Re: hulled sunflower seeds

[Guest guest]

If you do the sunflower seeds hulled, you do them as " soakers " , in that you soak

them until they are soft, but they won't actually sprout beyond a tiny tail. I

soak them then process them in to sunflower butter in my Vitamix.

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> Has anyone tried to sprout hulled sunflower seeds?

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> > To: sproutpeople

> > From: carolyn.wilkerson@...

> > Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 14:52:30 -0700

> > Subject: Re: I got a response from Sproutpeople. My

order is on the way

> >

> > Proving they are organic seeds by them having bugs in them sure isn't what

you wanted to hear, was it? I think I'll put mine in the freezer if I can find

a place. I think I got my sunflower seeds from Handy pantry. How about yours?

My seeds for other sprouting was in plastic bags and haven't seen a problem but

I keep them in the house and it is cool there as I generally have AC on at least

part of the day.

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> > Carolyn Wilkerson

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> > To: sproutpeople

> > Sent: Monday, April 9, 2012 1:16 PM

> > Subject: I got a response from Sproutpeople. My order

is on the way

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> > Not only that, but I had made an inquiry about Sunflower Seeds and bugs and

what can I do about them? This is their (very nice of them) response to that

inquiry:

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> > "

> > Here's our bug response: " Many seeds come in bags from the farm that contain

some microscopic eggs of insects. Sometimes they even arrive on our cardboard

boxes. These eggs remain dormant until they encounter conditions they like - in

this case HOT weather. This is a fairly common problem with all grains. We

virtually never see the bugs here in cool San Francisco, but once they cross the

Bay and encounter normal weather they hatch. I would keep the seeds in the

freezer and remove only what you want to sprout. The freezer will not only

extend the shelf life of the seeds, it will kill any bugs. The dead bugs will

float when you soak and so can be poured off.

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> > I am sorry for them though. Would that there were a way to disappear them we

certainly would, but the only organic solution is a powder (diatomaceous earth)

which looks horrible in the bags of seeds.

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> > You can find more about seed storage at

http://sproutpeople.org/sprouts/grow/storage.html "

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> > So now that I know this, I'm keeping ALL seeds in the freezer and will take

out whatever I need.

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> > Simple as that. (Hopefully, lol)

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> > Happy to share this with you all

> >

> > Melody

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[Guest guest]

" Hulled " sunflower seeds refers to seeds w/ the shells off. Salted hulled seeds

are probably dead and will not have much life energy, whereas if you soak raw

organic " hulled " seeds without the shell they will sprout slightly, and have

living energy.

I got a response from Sproutpeople. My order

is on the way

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>

> Not only that, but I had made an inquiry about Sunflower Seeds and bugs and

what can I do about them? This is their (very nice of them) response to that

inquiry:

>

> "

> Here's our bug response: " Many seeds come in bags from the farm that contain

some microscopic eggs of insects. Sometimes they even arrive on our cardboard

boxes. These eggs remain dormant until they encounter conditions they like - in

this case HOT weather. This is a fairly common problem with all grains. We

virtually never see the bugs here in cool San Francisco, but once they cross the

Bay and encounter normal weather they hatch. I would keep the seeds in the

freezer and remove only what you want to sprout. The freezer will not only

extend the shelf life of the seeds, it will kill any bugs. The dead bugs will

float when you soak and so can be poured off.

>

> I am sorry for them though. Would that there were a way to disappear them we

certainly would, but the only organic solution is a powder (diatomaceous earth)

which looks horrible in the bags of seeds.

>

> You can find more about seed storage at

http://sproutpeople.org/sprouts/grow/storage.html<http://sproutpeople.org/sprout\

s/grow/storage.html><http://sproutpeople.org/sprouts/grow/storage.html<http://sp\

routpeople.org/sprouts/grow/storage.html>> "

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> So now that I know this, I'm keeping ALL seeds in the freezer and will take

out whatever I need.

>

> Simple as that. (Hopefully, lol)

>

> Happy to share this with you all

>

> Melody

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