Microgreens


Microgreens are small edible vegetable seedlings, usually grown densely in a tray with soil or hydroponically with a growing medium. These vegetables are very dense in nutrition and can be grown vertically on shelves; to allow the grower to produce year round indoors.


Equipment for Growing Microgreens


Continuous Harvest

Continuous harvest is a method of starting new microgreen trays on a regular interval, to help ensure a harvest at about the same interval. If microgreens can be produced consistently, it is possible to produce a relatively predictable harvest and have a high level of confidence that microgreens will be available when needed.

Here are a few sample continuous harvest rotations, which may help in the design of these kinds of rotations. Its important to experiment and determine how long and how consistent, the harvests are in a particular configuration, to make sure that the continuous harvest planning will produce the best results.

Wheatgrass


The average time to produce a tray of wheatgrass is about 10 days. Given this assumption, here are a few sample continuous harvest cycles.

Wheatgrass: Four Day Continuous Harvest Cycle

Tray 1Tray 2Tray 3
Day 1soak seeds 12hemptyempty
Day 2rinse seeds every 12hemptyempty
Day 3rinse seeds every 12hemptyempty
Day 4sow seeds in tray, coversoak seeds 12hempty
Day 5spray trayrinse seeds every 12hempty
Day 6spray trayrinse seeds every 12hempty
Day 7uncover, grow in light, water traysow seeds in tray, coversoak seeds 12h
Day 8grow in light, water trayspray trayrinse seeds every 12h
Day 9grow in light, water trayspray trayrinse seeds every 12h
Day 10grow in light, water trayuncover, grow in light, water traysow seeds in tray, cover
Day 11harvest traygrow in light, water trayspray tray
Day 12soak seeds 12hgrow in light, water trayspray tray
Day 13rinse seeds every 12hgrow in light, water trayuncover, grow in light ,water tray
Day 14rinse seeds every 12hharvest traygrow in light ,water tray
Day 15sow seeds in tray, coversoak seeds 12hgrow in light ,water tray
Day 16spray trayrinse seeds every 12hgrow in light ,water tray
Day 17spray trayrinse seeds every 12hharvest tray

Wheatgrass: Two Day Continuous Harvest Cycle
Tray 1Tray 2Tray 3Tray 4Tray 5Tray 6
Day 1soak seeds 12hemptyemptyemptyemptyempty
Day 2rinse seeds every 12hemptyemptyemptyemptyempty
Day 3rinse seeds every 12hsoak seeds 12hemptyemptyemptyempty
Day 4sow seeds in tray, coverrinse seeds every 12hemptyemptyemptyempty
Day 5spray trayrinse seeds every 12hsoak seeds 12hemptyemptyempty
Day 6spray traysow seeds in tray, coverrinse seeds every 12hemptyemptyempty
Day 7uncover, grow in light, water trayspray trayrinse seeds every 12hsoak seeds 12hemptyempty
Day 8grow in light, water trayspray traysow seeds in tray, coverrinse seeds every 12hemptyempty
Day 9grow in light, water trayuncover, grow in light, water trayspray trayrinse seeds every 12hsoak seeds 12hempty
Day 10grow in light, water traygrow in light, water trayspray traysow seeds in tray, coverrinse seeds every 12hempty
Day 11harvest traygrow in light, water trayuncover, grow in light, water trayspray trayrinse seeds every 12hsoak seeds 12h
Day 12soak seeds 12hgrow in light, water traygrow in light, water trayspray traysow seeds in tray, coverrinse seeds every 12h
Day 13rinse seeds every 12hharvest traygrow in light, water trayuncover, grow in light, water trayspray trayrinse seeds every 12h
Day 14rinse seeds every 12hsoak seeds 12hgrow in light, water traygrow in light, water trayspray traysow seeds in tray, cover
Day 15sow seeds in tray, coverrinse seeds every 12hharvest traygrow in light, water trayuncover, grow in light, water trayspray tray
Day 16spray trayrinse seeds every 12hsoak seeds 12hgrow in light, water traygrow in light, water trayspray tray
Day 17spray traysow seeds in tray, coverrinse seeds every 12hharvest traygrow in light, water trayuncover, grow in light, water tray
Day 18uncover, grow in light, water tryspray trayrinse seeds every 12hsoak seeds 12hgrow in light, water traygrow in light, water tray
Day 19grow in light, water trayspray traysow seeds in tray, coverrinse seeds every 12hharvest traygrow in light, water tray
Day 20grow in light, water trayuncover, grow in light, water trayspray trayrinse seeds every 12hsoak seeds 12hgrow in light, water tray
Day 21grow in light, water traygrow in light, water trayspray traysow seeds in tray, coverrinse seeds every 12hharvest tray
Day 22harvest traygrow in light, water trayuncover, grow in light, water trayspray trayrinse seeds every 12hsoak seeds 12h

After the 17th day, given our assumptions, continuous harvest will have been achieved and all three trays will have been harvested once.



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