Advice & Tips for Beginning (AND EXPERIENCED) Microgreen Growers

[@tangobayus]

Selling as "ready to eat" dramatically increases the responsibility and regulation. I talked to the Health Department in San Francisco about this and selling as "wash before use" to restaurants is much easier as the assumption is that the customer will follow their normal good practices in handling food. If you harvest and package them before delivery you have to use an approved scale. If you sell trays of live plants for them to harvest as needed the unit of measure is the tray and you should just make sure the trays are relatively consistent. Personally I would not sell at a farmer's market because of the time involved in comparison to the unit sale. I am developing no-soil methods mainly for peas and sunflowers.

[@nickys5578]

if you sell ready to eat there are some farmers market customers you may not be able to get too. Snap or Food Stamps can be used at some farmers markets. HOWEVER if you want to make into the 6 digits you are most likely going to have to scale to ready to eat as big buyers and clients are usually distributors not just the farmers market though many overlook the social aspect of the market.

[@Freederick1]

Have the room and some basic basic building skills. You can build a walk-in cooler for pretty inexpensively. You don’t have to buy them get 4 inch foam put a radiant barrier on the inside and outside and a simple wall AC unit that gets down to about 30° will do the trick.

[@bobmellett3489]

this soil could be used either in worm farming or using as a feed stock for biochar

[@FairlyInconspicuous]

Absolute Gold for those of us in the pilot program stages. Thank You Diego and Chris.

[@nathanwood33]

There's a pilot program?

[@maryphillips9837]

Best video ever told about sprouting. Lots of people rushing sprouting to sell which ones s very unsanitary. Grow wash clean. They sorout. Big just to make big bucks

[@fredfrond6148]

Great video, great information, great scientific method approach, no assumptions made.👍.

[@Dominiqueuqinimod]

Right off the bat, I came out of the gate with paracetic acid and h2o2 as a sanitizer. I’ve got a background in beauty chemistry and I run a wellness brand (the greens are an extension of that), so I ain’t tryna fool.

[@AdorableBlackcat]

So u use both??

[@nancyfahey7518]

Could I turn regular Hydrogen Peroxide into food grade? By adding 32% more water? If not where can I get this food grade?

[@koontzman123]

How often do you sanitize the shelves? The walls?

[@juliearaiza3465]

White vinegar or acetic acid is a viable sanitizing agent may need to spend more time in the solution. Again check with health inspector.

[@unitedstatesdale]

Epic Quote: Don't ask too many questions with the Government. If they don't know the answer, They will figure out a way to say No. 😑

[@contuitus]

Rich Mountains Then you pay for permit.

[@FranklinPiens]

The same here.... :D

[@cherrytreepermaculture756]

Cheers Diego and Chris, thanks for this.

[@louisegrise8719]

Where can I buy all that I need to start a microgreen business in Ontario Canada?

[@koontzman123]

There are some people selling or promoting microgreens buddies saying you can start out of a spare bedroom. I see that is not so?

[@vassiliarkhanguelski3993]

Hi there. I’m starting small MG operations in East Kootaney. Can you please recommend me suppliers for trays, lights, and seeds. Thank you

[@OwlMoovement]

I'm at the 11:30 mark and had a thought about the Listeria experience. Perhaps a retrospective possibility to pass onto Chris if it suits you, Diego. I do wonder if that strain was perhaps introduced by the manure rather than their recoverable material. Did they test their uncomposted product vs the input manure for that same strain?

[@ericcarve4476]

This is an old comment but a wise one. I wondered if maybe it came from his soil provider, that maybe their testing process wasn’t as diligent as he assumes.

[@yearofthegarden]

A steam sterilizer like those used in my cologne can run for 24hours to sterilize 4-6lb of substraight per watt of heat. A 2000watt can do about 500lb for $5. Extra step though

[@AdorableBlackcat]

Where is this from??

[@randalmoroski4423]

What would top 3 favourite starter crops recommendation?

[@maryphillips9837]

Please make more videos like this. I’ll buy from you

[@vassiliarkhanguelski3993]

Hi there. I’m starting small MG oppression in east Kootaney. Can you recommend me lights, trays, and seeds suppliers please

[@flaron352]

Great info. What are the 5 best greens that sell?

[@DiegoFooter]

Sunflower, peas, radish - those are probably the three most common.

[@nancyfahey7518]

Broccoli

[@lindaleal809]

Would distilled vinegar be better to use than apple cider vinegar?

[@1shakasean]

Thank you doing the Webinar

[@Avicena-tf5uj]

could've fed the left over flats to goats or chickens to turn into compost

[@MooPup09]

what is the "mix"/formula of H2O2? .. and is it food grade or for the purpose of sanitation, is it a cleaning grade?

[@tangobayus]

I think that if you can use grocery store 3% as a gargle it is safe to use for sanitizing plants, particularly as it will break down in light. I dumped some of that on a patch of mold on a test bed and it didn't kill the good plants. Consider Neem oil and oregano oil with a little bit of dish soap for surfactant (look it up :)) to use as spray for mold. Look up Harley Smith at NPK University to see that well-nourished plants won't be susceptible to mold.

[@idallkeybachdar7463]

1 oz with 1 mint water

[@nancyfahey7518]

That's all for outside plants. Not microgreens. And you're supposed to water down the peroxide for gargling. Gross.

[@jadabaudelaire118]

@tangobayus that type of hydrogen peroxide has additives. You don't want those additives. The food grade is a more pure product and it is this reason that food grade is called for.

[@sheldanhamilton2725]

I live in the Caribbean we don't have that what is your advice for me

[@Ileanainbliss]

What kind of soil and where do you buy it?

[@davisonthomas4697]

What the beat lights to start out with.

[@monicamontgomery912]

Who do they sell 2

[@shazzzam79]

Great information... Thank you.

[@patrickaronbocancia2161]

Hi, how can I create the seed of microgreens without having to always buy it, I live in Italy and here is not widespread, please help me

[@DiegoFooter]

No solution. You are going to have to buy it.

[@ianfield3864]

Become a certified organic grower.

[@madhatter8882]

Have you found any good suppliers?

[@yggtheterribleone8077]

Reusing soil, hmm growing legumes like peas and beans maybe.

[@tdcanam1]

why is ok to reuse soil in the field but not with the micro greens in greenhouse?

[@DiegoFooter]

For Chris it just comes down to space. He doesn't have the space to compost it.

[@miac.5722]

The roots grow very very close together so it won't separate from the soil after harvest... think shag carpet.

[@Bandaid17]

I think the real question here is why is listeria contaminated soil ok for outdoor crops that you eat

[@synolve]

Thanks for the tips!!!!✨🌟✨✨✨✨✨

[@landonlarson6827]

Awesome Video!!!

[@rahyel181]

Late to the party thank you for the gold

[@boetbarnard]

What kind of Hygene?

[@kaitlinb7438]

What's this guys Instagram page or name the one who did all of the talking?

[@DiegoFooter]

Chris Thoreau - urbanmicro.ca/

[@kevineasley1317]

Druther = I'd rather :)

[@louisegrise8719]

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[@maryphillips9837]

Farmers market people won’t trust restaurants