How to grow sprouts

Learning how to grow sprouts in a mason jar on your kitchen counter top is so simple. Sprouts can be used to give your chickens a treat in winter or feed your family. By growing sprouts you are helping them become a more alkaline food.  When the seed sprouts it is like eating a plant or vegetable so therefore more alkalizing which brings down the acid level in the body.
Having a high level of acid in the body is when unhealthy ailments happen in the body.

Sprouted seeds are great on a salad or in a stir fry.

Alfalfa – soak time 8 hours – sprout time 2 -5 days
Almonds – soak time 8 -12 hours – sprout time 12 hours
Barley – soak time 6 – 8 hours – sprout time 2 days
Broccoli – soak time 8 hours – sprout time 3 -6 days
Buckwheat – soak time 6 hours – sprout time 2 days
Chickpea – soak time 12 hours – sprout time 12 hours
Clover – soak time 4-6 hours – sprout time 4-5 days
Pumpkin seeds hulled – soak time 8 hours – sprout time 24 hours
Quinoa – soak time 2 hours – sprout time 24 hours
Watercress – soak time 4-6 hours – sprout time 4 -5 days
Sesame seeds – soak time 8 hours – sprout time 1 -2 days
Sunflower seeds – soak time 2 hours – sprout time 2 -3 days

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