I like the ones with a bit of zip for taste too. Thanks for the clarification twitcher.

I'm running a hands-on workshop tonight for a local garden club. It's about indoor seed starting and thought the micro-greens would be most manageable for the folks that don't have lights (A gooseneck lamp would work great). It's a take-home project
I bought aluminum loaf pans instead of round cake/pie pans for the work shop since they are deep and small, plus would fit nicely by a window if need be. Actually 4 loaf pans will fit in on water tray and you could have different greens in each. I got Daikon Radish & Arugula for the class to sow

That sounds like a lot of fun!

I wish I was coming to your class

I looked around a few sites that sell Asian seeds for microgreen production, and found pretty identical prices and sometimes similar proc ut ID codes for seeds that were "for microgreens" or "for vegetables".

Is that usually true? Can I buy a 1/4 pound of Red Komatsuna seeds "for microgreens" , and in stead grow them to adult size and expect the same plan ts I would have gotten from a 1/2 gram packet?

As far as you know, are any varieties selected one way for microgreens and baby leaves, but a different way for mature plants?

The seed catalogs list them in separate sections.

You might consider some "cat grass" seeds for a seed-starting beginners class. You can buy them by the pound as cover crops, and they sure sprout easily and quickly, no matter how you abuse them . Someone's cat might like salad better than they do.

- sweet oats
- ryegrass
- sweet barley
- hard red wheat sometimes called wheatgrass
- Avena sativa sometimes called oatstraw or cat oats http://www.google.com/search?s...


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The class was a lot of fun and there was great discussion. One of the folks suggested recycling fresh berry's or salad plastic containers since they already has 'drain" holes and a clear lid. Any choice of container that is about 2" deep is a good choice. What an excellent option!

Ooooh, I may have to try this! Sounds yummy!

This is for me, though, not the pets

I started one bowl of Fall Rye and one of hard red spring wheat berries for my cat. Very pretty.

But he could tell that I wanted him to eat it, so now he won't!

That's great! I have found the foil loaf pans to be a better size. They are much deeper and you can fit 2 in the space of one pie pan