
1. Place the sprouted seeds on a damp tissue. This gives you a chance to really examine the sprouts to see which ones are better, and puts them in a safe, moist holding place while the field is prepared. Sprouted grains of rice have a little root (sometimes two) coming out one end.
2. Fill the former sprouting cup with soil from the bag. It should be about 70% full. Then, fill the cup with water to the same level as the soil. The saturation level is a little unclear to me, but I believe it should not be too soupy. A thick mud or sludge is what I believe one should aim for here.

3. Using a toothpick, make six or seven holes in the soil. The holes should be about 6mm or 7mm deep.

4. Place the good sprouts in the holes and cover with soil. I took "good sprouts" to mean those with two vigorous sprouts or roots. Most of mine sprouted, so I sort of jammed them into the pot and covered them with soil. I'm not sure if I'll regret that choice or not, but I just went for it.
5. Place tiny pot in a sunny window and monitor the water level. Keep it moist until little green shoots appear.
Fingers crossed now, as with every seed I plant, that the green sprouts appear!
2 comments:
This is so excited. I love watching the process.
Thanks, Anjuli! I love it, too. They are just starting to turn green. I feel like I'm learning so much through this process.
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