Re: Growing/Juicing Wheatgrass

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Thanks Helen, Will have to try this.

Cheers, Doug

[ ] Growing/Juicing Wheatgrass

>

> Hello Everyone

>

> Here's how I used to grow wheatgrass; I have not done it

> for a while so I hope I don't miss out anything ......

>

> You will need the following:

>

> 1) A big plastic cafeteria tray (you know, those self-serve

> trays that one uses to take their coffee, etc to a restaurant

> table) Watch for them where restaurant supplies are sold

> - new or used. It's the season for yard sales so you might

> find some there, too. If you are going to go into this in a

> big way, you will need 7 trays, one for each day of the week

> but just to try it out, you only need one tray.

>

> 2) Sterilized potting soil

>

> 3) Untreated wheat kernels - usually available at some

> health stores that have bulk foods. You don't want the

> treated wheat because it has chemicals on it. If you can

> get organic wheat so much the better.

>

> 4) A glass jar or 1-quart (or 1 liter) glass canning jar or

> mayo jar.

>

> 5) A large black or opaque plastic garbage bag like into

> which you would use to put garden garbage. It needs to

> be big enough to hold the tray inside of it.

>

> 6) Newpapers

>

> To make the juice, you will need the following, as well:

>

> 1) a meat grinder

> 2) a couple of soup bowls

> 3) cheesecloth

> 4) scissors

>

> To grow the wheatgrass.....

>

> i) First wash the wheat kernels. Put them in the jar and add

> water and swish it around and then drain the water off. Do this 2

> or 3 times. You can put a piece of the cheese cloth over the

> mouth of the jar with an elastic band to do this.

>

> Finally soak enough kernels to cover the area of the tray - I don't

> remember the amount but you could try 1½ or 2 cups of dry wheat

> kernels. Put them in the jar and cover kernels with about 2 cups of

> room temperature water. Let them soak overnight.

>

> ii) The next day spread the soil on the cafeteria tray edge to edge

> so that it is about an inch deep. Make a little 'trough' all around the

> outer edge of the soil to allow for drainage and adding water later on.

>

> iii) Using a sprayer or sprinkling can, dampen the soil with water.

> Don't overdo it. " Dampen " is the operative word here.

>

> Drain the water from the soaking wheat kernels and save it to

> drink it now or later. It has many nutrients in it from the wheat.

>

> iv) Now sprinkle the well-drained kernels all over the soil

> closely to each other but not clumped on top of each other. They

> can touch each other and even be one on top the other a bit but if

> a bunch of kernels are clumped together it may cause the kernels

> to mold and you don't want that. If you don't have enough kernels

> to cover the tray, don't worry. This first run is your test run. Next

> time you can add more, if need be. If you think the soil needs more

> water, you could sprinkle some on the kernels but DON'T OVERDO IT.

>

> v) Wet the newspaper pages so that they will stay wet or

> dampish for a couple of days inside the plastic bag. Lay the

> wet newpaper pages on top of the wheat kernels using about

> 4 or 5 pages thick but no thicker.

>

> vi) Put the entire tray with the wet newspapers covering

> it into the big plastic bag. Close the bag or tuck the open

> end under the tray and let the tray sit somewhere for a couple

> of days at room temperature. When you see the plastic bag

> beginning to " rise " or puff up, take the tray out of the bag and

> remove the newspapers and discard. Set it in a room with light

> but do NOT put it in direct sunlight. The grass will be rather

> white looking but not for long.

>

> vii) Let the wheatgrass grow until it is about 3 inches high or

> so. You will need to add water to the tray to keep the soil damp

> each day. Put the water in those little 'troughs' you made around

> the other edge. Don't overdo the watering or you will drown the

> grass. People tend to over-water. The soil should be just barely

> moist not soaked.

>

> To make wheatgrass juice, you will need a meat grinder or

> you could get a special wheatgrass juicer. A small electric

> meat grinder is cheaper and does a good job. I suppose

> you could use a blender with water in it but I don't think you

> would get as much of the goodness out of the grass. Don't

> be afraid to experiment.

>

> Now cut the wheat grass off about 1 inch from the soil with

> a scissors and put the grass blades in the meatgrinder a small

> bunch at a time until you have used up all the grass from one

> tray. Be sure to have a bowl to catch the ground up grass.

> It will be wet, dark green and mushy.

>

> Once you have ground up all the wheat grass, line another

> bowl or container with 3 or 4 layers of cheese cloth. Put

> the ground up grass into the cheese cloth. Take up the

> corners of the cheese cloth and put them together and

> twist them shut and then squeeze all of the wheatgrass

> juice out. Voila, you have wheatgrass juice. To drink it

> you can use some of the soaking water or regular water to

> dilute it. You might want to use a straw to drink it.

>

> If you have cancer or need to drink the grass every day,

> you will need to make a tray every day because there is

> only about an ounce or so of juice in one tray of wheat

> grass and you should strive to drink an ounce every day.

>

> A friend of mine had cancer. She went the conventional

> route with chemo etc but she also drank wheatgrass juice

> at my insistance. The doctors could not get over how

> good her blood was. She had colon cancer but now it is

> gone and it has not returned. The doctors are still

> marveling at how well she is doing.

>

>

> There was a book written by Eydie Mae called " How I

> Conquered Cancer Naturally " . This is one of the best

> books I have read about the wheatgrass and how to grow

> it and use it. Unfortunately, it may be out of print. Go

> to & Noble website. Click on Used Books and

> do a Search put the title of the book in the Search Box.

> You might find one there. Also check with local used

> book stores.

>

> For lots of information about wheatgrass, Google wheat

> grass and you will be surprised what you will find on the

> 'net about it, too. Some companies even sell special

> soil on which to grow the wheatgrass.

>

> If you have any questions, email me or phone me. In

> the future, if I say I will do something and then you don't

> hear from me, be sure to send me another email to remind

> me. I will appreciate it. I do have a lot on my mind and

> can forget or your email could go in the Bulk mail and

> even though I check it continually, it is easy to miss it

> with a name like yours since the spammers use names like

> that all the time.

>

>

> Helen Elias

> 604-420-1544

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>

> Dilworth <rogerdil@...> wrote:

> Helen/all,

>

> I've sprouted Alfalfa using a rudimentary sprouter. Can you do the same

> with wheatgrass or do you need a special sprouter?

>

>

> cahydesmond <cahydesmond@...> wrote:

> ---I am too! Thanks

> cathy

>

> In , Barker

> <rbarker@...> wrote:

>>

>> I'd be very interested in growing/juicing wheatgrass Helen.

>>

>> Cheers,

>> rbarker@...

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>> On 21 Apr, 2008, at 1:14 PM, helen/zhebee wrote:

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>> >

>> > Hello

>> >

>> > Wheatgrass is a cure all. I have put together instructions

>> > on how to grow and juice your own wheatgrass, if anyone

>> > is interested. The first guy who asked for them had to

>> > wait a quite a while before I sent them but now it should

>> > be fast since all I have to do is copy and paste.

>> >

>> > Helen

>>

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