Re: Has anyone sprouted carrots?

[Guest guest]

Hi Dennis --

I tried some last year. I found my posts about them and will copy here:

March 24, 2011:

" Well, I was just at the supermarket shopping, and curiosity has killed this

cat. I bought a little packet of organic Danvers carrots (at $1.99 for 2 gm,

maybe 1.5 tsp volume). "

April 27, 2011

" Just an update on those carrot sprouts if anyone was curious --

They sprouted successfully, for about 16 days. The sprouts were slender, frilly,

and lightly sweet and carrot-y, not at all bitter.

I did enjoy them just for the novelty but they'd be rather a spendy sprout for

routine use. Plus the time needed to sprout is a factor. I wonder what it would

be like to have onion, celery, and carrot sprouts together though... "

Hope that helps.

Molly

-- In sproutpeople , " Dennis " wrote:

> > As my subject asys, has anyone here sprouted carrots?

[Guest guest]

Thanks for responding. I was wondering it they would have a carroty taste. I

contacted SproutHouse and was told that their supplier was looking for a new

source since their last source of carrot seeds didn't sprout too successfully.

I will continue to look for a source and want to give them a try. As long as

they're not too expensive, I will try them out.

Dennis

-- In sproutpeople , " bokashifan " wrote:

>

> Hi Dennis --

>

> I tried some last year. I found my posts about them and will copy here:

>

> March 24, 2011:

> " Well, I was just at the supermarket shopping, and curiosity has killed this

cat. I bought a little packet of organic Danvers carrots (at $1.99 for 2 gm,

maybe 1.5 tsp volume). "

>

> April 27, 2011

> " Just an update on those carrot sprouts if anyone was curious --

>

> They sprouted successfully, for about 16 days. The sprouts were slender,

frilly, and lightly sweet and carrot-y, not at all bitter.

>

> I did enjoy them just for the novelty but they'd be rather a spendy sprout for

routine use. Plus the time needed to sprout is a factor. I wonder what it would

be like to have onion, celery, and carrot sprouts together though... "

>

> Hope that helps.

>

> Molly

>

>

> -- In sproutpeople , " Dennis " <dlt123me@> wrote:

> > > As my subject asys, has anyone here sprouted carrots?

>

[Guest guest]

Dennis, carrot seed are viable for one or maybe two years. When you find

some, find out when they were harvested, it could make a big difference

in whether they will sprout or not.

That said, I keep my seeds in the fridge and have had carrot seeds grow

that were older, but the germination wasn't that great.