Start microgreens
Microgreens are vegetable and herb seedlings, cut and eaten young. Sow a tray, give it light and water, and in about a week and a half you're snipping fresh greens in your own kitchen. Here's the video that hooks everyone, and everything you need for your first tray.
Space neededA shelf and a light or a window
First projectRadish greens in about 10 days
Skill levelBeginner-friendly
Good forSmall spaces, cooks, any age
The video that hooks everyone
Growing microgreens from start to finish
A complete start-to-finish guide to growing microgreens, with trays of different greens grown side by side. Press play and see why it hooks people.
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Tool list
What you need to start
Everything you need for your first project, and nothing you don't. A few trays, a bag of mix and one packet of seed is plenty.
Starter kit
01Three shallow trays, 10 x 20 in.One with drainage holes for the greens, one without holes to hold water, one to cover the seed.
02Seed-starting mix or coco coirA light, fine mix with no big chunks. One small bag fills several trays.
03Radish seed for microgreensBuy seed sold for sprouting or microgreens: untreated and meant to be eaten.
04Spray bottleMists the seed and the mix on sowing day.
05Small pitcher or measuring cupPours water into the bottom tray.
06LED shop light or a bright windowA plain LED shop light on chains gives even light. A sunny window works for a first tray.
07Clean kitchen scissorsFor harvest day. Keep a pair just for greens.
08A book or a brickSits on the cover tray and presses the seed into the mix.
09Paper towels and a lidded containerDry and store what you cut.
The manual tells you what to look for when you buy each one.
- 1Sowing too thickSeed piled on seed stays wet and grows mold. Spread one even layer, close together but not stacked.
- 2Watering from the topWater sitting on the leaves invites mold. Once the cover is off, pour water into the bottom tray instead.
- 3Mistaking root hairs for moldFine white fuzz on the roots in the first days is normal. Mist it: root hairs vanish, mold stays. Mold looks like cobwebs on the leaves and soil and smells musty.
