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Growing field microgreens requires a slightly different approach than growing indoor microgreens. Join Curtis Stone over the course of 11 days as he takes you step-by-step through planting and harvesting field micros right in the ground. You’ll gain practical insights and knowledge that will help you either tweak and improve your current operation or successfully plant field microgreens for the first time.
▶️ Free webclass: Learn how to profitably grow & sell microgreens from your spare bedroom, kitchen, or garage → https://microgreenswebclass.com
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About Curtis Stone:
Curtis is one of the world’s most highly sought-after small farming educators. His book, The Urban Farmer, offers a new way to think about farming𑁋 one where quality of life and profitability coexist. Today, Curtis spends most of his time building his 40-acre off-grid homestead in British Columbia. He leverages his relationships with other experts to bring diverse content into the homes of gardeners and aspiring small farmers from around the world. Learn more at FromTheField.TV.
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NO talk about best weather???? Ideal Seasons????????
Question Curtis: Are You using the same Seed for Microgreens that you'd use for the Normal Plant? I.e.: Sunflower Seed, Peas, Broccoli
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How to water them in the field? Are you using drip irrigation
how much did the seed for those beds cost ?
Great video , Where to you get your microgreen seeds ?
i tried MG in flats in the summer, what a mess, takes up too mu room, so last yr I piced those cool crops that I know I can "force" in the summer(arug., rads, mustard, sorrel, green lettuce) and kept them moist and small and clipped them small. SO MUCH EASIER AND TURNED OUT BETTER didnt know anyone else had figured that out too 🙂
How do you prep your ground for the next batch after you harvest?
Would adding some water crystals to the soil be helpful?
what do you do with the patch of dirt where the shoots were harvested? Till it? Or shovel it out and replace with new potting soil mix?
Hi, I know this video is 2 years old, but I'm just seeing it now. I hope you will still reply to my question. How do you prepare the same patch of soil for the next set of seeds? thanks
Have you ever had a good rain happen while they're out there and uncovered? How did they do?
Ooh b.
how do you deal with moles?
Curtis how do we get our microgreens more leggy? We grow in an outdoor greenhouse and think it may be due to long day lengths and sunshine as opposed to using lights. We keep them stacked and covered 4-7 days depending on variety. Our micros still have such short stems.
Hi Curtis, we're just getting into microgreens. Have watched tons of content from you and other farmers. This is the most straight forward, informative, and comprehensive video that we have seen to explain the process. Thanks much for making this video🤠!
Glad i found this video. Im planning to grow microgreens but i dont have a space inside my house to grow it .
did you use normal peas or seeds
Thank you Curtis, excellent vid!
Hi Curtis! How do you handle or calculate the costs between the seeds and the final microgreen and their sales?
I must have watched this video 20 times by now. Will it not work without the boards? Maybe with a silage tarp?
I think they're growing bigger becuase of their access to Mycorrhizae fungi! I have a microgreens business and I ran some tests with Mycorrhizae. The results were shocking, and similar to the differences in your Indoor Vs. Outdoor harvests 🙂 Hope this helps! Love your videos, thanks for everything you have taught me, Curtis!!!! You're the man!!!
EPIC. Absolutley
Some plants will grow thicker if there has been some wind it triggers something in them to grow fatter so they dont fall over. works really well with tomatoes put them out on windy days that are not below freezing during nursery season and boom fatter stems every time
They're thicker because they're hardened off from the sun and weather
You could try laying unbleached paper towels over them to hold moisture. Those towels break down so the plants should poke through them.
If you want to buy 50 pound bags of seed and save a ton of money lets talk. Leave your comments here and YouTube should notify me. Let's hope. 😀
Are u worried about weeds in between? I can’t identify plants well that’s why I’m afraid to get any dirt in the store bought compost.
Awesome video
Hey Curtis do you wash micros you grew in the greenhouse? I've heard people have different protocols on that so I was curious if you did or not. Thanks for the helpful videos!
If i do this, I might just bend down and eat the microgreens like a cow
The grow bigger because the roots can go deeper and still be fully surrounded by soil. Deep roots with full soil contact means more nutrients for more develooment in the same time.
I just watched this video and I have a suggestion. I hope that you see this and try it. If not, perhaps, it will help others who watch this.
Instead of covering the seeds with soil to keep the moisture on the seeds, you should try covering the bottom of your boards with sheets of plastic. Wood is porous and, most likely, is responsible for robbing the seeds of moisture.
I would love to know if this tip helps.
One of the issues that we run up against here is the washing. Where we sell our microgreens, washing them changes the classification to a high risk food. The state decided that after having a couple national salmonella outbreaks in sprouts and ecoli in salad greens that washing them put them at higher risk. As such unless we want to go through a very expensive licensing process, we are not allowed to wash and just have to label our product as requiring washing. We are also not allowed to create custom blends after harvest. If they are in the same plot and harvested at the same time it is ok so seed blends work but if they are in 2 separate trays they cannot be blended as they also feel that increases the risk. The new markets we are getting set to go into are located in a different state though and the restrictions there are less. Fun stuff.
Just wanted to say I harvested my first batch of broccoli microgreens last week. Followed Curtis' instructions and it worked great! Now just try eating a WHOLE bowl of broccoli in one sitting .. that's a little toooo much sulfury goodness. lol.
My guess is they are thicker because they are connected to the earths magnetic field….
where do you purchase your bulk seeds ? Thanks !
how do you keep birds/pests away?
For grow microgeeens only you need adequate climate. That's all. Easiest crop in the world.
Hi curtis, i reed your book and dont have information aborut seed density of microgreens except that pea, sunflower and radish, i will aprecciate if you tell him what are the density of plantig all varieties that yoy hace experience
would more wind in the field make them thinker
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