RE: Hulled Sunflower Sprouts

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When you remove the hulls from sunflower seeds you open them up to

decomposition. Many people on this list don't sprout them because of

they complain of them rotting. When I sprout them I only let them

grow for one to two days and never to 1 " . It adds a crunchy sunflower

taste/texture to salads, breakfast cereals and anything else that you

would put raw sunflower seeds into. The sunflower seeds with hulls

can be grown into a tall green sprout or shoot (depending on whether

you choose to eat the root or not). A very tasty salad green.

Lee

On Nov 26, 2008, at 8:59 PM, Connie Lacelle wrote:

> Ok, time to start some new sprouts. I think I'll do the hulled

> sunflower ones next. Is this what you would call " sunflower sunnies " ?

> If not, what do you mean by that term?

>

> Are the hulled sunflowers to be only barely sprouted because they are

> not edible when long? The booklet says 1 " sprouts, but I wonder if I

> can let them grow longer? If I have to keep the sprouts to 1 " , what

> do I do with them when they're ready? I guess I must think that long

> sprouts are edible as they are (like in sandwiches) and short ones

> are, well, different??? I did some crunchy bean mix last week and

> they seemed to me to require cooking. Am I wrong? I didn't care for

> them, but maybe that's because I put them into an omelet and didn't

> cook them enough?

>

> And btw, what's the difference between the hulled sunflower seeds and

> the unhulled seeds? Practically, speaking I mean. I know one has a

> shell and one doesn't... Why can one grow longer, for example?

>

> I want to try the idea someone mentioned recently about using a baby

> spinach container (from the store) that has a dome, but I can't

> remember how to do it and with which seeds. I was thinking that the

> sunflower seeds would be good for this--or was it the mungs? Could

> you run the instructions by me again, please???

>

> Thanks,

>

> Connie

[Guest guest]

Connie, I tried the hulled seeds and they got slimy and stank. Now

hulled goes on my salad as a topper. I buy baby sunflower seeds from

sproutman and I love them got a batch going right now that will go into

Thanksgiving Day salad. I harvest my sprouts just as they produce their

first true leaves. Depending on the method you use and the weather, that

could be one inch or 3 inches.

The difference is that one is whole and natural and the other has had its

shell mechanically removed.

Sprouting in a container. A container with a domed lid is perfect. Punch

drain holes in the bottom. Fill it about one third full with whatever

medium that you are going to use. Vermiculite, perlite or a mix. I use

one half perlite and half coir. Wet the medium and place the seeds on

top. You can go really heavy with seeds. Then place more moistened meadum

on top. But only fill your container two thirds full. The sprouts will

push up the medium and get it all over your kitchen. Put the dome on and

put it somewhere where it can drain. A warm spot is great. On top of your

fridge in the back is a great warm spot. As soon as you see the first

sign of green, you must remove the cover and place the sprouts in a

bright location, but not direct sunlight. At this point you are going to

have to keep the mix moist, but not wet.

If you plant peas using this method, you can cut and they will keep

growning. Sunflowers can only be cut once. You can do this with mung

beans, but you have to grow them in the dark to keep them from getting

green. Mungs get a little bitter when they green up. Mungs can only be

cut once. Questions?

ew

Hulled Sunflower Sprouts

Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:59:00 -0000

Ok, time to start some new sprouts. I think I'll do the hulled

sunflower ones next. Is this what you would call " sunflower sunnies " ?

If not, what do you mean by that term?

Are the hulled sunflowers to be only barely sprouted because they are

not edible when long? The booklet says 1 " sprouts, but I wonder if I

can let them grow longer? If I have to keep the sprouts to 1 " , what

do I do with them when they're ready? I guess I must think that long

sprouts are edible as they are (like in sandwiches) and short ones

are, well, different??? I did some crunchy bean mix last week and

they seemed to me to require cooking. Am I wrong? I didn't care for

them, but maybe that's because I put them into an omelet and didn't

cook them enough?

And btw, what's the difference between the hulled sunflower seeds and

the unhulled seeds? Practically, speaking I mean. I know one has a

shell and one doesn't... Why can one grow longer, for example?

I want to try the idea someone mentioned recently about using a baby

spinach container (from the store) that has a dome, but I can't

remember how to do it and with which seeds. I was thinking that the

sunflower seeds would be good for this--or was it the mungs? Could

you run the instructions by me again, please???

Thanks,

Connie

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Thank you, Ernest. You are a veritable source of excellent

information!

You said that you now use hulled on your salad as a topper, but since

you said they get slimy and stink I assume you mean you use the seeds

on your salad without sprouting them. Did I understand that

correctly? I saw someone demo sprouting another seed (buckwheat, I

think) that got slimy and what they did was rinse them repeatedly

until the slime was gone. Can you not do that with the hulled

sunflower seeds? Does the presence of slime indicate anything in

particular or will they always be slimy, even if they are as fresh as

they could possibly be?

What are " baby sunflower seeds " and how are they different from

hulled or unhulled seeds?

I think you said in one of the other posts that trying to separate

roots out of the vermiculite is not worth the time. If this is true,

I'm not going to want to do that (don't want to throw away anything

or to put that another way, don't want to use something I cannot use

repeatedly because I'm assuming it will cost a bit of money). Is it

different with perlite? Or that other word you mentioned, coir?

Got any alternative suggestions? I don't mind (much) discarding paper

towels... or washing rags...

On that demo, they didn't rinse the sprouts after the first soak and

rinse (repeated for the buckwheat). Instead they just sprinkled a bit

of water on them--even the ones they put in a sprout bag. So now I

ask, is the rinsing all about adding water and not about cleaning.

Does this mean I don't have to rinse any of my sprouts--just " water "

them with a mist or a few shakes from my fingers?

Wow, who knew there could be so much to learn about sprouting!

Connie

>

> Connie, I tried the hulled seeds and they got slimy and stank. Now

> hulled goes on my salad as a topper. I buy baby sunflower seeds from

> sproutman and I love them got a batch going right now that will go

into

> Thanksgiving Day salad. I harvest my sprouts just as they produce

their

> first true leaves. Depending on the method you use and the weather,

that

> could be one inch or 3 inches.

> The difference is that one is whole and natural and the other has

had its

> shell mechanically removed.

> Sprouting in a container. A container with a domed lid is perfect.

Punch

> drain holes in the bottom. Fill it about one third full with

whatever

> medium that you are going to use. Vermiculite, perlite or a mix. I

use

> one half perlite and half coir. Wet the medium and place the seeds

on

> top. You can go really heavy with seeds. Then place more moistened

meadum

> on top. But only fill your container two thirds full. The sprouts

will

> push up the medium and get it all over your kitchen. Put the dome

on and

> put it somewhere where it can drain. A warm spot is great. On top

of your

> fridge in the back is a great warm spot. As soon as you see the

first

> sign of green, you must remove the cover and place the sprouts in a

> bright location, but not direct sunlight. At this point you are

going to

> have to keep the mix moist, but not wet.

> If you plant peas using this method, you can cut and they will keep

> growning. Sunflowers can only be cut once. You can do this with mung

> beans, but you have to grow them in the dark to keep them from

getting

> green. Mungs get a little bitter when they green up. Mungs can only

be

> cut once. Questions?

> ew

>

> Hulled Sunflower Sprouts

> Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:59:00 -0000

>

> Ok, time to start some new sprouts. I think I'll do the hulled

> sunflower ones next. Is this what you would call " sunflower

sunnies " ?

> If not, what do you mean by that term?

>

> Are the hulled sunflowers to be only barely sprouted because they

are

> not edible when long? The booklet says 1 " sprouts, but I wonder

if I

> can let them grow longer? If I have to keep the sprouts to 1 " ,

what

> do I do with them when they're ready? I guess I must think that

long

> sprouts are edible as they are (like in sandwiches) and short ones

> are, well, different??? I did some crunchy bean mix last week and

> they seemed to me to require cooking. Am I wrong? I didn't care

for

> them, but maybe that's because I put them into an omelet and

didn't

> cook them enough?

>

> And btw, what's the difference between the hulled sunflower seeds

and

> the unhulled seeds? Practically, speaking I mean. I know one has a

> shell and one doesn't... Why can one grow longer, for example?

>

> I want to try the idea someone mentioned recently about using a

baby

> spinach container (from the store) that has a dome, but I can't

> remember how to do it and with which seeds. I was thinking that

the

> sunflower seeds would be good for this--or was it the mungs? Could

> you run the instructions by me again, please???

>

> Thanks,

>

> Connie

> home-and-school-solutions

>

>

>

>

>

> Sunshine makes the flowers dance.

> Anon.

>

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Yes, I threw the slimy ones into the compost pile and used the rest in

my salad. I liked it so much that I buy them now at Whole Foods just to

put in salad. I never tried rinsing them. I just thought they were lost.

I pitched them because of the slim and the smell. Someone else will have

to tell us if they have rinsed off the slim and still ate the sprouts.

ew

Hulled Sunflower Sprouts

> Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:59:00 -0000

>

> Ok, time to start some new sprouts. I think I'll do the hulled

> sunflower ones next. Is this what you would call " sunflower

sunnies " ?

> If not, what do you mean by that term?

>

> Are the hulled sunflowers to be only barely sprouted because they

are

> not edible when long? The booklet says 1 " sprouts, but I wonder

if I

> can let them grow longer? If I have to keep the sprouts to 1 " ,

what

> do I do with them when they're ready? I guess I must think that

long

> sprouts are edible as they are (like in sandwiches) and short ones

> are, well, different??? I did some crunchy bean mix last week and

> they seemed to me to require cooking. Am I wrong? I didn't care

for

> them, but maybe that's because I put them into an omelet and

didn't

> cook them enough?

>

> And btw, what's the difference between the hulled sunflower seeds

and

> the unhulled seeds? Practically, speaking I mean. I know one has a

> shell and one doesn't... Why can one grow longer, for example?

>

> I want to try the idea someone mentioned recently about using a

baby

> spinach container (from the store) that has a dome, but I can't

> remember how to do it and with which seeds. I was thinking that

the

> sunflower seeds would be good for this--or was it the mungs? Could

> you run the instructions by me again, please???

>

> Thanks,

>

> Connie

> home-and-school-solutions

>

>

>

>

>

> Sunshine makes the flowers dance.

> Anon.

>

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Baby Black Oil sunflower seeds are a small variety of sunflower plants.They

sprout quickly and the hulls fall off quicker and easier than the larger

varieties.I prefer to sprout the larger gray striped sunflower seeds myself,they

take longer but have a large yield and handle the high humidity well.To:

@...: groups@...: Thu,

27 Nov 2008 18:15:11 +0000Subject: Re: Hulled Sunflower

Sprouts

Thank you, Ernest. You are a veritable source of excellent

information!

You said that you now use hulled on your salad as a topper, but since

you said they get slimy and stink I assume you mean you use the seeds

on your salad without sprouting them. Did I understand that

correctly? I saw someone demo sprouting another seed (buckwheat, I

think) that got slimy and what they did was rinse them repeatedly

until the slime was gone. Can you not do that with the hulled

sunflower seeds? Does the presence of slime indicate anything in

particular or will they always be slimy, even if they are as fresh as

they could possibly be?

What are " baby sunflower seeds " and how are they different from

hulled or unhulled seeds?

I think you said in one of the other posts that trying to separate

roots out of the vermiculite is not worth the time. If this is true,

I'm not going to want to do that (don't want to throw away anything

or to put that another way, don't want to use something I cannot use

repeatedly because I'm assuming it will cost a bit of money). Is it

different with perlite? Or that other word you mentioned, coir?

Got any alternative suggestions? I don't mind (much) discarding paper

towels... or washing rags...

On that demo, they didn't rinse the sprouts after the first soak and

rinse (repeated for the buckwheat). Instead they just sprinkled a bit

of water on them--even the ones they put in a sprout bag. So now I

ask, is the rinsing all about adding water and not about cleaning.

Does this mean I don't have to rinse any of my sprouts--just " water "

them with a mist or a few shakes from my fingers?

Wow, who knew there could be so much to learn about sprouting!

Connie

>

> Connie, I tried the hulled seeds and they got slimy and stank. Now

> hulled goes on my salad as a topper. I buy baby sunflower seeds from

> sproutman and I love them got a batch going right now that will go

into

> Thanksgiving Day salad. I harvest my sprouts just as they produce

their

> first true leaves. Depending on the method you use and the weather,

that

> could be one inch or 3 inches.

> The difference is that one is whole and natural and the other has

had its

> shell mechanically removed.

> Sprouting in a container. A container with a domed lid is perfect.

Punch

> drain holes in the bottom. Fill it about one third full with

whatever

> medium that you are going to use. Vermiculite, perlite or a mix. I

use

> one half perlite and half coir. Wet the medium and place the seeds

on

> top. You can go really heavy with seeds. Then place more moistened

meadum

> on top. But only fill your container two thirds full. The sprouts

will

> push up the medium and get it all over your kitchen. Put the dome

on and

> put it somewhere where it can drain. A warm spot is great. On top

of your

> fridge in the back is a great warm spot. As soon as you see the

first

> sign of green, you must remove the cover and place the sprouts in a

> bright location, but not direct sunlight. At this point you are

going to

> have to keep the mix moist, but not wet.

> If you plant peas using this method, you can cut and they will keep

> growning. Sunflowers can only be cut once. You can do this with mung

> beans, but you have to grow them in the dark to keep them from

getting

> green. Mungs get a little bitter when they green up. Mungs can only

be

> cut once. Questions?

> ew

>

> Hulled Sunflower Sprouts

> Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:59:00 -0000

>

> Ok, time to start some new sprouts. I think I'll do the hulled

> sunflower ones next. Is this what you would call " sunflower

sunnies " ?

> If not, what do you mean by that term?

>

> Are the hulled sunflowers to be only barely sprouted because they

are

> not edible when long? The booklet says 1 " sprouts, but I wonder

if I

> can let them grow longer? If I have to keep the sprouts to 1 " ,

what

> do I do with them when they're ready? I guess I must think that

long

> sprouts are edible as they are (like in sandwiches) and short ones

> are, well, different??? I did some crunchy bean mix last week and

> they seemed to me to require cooking. Am I wrong? I didn't care

for

> them, but maybe that's because I put them into an omelet and

didn't

> cook them enough?

>

> And btw, what's the difference between the hulled sunflower seeds

and

> the unhulled seeds? Practically, speaking I mean. I know one has a

> shell and one doesn't... Why can one grow longer, for example?

>

> I want to try the idea someone mentioned recently about using a

baby

> spinach container (from the store) that has a dome, but I can't

> remember how to do it and with which seeds. I was thinking that

the

> sunflower seeds would be good for this--or was it the mungs? Could

> you run the instructions by me again, please???

>

> Thanks,

>

> Connie

> home-and-school-solutions

>

>

>

>

>

> Sunshine makes the flowers dance.

> Anon.

>

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Coir is the shredded fiber of coconut husks that are left over from the

proccessing the 'meat' of the coconut. You can order it on line from

several sources. I get mine locally from a supplier. It comes in

compressed brick form and expands when wet. One brick makes about three

pounds of medium. If you can't get any where you are, you can use peat.

Peat, however, is slightly acidic where as coir is neutral. I buy perlite

in 30 # bags from a gardeners supply house. You should not consider

anything a waste if you give it another purpose. If you don't have a

compost pile, bury your used medium in your garden. It's good for the

soil. Remember, that you will only use about one to one and half cups of

medium each time. I wouldn't use paper or rags because the roots won't be

able to spread out like they need to. A little rinse water would do the

job as long as everything gets wet. Then again, you don't need to waste

the rinse water. I use the same rinse water for everything that I am

sprouting, just dump the water from one to another. Then the water goes

on house plants or in the garden. With everything experiment. That's how

I learned. I learned by doing and then sharing. My wife says that I am a

born teacher. ew

Hulled Sunflower Sprouts

> Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:59:00 -0000

>

> Ok, time to start some new sprouts. I think I'll do the hulled

> sunflower ones next. Is this what you would call " sunflower

sunnies " ?

> If not, what do you mean by that term?

>

> Are the hulled sunflowers to be only barely sprouted because they

are

> not edible when long? The booklet says 1 " sprouts, but I wonder

if I

> can let them grow longer? If I have to keep the sprouts to 1 " ,

what

> do I do with them when they're ready? I guess I must think that

long

> sprouts are edible as they are (like in sandwiches) and short ones

> are, well, different??? I did some crunchy bean mix last week and

> they seemed to me to require cooking. Am I wrong? I didn't care

for

> them, but maybe that's because I put them into an omelet and

didn't

> cook them enough?

>

> And btw, what's the difference between the hulled sunflower seeds

and

> the unhulled seeds? Practically, speaking I mean. I know one has a

> shell and one doesn't... Why can one grow longer, for example?

>

> I want to try the idea someone mentioned recently about using a

baby

> spinach container (from the store) that has a dome, but I can't

> remember how to do it and with which seeds. I was thinking that

the

> sunflower seeds would be good for this--or was it the mungs? Could

> you run the instructions by me again, please???

>

> Thanks,

>

> Connie

> home-and-school-solutions

>

>

>

>

>

> Sunshine makes the flowers dance.

> Anon.

>

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If you want to save money, buy sunflower seeds in a pet store. Pick thru

them and take out boken ones and sticks and stuff. Rinse and sprout.

However, make sure the package says grown and packed in the USA. We don't

really know how they handle food in other countries. Too many bad stories

coming out of China.ew

PS, throw out the broken seeds for the birds.e

Hulled Sunflower Sprouts

> Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:59:00 -0000

>

> Ok, time to start some new sprouts. I think I'll do the hulled

> sunflower ones next. Is this what you would call " sunflower

sunnies " ?

> If not, what do you mean by that term?

>

> Are the hulled sunflowers to be only barely sprouted because they

are

> not edible when long? The booklet says 1 " sprouts, but I wonder

if I

> can let them grow longer? If I have to keep the sprouts to 1 " ,

what

> do I do with them when they're ready? I guess I must think that

long

> sprouts are edible as they are (like in sandwiches) and short ones

> are, well, different??? I did some crunchy bean mix last week and

> they seemed to me to require cooking. Am I wrong? I didn't care

for

> them, but maybe that's because I put them into an omelet and

didn't

> cook them enough?

>

> And btw, what's the difference between the hulled sunflower seeds

and

> the unhulled seeds? Practically, speaking I mean. I know one has a

> shell and one doesn't... Why can one grow longer, for example?

>

> I want to try the idea someone mentioned recently about using a

baby

> spinach container (from the store) that has a dome, but I can't

> remember how to do it and with which seeds. I was thinking that

the

> sunflower seeds would be good for this--or was it the mungs? Could

> you run the instructions by me again, please???

>

> Thanks,

>

> Connie

> home-and-school-solutions

>

>

>

>

>

> Sunshine makes the flowers dance.

> Anon.

>

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I have eaten whole foods sunflower sprouts with no problems they just  need to

be rinsed frequently. I am growing some in my dome sprouter for greens in fact,

to have in turkey sandwiches. yum.

From: Ernest Willingham <99tomatoes@...>

Subject: Re: Hulled Sunflower Sprouts

Date: Thursday, November 27, 2008, 10:31 AM

Yes, I threw the slimy ones into the compost pile and used the rest in

my salad. I liked it so much that I buy them now at Whole Foods just to

put in salad. I never tried rinsing them. I just thought they were lost.

I pitched them because of the slim and the smell. Someone else will have

to tell us if they have rinsed off the slim and still ate the sprouts.

ew

Hulled Sunflower Sprouts

> Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:59:00 -0000

>

> Ok, time to start some new sprouts. I think I'll do the hulled

> sunflower ones next. Is this what you would call " sunflower

sunnies " ?

> If not, what do you mean by that term?

>

> Are the hulled sunflowers to be only barely sprouted because they

are

> not edible when long? The booklet says 1 " sprouts, but I wonder

if I

> can let them grow longer? If I have to keep the sprouts to 1 " ,

what

> do I do with them when they're ready? I guess I must think that

long

> sprouts are edible as they are (like in sandwiches) and short ones

> are, well, different??? I did some crunchy bean mix last week and

> they seemed to me to require cooking. Am I wrong? I didn't care

for

> them, but maybe that's because I put them into an omelet and

didn't

> cook them enough?

>

> And btw, what's the difference between the hulled sunflower seeds

and

> the unhulled seeds? Practically, speaking I mean. I know one has a

> shell and one doesn't... Why can one grow longer, for example?

>

> I want to try the idea someone mentioned recently about using a

baby

> spinach container (from the store) that has a dome, but I can't

> remember how to do it and with which seeds. I was thinking that

the

> sunflower seeds would be good for this--or was it the mungs? Could

> you run the instructions by me again, please???

>

> Thanks,

>

> Connie

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>

>

>

>

>

> Sunshine makes the flowers dance.

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