in good shape. If it is a bit more than 40 pounds per acre, keep an eye on it and reduce soil amendments that contain phosphorus. If it is well over 40 pounds per acre, for example, 60 or 80 pounds per acre or more, then don't add anything to your soil that contains phosphorus, including such organic matter as compost or manure. Other nutrient needs will have to be met with sources that include no phosphorus.
To me it's much more natural to use sunlight. I don't really feel great about eating smthg grown under artificial light :) Also, great guest. love their business model mindset.
Hey John! I have a few questions, if you could move anywhere in the US to best be able to grow your own food, where would you go, why, and what particular plants/trees would you grow there? Thank you for all that you share, it's really amazing! Namaste fellow soul/human.
Hi John, thank you another great video!! I'm a little confused... as far as I know, microgreens, especially the bug seed ones, have all they need inside the seed and the microbiology or nutrients of the medium doesn't really matter... as long as you stick to microgreens and not minigreens... Thank you!
I thought so too until some trial and error. I always used only peat moss but then I tried a local potting mix and it grew way better and almost twice as fast/big, and tastes great.
John, a friend has a biz deal she wants to discuss with you. She left a message on your application form for you to give her a call. Nice opportunity if you want it. Thanks and love your vids.
I think kale micros are way easier to grow than sunflower. My sunflower always moldy and faint right before they are ready to harvest. Also the seed coats always get everywhere. When I grow in soil, I add azomite and seaweed.
Yeah, radish and other brassicas way easier! i grew cilantro once and it was too much of a pain to grow regularly. Plus you don't have to soak brassica seeds either.
I can't believe with all that, and the title, he didn't say the name of the soil he uses. Knowing to use soil is easy. The hard part is picking the right one... UGH......
I usually use a planting mix in sunlight for microgreens but one time I planted in plain coconut coir just to see what would happen. The results were, for me, horrible. Limp and pale. Falling over. I'm convinced at some point microgreens must have small amounts of nutrients to thrive.
not a good idea to add political commentary to your otherwise great videos. This is the last one I will watch. It has been great! Thank you for the past. I am on to a nicer videos.
Great stuff , except the fact that our current President is doing anything but helping the American People who want the right for all who want capitalism. Otherwise you’d be voting against it. Other than that your video is ok. I encourage you to take your own advise, you look like a dufus by saying the president is currently not helping the American people . I am a Latin Cuban girl who lived under socialism soooo, please get your news sources from several areas when it comes to what’s going on . Thanks for the micros videos you share I’ve seen some and real nice .
