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Monday, November 2, 2009

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 large number of us know about the small stacking bean sprouters available and that you sit on a kitchen window sill. They do offer you a taste of the health benefits to be collected from seed and bean sprouts but will only do so on an irregular basis unless you set up several of these units. Often they only provide you with regular garnish sized portions. Also these systems do not have the capabilities for the use of soil need to sprout things like sunflower greens, pea shoots as well as wheatgrass which is become increasingly popular with being able to juice.

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.

It allows you to grow all types of bean and seed sprouts, wheatgrass that can be juiced, sunflower greens with or without the need for soil, pea shoots to be used as garnishes or in salads, micro herbs to add flavour to your plate and miniature salad leaves. The possibilities are endless. You can even look at using a food dehydrator as well to add some variety to the mix.

How Does it Work? At its heart the EasyGreen employs some of the most advanced hydroponic technology available today. It consists of a rectangular box at the rear of which is a reservoir and to the front the growing chamber. It comes with a clear polycarbonate cover allowing light to flood the crops and water and any organic nutrients you wish to add is automatically sprayed into the growing chamber which is controlled by a timer so giving you complete control over exactly what the plants you are growing need.

With the EasyGreen you have a good selection of growing trays to choose from allowing you to tailor the growing chamber to meet your particular needs. So in effective you have the ability to mix and match what plants will be grown within it. If you are intending to grow wheatgrass, sunflower sprouts or baby salads then you should use the large trays. Whereas the junior (smaller) trays are more suitable to growing a wide selection of crops up to 10 varieties at a time in them.

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.

Where your water is sourced from is your decision and if you choose to add nutrients like Kelp to the reservoir is another decision for you to make in order to improve the crops vitality at harvest time. Using this system you decide when the crops get watered during the day and night at intervals of no less than 15 minutes at a time. Once the seeds are laid in the tray the reservoir needs to be filled and the timer set for when to water the crops and after doing this you can just forget about it. This is certainly of benefit to those who lead very busy lifestyles. However, you shouldn't forget to make sure that the reservoir is regularly topped up and also to harvest the crops once they have reached their most nutritious and flavoursome stage of growth.

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. - 17269

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