HOW TO GROW LENTIL MICROGREENS ON A SOIL-LESS TRAY

Grow some wispy lentil greens with your lentils. They're lovely additions to salads and stir fries! Easy to grow and cheap too. I grew these on a hydroponic tray, which is just a fancy way of saying a tray with little holes on top of another tray for the water.
I spray the sprouting lentils for the first few days but as soon as their little roots start poking through the tray, I put water in the tray below. Don't fill the tray up so that the lentils are sitting in water, they won't like that. Add just a little - the sprouts will send their roots down looking for it!
Change the water daily (sometimes I forget and I'm still here) otherwise it can become stagnant and smelly - not nice.
Keep them covered with another tray or something dark until they have grown leaves. Then let them have daylight and watch how fast they turn green!
Eat whenever you want. I let these grow a lot (10 days) but they're good to eat anytime around day 7 if you want nice leaves.
The longer you leave them, the more fibrous the stalks become. The wispy tops are lovely though.
Buon appetito!

[micsau]

Hi Nicki! I didn't know this was yours until you popped up the last few seconds. Very cool video.

[Tremmor]

What do I do with the roots after I harvest? I have a tray I’ve harvested and it grew more but the roots are starting to mold.

[roloqween]

While they are in the dark and once they've sprouted roots, where are they kept. In the fridge and the outside???

[SaucyChefs]

when you have your seeds covered during black out phase, do you add any weight?

[LesiaAungst]

My lentil microgreens are turning brown at the ends instead of turning green when I put them to the light. I am doing everything step by step. They sprouted fine and formed a good root system. After that, I open them to the natural light and start putting water on the bottom. Instead of turning green, they look almost burned. I wasted 3 trays of microgreens already. I am not sure why? Do you have any suggestions? Thank you!

[Altino_D]

Great video! I'd love to share this on a different platform! Would you mind??? Of course I'd credit for it. Let me know thanks!!!

[ursulavonmoos]

Did I understand it correctly: There is no soil at all just water in the bowl below?

[ginabisaillon]

You said keep them covered. What do you mean exactly?

[ginabisaillon]

I'm not aware of anyone explaining why the seedsshould be weighted down. I have a book by a nutritionist and she lists all the seeds and according to her the only ones that need weight for micro greens are: beets chives coriander corn onion parsley leek and radishes – this is from a list of 40 different kinds.