Re: Re: Brown shriveled ends after sprouting

June 20, 2012

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Which electric salad spinner do you use?

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> I have never soaked sprouts (once they begin sprouting and I'm done

> sprouting I mean) in my entire life. I do the final rinse, put them in my

> electric salad spinner, spin they as dry as they can be, THEN I store them

> in containers or whatever I store them in, in my fridge.

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> I have NEVER had any sprouts turn brown, get moldy, or anything like that.

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> But then I don't soak them after they have sprouted. I never heard of

> this. What is the purpose of soaking a sprout after they have sprouted?

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> Melody

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> > I sprouted a mixture of legumes and they sprouted beautifully. I soaked

> them in a mixture of water, ACV, and H2O2 for 10 minutes to disinfect and

> set them to dry. After that i stored them in a mason jar in the fridge. 24

> hours later, the ends of the sprouts are shriveled and brown.

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> > Anyone have any idea what it could be? Could the ethylene gas being

> trapped by the mason jar cause that in such a short period of time?

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