Want to grow your own mini vegetables without the need of a garden?

By Nick Jaggs

With indoor micro farming you will throughout the year have unlimited access to micro greens, bean sprouts and mini salads that are not only healthy but intensely flavoured. When plants are very young they contain greater amounts of nutrition within them in some cases baby sprouted vegetables nutritional value is far greater than to be found in more mature ones.

A lot of us are already familiar with the types of stacking bean sprouters that can be placed on kitchen window sills and provide us with the tasty health benefits of seeds and bean sprouts. But unfortunately the supply they offer can be somewhat intermittent unless you choose to have several on the go at once and only offer you on a regular basis garnish size portions. Plus these stacking systems limit you to growing only smaller sprouts without soil so you things such as pea shoots, sunflower greens and wheatgrass which are becoming increasingly popular are off limits.

Hassle-Free Healthy Young Sprouts & Salads. If you are looking to increase your intake of the nutrients they provide for enhancing your health you may find that taking care of these mini plant-lets is somewhat a chore. This is because the conventional sprouters and sprouting jars you used need lots of regular watering and rinsing. For those of us who are out at work all day then successfully growing such foods becomes even more of a challenge.

So what should you do when space is limited and you don't have the time to grow your own healthy micro greens or sprouts and don't want to end up buying inferior ones from your local store?

There is one solution that will allow you to be able to successfully grow all year round plentiful supplies of organic pea shoots, micro salads, sunflower greens, beans and seed sprouts effortlessly. There is even any need for you to use sophisticated temperature controlled indoor growing rooms that rely on hydroponics of fancy artificial lighting. The solution requires only a small amount of space, doesn't require too much electricity to power it or a water supply or ambient lighting.

EasyGreen Makes it EasyGrown. There is a self contained fully automated miniature hydroponic system available called the EasyGreen MikroFarm that is not only simple to use but very effective in helping to produce sufficient quantities of your favourite sprouts to make a difference to your life and provide you with the health benefits they offer. This one box solution provides you with a regular supply of not only home grown mini vegetables but other plants as well. This can be used by a chef to grow good quality micro greens, garnishes and baby salads for meals in their restaurants. The EasyGreen modular system will allow you to place other units on top of one another so increasing the amount of things grown in them.

With this equipment you can grow wheatgrass for juicing, seed and bean sprouts, pea shoots to act as a garnish or for use in salads, sunflower greens without the need for soil, miniature salad leaves and micro herbs for adding more zing to your meals; the list of what you can grow is almost limitless. Another option is to use a food dehydrator which will open up your options even more.

How Does it Work? The system is very simple to use because at the heart of the EasyGreen you will find some very advanced hydroponic technology. The rectangular box is separated into two sections the front used for the growing of the crops and the rear acts as reservoir where water with any organic nutrients can be placed. Covering the tray is clear polycarbonate lid that ensures that sufficient amounts of light can shine on to the seeds and a timer allows you to decide when the plants will be sprayed with water from the reservoir. So you are the one that has complete control over how much the plants you are growing are provided with.

Also you will find that there are plenty of growing trays to select from and can be tailored to your growing chamber allowing you to then mix and match crops. You can produce bulk amounts of one crop such as sunflower sprouts, wheatgrass or baby salads using the larger trays. Whilst the junior trays will allow you to crow up to ten varieties of plants at any one time.

Simplicity Means Success. At the very heart of the EasyGreen is its watering system that consists of a specialist pump that generates mist. Through creating an ultra fine mist spray of oxygenated water the system provides the most advanced and optimised growing environment. Seeds do not need to be pre-soaked as they are watered evenly and will grow at the fastest rate possible. The mist also provides the delicate young roots of the crops with oxygen that they need. This generator provides you with complete control over the ventilated growing chamber by purging at every watering with clean filtered air. Also because this system does not come with watering jets or dripper nozzles there are no blockages to contend with.

What water source you use and whether you add nutrients to it including a Kelp solution to enhance the crops vitality is up to you. You are able to fine tune the water at any time of day or night at 15 minute intervals. After laying the seeds in the tray and filled up the reservoir you just set it up and forget about it, which is advantageous to those who lead busy lives. But you must ensure that the reservoir is topped up and harvest the young crops at the right time to obtain maximum nutrition and flavour from them.

With the EasyGreen trays unlike other hydroponic systems it allows you to use compost and soil in them which is beneficial to those crops that grow for longer such as sunflower greens, wheatgrass or baby salads. It doesn't matter what types of mini plants or sprouts you want to grow this system is undoubtedly the best on the market to provide a convenient regular supply of health boosters for you. The amount of power it uses won't be a burden on the environment and although the outlay initially is high this is soon compensated by the health benefits it offers you.

Every one of these EasyGreen MikroFarm's measure 24 by 18 inches and come with a set of 5 long trays. Although you can if you want purchase additional trays but the main system will normally cost around 149. Plus with them you are provided with a manual that offers tips and guidelines that prove very useful for the growing of a wide selection of sprouts. This particular system is available through UK Juicers Ltd who also provide with it a comprehensive book that will help you to become an expert when it comes to sprouting. Plus they can also get you started on your new hobby by provide a range of good quality organic sprouting seeds. - 30414

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