A shoutout to Melody and the HP-Tray Sprouters...

June 3, 2012

Hello everyone, it's been awhile. I hope you all are doing well. I've still been

lurking here and there when I can and always loving the great conversation as

usual. For us personally, we've just had so much going on at my Husband's work,

I've gone back to school and on top of that we also recently relocated and are

still trying to get everything organized and unpacked. Sadly, life did not lend

me much time to conquer the EasySprouter. The twice I tried when I had the time,

it was an epic fail for my Broccoli Sprouts. However in the E-Sprouters defense,

it could very well have been the fact that I followed the instructions on the

" NOW! " seed container regarding the use of Citric Acid. I'm pretty sure that is

likely what may have gone wrong even though I never tried a batch out without

it. As a result, this time round I am not going to use the acid, just plain

ordinary water(which all the rest of you seem to have better success with LOL).

Oh well, so much for the fancy " anti-germi/fungicidal " techniques. Things will

probably go a lot smoother the old fashioned way.

After spending much time in between watching Melody's videos on YouTube (which

always make me smile and brighten my day, I really just love her) - I recently

gave in and purchased the Handy Pantry Stacking Tray Sprouters. So sometime I'll

begin the process and see how things go this time around. After watching

Melody's videos about the trays - it just seemed so simple and she always has

quite a good yield and as a result - sprouts always available. I've been

purchasing my sprouts between Whole Foods and Trader Joe's but now that we've

settled in a bit, growing my own successfully is an absolute must as its quite

expensive otherwise. So I was wondering... for both Melody and anyone else who

has used this particular type/brand of sprouter; any words of sage advice so

that perhaps these crops will be a success? It comes with 3 trays, so I think

I'm going to do one tray of Fenugreek, Broccoli and Salad Mix and go for the

gusto and see what happens this time around. I've got my fingers crossed so

anything any of you might wish to chime in on in terms of nuggets of wisdom

would be most appreciated. Here's hoping for the very best and the ability to

post up some pics of a useable crop!

June 3, 2012

Hi there. Glad you are enjoying my videos.

The only bit of wisdom I can give you on using the round green trays is after

you have soaked the seeds, and you pour them into a tray, try and do one layer

of seeds. When you are rinsing and draining, they will move around of course but

when you are finished tap tap tapping to get all the water out and you are ready

to stack them one on each other, take your fingers and try and get them to be

evenly distributed on the bottom of the round green tray.

When I do this (it takes just a few seconds) after the first two or three days,

then I don't have to do this anymore because the sprouts have taken root, they

don't move any more and they grow nice and plump and tall. I really didn't pay

attention to doing this when I started using the tray and sometimes the yield

would be lopsided, so I figured it out. I had too many seeds on one side and not

enough on the other side.

By spreading them out evenly (these trays yield quite a bit of sprouts believe

me) you'll get nice and tall plump sprouts.

You got some nice seeds there. You'll love them.

Keep us informed.

Take care

Sproutingly, Melody

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> Hello everyone, it's been awhile. I hope you all are doing well. I've still

been lurking here and there when I can and always loving the great conversation

as usual. For us personally, we've just had so much going on at my Husband's

work, I've gone back to school and on top of that we also recently relocated and

are still trying to get everything organized and unpacked. Sadly, life did not

lend me much time to conquer the EasySprouter. The twice I tried when I had the

time, it was an epic fail for my Broccoli Sprouts. However in the E-Sprouters

defense, it could very well have been the fact that I followed the instructions

on the " NOW! " seed container regarding the use of Citric Acid. I'm pretty sure

that is likely what may have gone wrong even though I never tried a batch out

without it. As a result, this time round I am not going to use the acid, just

plain ordinary water(which all the rest of you seem to have better success with

LOL). Oh well, so much for the fancy " anti-germi/fungicidal " techniques. Things

will probably go a lot smoother the old fashioned way.

>

> After spending much time in between watching Melody's videos on YouTube (which