How to Grow Microgreens - Arugula - Full Walkthrough with Tips & Tricks! - On The Grow

💥This is our step-by-step guide for growing Arugula Microgreens!! In this video you will find tons of Tips & Tricks along the way! Arugula microgreens are a fun microgreen to grow, however something that can be challenging with Arugula microgreens is getting the crop tall enough to harvest easily. In this video we do a good job of showing you how we achieve taller Arugula Microgreens and you should too with the technique we use! ✅
✅This Microgreen Tutorial video shows you how to grow from seeding to harvest using the Slow Bolt Arugula seed variety of Microgreens, which we grow using Pro Mix Soil, however you can also apply this process when using Coco Coir! These microgreens have a absolutely powerful pepper taste. They've been one of our favorites to add into salads and breakfast! 🤤
Microgreen growing tip: Arugula seeds are "mucilaginous" - meaning that once they get moist they develop a natural sticky coating. Do not try to remove the sticky coating! And keep in mind that they WILL stick to the bottom of the top tray, however we show you the trick we use during germination to help with this during our video here!
➡️We hope all the tips and tricks sprinkled throughout the video to help you grow microgreens at home or for your business! When making these videos, we take extra care to put out KZbin videos that have the most comprehensive, easy, and in-depth free Microgreens Tutorials that you can find on KZbin, as we do not hide any of our growing techniques, methods, or secrets and we try to be as transparent as we can.
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**Keep in mind that for different grow mediums such as grow mats or our reusable microgreen grow medium, different techniques may need to be used to get the exact results, so keep in mind that not all mediums are equal - however, this video will give you a great head start on learning!
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[@bhazleton]

Thanks for explaining the stickiness of the arugula seeds. I thought I was doing something wrong. Your solution was very helpful.

[@OnTheGrow]

haha Your welcome! There's a few varieties that have this type of sticky seed. Hope everything turns out amazing! 🥳

[@martyhanna7759]

Just starting into microgreens (having graduated from sprouting jars), and I'm really grateful for your videos! I think I've watched them all!

[@atelierbeast]

Thanks for the video! I’ve watched it over and over and I’ve got great results of my own! Excellent

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[@omeshsingh8091]

I came back to check out this video again. I'm currently growing my first tray of Arugula from seeds that we saved from our own garden in 2019. Medium: half inch of compost at the bottom half inch coco on top. Weight: not using any weight, just a black Styrofoam cut-out to block the light. I'm misting twice a day... I'm on day three at the moment. I'll definitely keep the blackout for longer. Thanks again for the video, and Happy New Year!

[@pascalbaron944]

Just what I needed as my arugula seed arrived this morning. Thanks for another awesome video!

[@OnTheGrow]

yay!! 🥳🥳Glad to hear that, Hope everything turns out fantastic!

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Your videos are terrific! I’m so motivated and excited to try arugula. I can’t believe how much I’m learning from you! Thank you!

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[@tmatusb]

Thank you, your explanation is excellent!

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[@stevekocinski6812]

Thanks for adding the tip about extending the blackout time because my arugula microgreens were very short I will give it a try thank you

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[@catherinemcintyre3568]

Thank you for your informative videos👍 I’m brand new to micro greens and would like to ask do you water the bottom tray during blackout?

[@tromick]

They look soooo cute! Thank you!

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[@amandaslamm5703]

I am just learning about Microgreen growing this winter. I regularly grow sprouts and have a garden in summer. I really really enjoy your videos! I like the straight forward easily adapted information you present. I live near Johnny’s Selected Seed - so I have been gifted and gone down and bought quite a few of their varieties. After spending some time and worry trying to destick arugula and other mucilaginous seeds from the tray above - I love your simple and obvious solution! Again thank you!

[@littlewhitedory1]

Ditto!

[@OnTheGrow]

Awe thank you for your kind feedback. We're glad that we could help you with our simple trick!! And that's so awesome that you live close to Johnny seed's. They have a great selection. Best wishes!

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[@richardfox2668]

Hi, I've watched this video several times over and it is very informative, thank you! However, can you let us know what kind of watering you do during blackout? Just bottom watering, top and bottom?

[@CrazyOnlineBusiness]

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8 people who cant water their plants lol

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[@ChaiboCafe]

Really enjoy your videos! Do you keep your grow lights on for 24 hours for all your crops?

[@woodd1000]

I appreciate very much these walk through videos! You have just enlightened me on some of the reasons my Arugula was not growing as well. I do have one question though - my grow room is right beside the building air conditioner and the room tends to run between 69 and 72 deg F - My micro-green stems don't appear to get as large as yours are. Would that be temperature related (Or over-seeding related at 25gms)

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[@mamasweettea4237]

Thank you so much for your informative videos! I notice you two tend to use the shallow trays most often. If growing to the baby green stage, would you still use shallow trays or would you need the full-depth trays? Trying to decide which trays to go with. Thank you again--learning SO MUCH from you!

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I love arugula. Thank you

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Very helpful

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[@grateful_sojourner]

Can you grow arugula on your white tray with the silicone mat? Thank you! Love the informative videos and your products.

[@littlewhitedory1]

Hi Guys, I'm wondering if you have developed preferences for mesh bottom or the Bootstrap Farmer shallow trays with holes? I've seen you use both but haven't heard you discuss this topic much. So Mesh vs. Holes?

[@OnTheGrow]

Great question... I guess if I had to choose one, it would be the mesh. It works well enough with the soils and everything but mainly, it really works with our hydroponic mediums. If I was growing just soil, I'd probably only use the holes. Since we do so many experiments, Mesh would be the way to go because they are much more flexible in what can be grown in them. I haven't tried growing too many hydroponic mediums in the hole trays so I can't speak for how useful it would be in that area... Hope that helps!

[@WhatDadIsUpTo]

Save back spent spice bottles to use as seed “shakers” instead of using your hands to disseminate seeds. It makes for a more-even layering and is also easier control. Spice bottles are often clear glass and have easily-removed yet tight-fitting snap on lids.

[@littlewhitedory1]

I'm going to remember that idda! Thanks.

[@68RedDragonz]

The scale that I use to measure out seed comes with a shallow little tray cover. I just spoon the seed into the tray until I get what I want, then a gentle little shake-a shake-a and the tray corner spreads the seed very nicely!

[@OnTheGrow]

Yeah we've tried that in the past but personally didn't like it. We enjoy seeding by hand! Great suggestion though 🥳

[@noufalhany]

Thanks my dear friends ..for me very useful this video thanks lots good bless you guys...

[@OnTheGrow]

Our pleasure! We appreciate your support!

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[@user-wv3ee2ec4v]

I appreciate you giving us the ounces in addition to the grams! No more inputting numbers in my calculator.

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We're glad you found it useful! We will continue to do that for everyone!

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[@sheriecarter120]

Hi Awsome! After you harvested the the crop does the stalks regrow or do you need a whole new seed batch!

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[@missymelnarik845]

Thanks for the great videos! I just began my adventure with micro greens. Question for you… I noticed your top tray has the holes in it. Is it better to do that or with no holes? I bought top trays with no holes thinking that it was for black out and to let no light in.

[@OnTheGrow]

Thank you for watching! Glad to hear you are getting into the wonderful world of microgreens!! The setup that we generally use is 1 no holed tray (very bottom = reservoir) + 1 holed tray (mesh or slotted = where the grow medium goes / crops grow) + 1 no holed tray (typically black = very top tray for blackout and the weighted period during germination)

[@hitechsolution6022]

are you guys only using the regular white florescent light to grow all types of micro greens ?

[@doodahgurlie]

I'm more into sprouting than growing microgreens right now, but I love learning about microgreens from you guys. I've yet to sprout arugula but am glad to know that it's very peppery the younger it is so I may use my sprouting jars to grow them out more.

[@amandaslamm5703]

Doodah Gurl I have never tried to grow sprouts that get the mucilaginous sac around the seed. Have you? What is your technique? I would love arugula sprouts!

[@OnTheGrow]

Glad to hear that!! 🥳 We appreciate you watching our videos!! Never thought of arugula sprouts, you'll have to let us know how they taste!!

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[@jhonsalvador4386]

hello guys, quick question. Do you put nutrient solution daily (bottom watering) from day 5 until harvest day? Thank you

[@acutiechick7546]

Wondering if using a shaker bottle (like the ones for chili flakes etc…) to put the measured amount of seeds in and tapping the shaker would sprinkle the seeds evenly?

[@chalos9752]

Nice videos! one question, what do you do with the plant after the harvest?

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[@johnyan8417]

Great video! I just tried growing Arugula in the past week or two and I failed because they doesn't seem to grow much. As you suggested, I will try increase blackout time next time. And I suggest you might find helpful to wear cut resistant gloves to harvest these to avoid the danger of cutting yourself. You can find these gloves very cheap on amazon. Cheers!

[@OnTheGrow]

Thank you for watching! Hopefully you'll have a better grow on your next tray, Arugula likes to stay shorter haha. Also great suggestion! 🥳

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[@danyalwiggins1721]

I got the little microgreens kit from true leaf but it doesn't have the holes for drainage is there anything that I should know that you would suggest.

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[@jenniferw8963]

13:11 If I grow the arugula to baby green stage, how many grams of seed should I use for the 1020 tray? Like 5g? 10g?

[@seankosak2113]

Another great Vid! Do you ever grow Arugala on non soil grow medium?? Or just get beat results with the soil?

[@seankosak2113]

best*

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I purchased on amazon yesterday, glad you get credit for it! I was looking for a way to support you so that's perfect! Question: is there a way to use a watering nozzle on a watering can instead of a hose? If so, is there a product you recommend? My regular spray bottles aren't going to cut it, and I plan to use distilled water - it's already ph balanced and completely pure. Thanks! 😁

[@OnTheGrow]

yay!! thank you so much for supporting us 🥳 Hmm that's a good question, I don't think I've ever seen anything like that...I'd really just suggest a spray bottle or one of the ones you pump up first. Like what people use for weed killer or spraying their outdoor garden with garret juice. I'd also suggest using tap water over distilled water for microgreens! We have a video that we're working on editing where we do a comparison of using regular tap water vs distilled vs 2 other hydroponic nutrients

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[@jackthemuss2493]

Nice work. Could you run this again and do the black out period for 2 more days and see the differance in length? Great looking video once again. I love the cool little shot you guys do and how much info you place in the video's. Keep up the amazing video's. By the way far out you guys have growing since I starting watching you. Good marketing skills.

[@OnTheGrow]

Thank you so much for the continued support Jack! We will try it out and let you know! It’s crazy how much we’ve grown and we haven’t ever advertised ourself... it’s a little mind-blowing. We are grateful for the support and we just hope that we can continue to provide entertaining and valuable content for the community!

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[@jenniferw8963]

11:50 Do you just dump the coco coir / roots in the compost bin? Or do you throw in worm bin?

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[@BrianJe]

Thanks for the step by step tutorial. How many hours of light they receive?

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[@Joy-us7wg]

Great videos I learn a lot from you guys thanks for putting this out there. Once you put it in the light do you bottom water once a day in the morning ? Sorry your video does not include that or what you do to maintain once under the light. Thanks in advance

[@OnTheGrow]

Great question and sorry about missing that detail! We water once in the morning and once at night. We usually start with lower quantity of water like 1/2cup. So it would be a total of 1 cup a day (1/2 morning, 1/2 evening). Pay attention to your soil and make sure it is drinking up all the water it is getting so you don’t over-water. If you see it drying out too much between waterings or the plants are drooping with a dry soil, then increase your watering volume. Hope that helps and thank you for the support!! 🤗🌱🌱

[@Joy-us7wg]

Thank you thank you!!!

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[@cl-audio322]

Would it help to cover these mucilaginous seeds with a bit of soil to prevent them from sticking to the tray when you lift if off?

[@OnTheGrow]

Sometimes it helps and sometimes they get all weird haha.

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[@SpearChuckUngawa]

During germination would it be better to wait a few days to water, without peeking so not to disturb the gelatinous stuff?

[@scmarih]

Great information on arugula, also I was looking at your chart download and not sure what ET stands for. ??

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Go to the legend on page 4,last line! Empty Tray M Hinojosa 😉Hello again from "On The Grow"...We apologize for not being timely on your last request or comment!!! We've been blessed to have so many welcoming responses as well as questions from the "MicroGreen Community". 😄Fear not for the future...we have two new grow team members here to assist with all aspects of your grow needs and questions. Please feel free to jump back in to sharing and looking to us for assistance!! M Hinojosa We are so excited to announce that both our Microgreens master book and our first cookbook will be available very soon!

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[@johndowd7010]

Are you going to get the new blackout domes from bootstrap farmer?

[@OnTheGrow]

💚Thank you so much for the support John Dowd!! We are going to be making new content soon! 😄 As of now we still have more than enough trays to achieve blackout with our stock of trays!!!

[@michelleholguin3561]

do you check for moisture on day 3-4 as well?

[@OnTheGrow]

Always check for moisture. We do not want the roots to dry out, or become too wet. 😀 michelle holguin Again...we really benefit from your support and nice compliments!!! Have you visited our newest website... www.onthegrow.net ...we are so proud of the help it provides!!!

[@richlinlaw]

Hey I just amazoned gloves for cutting and they have really cheap gloves that resist the knife, and are machine washable. I think maybe a nitrile food glove over that would make a perfect set up. The cutting gloves are less than 9 dollars

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[@SzyPaul]

I know this is an old video but I would appreciate a response! What do you typically expect per yield for Arugula? my 10x20 trays definitely dont look as lush as yours, and I'm averaging a lot less than what I was hoping- about 2oz..

[@OnTheGrow]

It really depends on seed source, and so many other factors... we usually get around 400-600 grams per tray. Nutrients and light source can boost yields like 100% if you choose the right combos.

[@moustafanafady7064]

Thanks a lot..Firstly, i would like to thanks you for that effort. I am a good follower to your Videos, really I am so exited to practically walk through. Main obstacles, as i am Engineer (Electronic Eng), i can not kick of any project unless i complete full image, Kindly looking for your support and feedback me regarding below questions (i am sure many followers will agree with me that they have same questions is not it?) 1.I notice that you put some heavy weight on the top and sometimes you do not put, kindly compare between this video and Mellon Videos, so kindly inform what is the Standard?. 2.Seeds Grams is different from plant to plant, some time u put 50gm, sometimes 75gm? 3.Some other Instructors in You tubes recommend growing Microgrooves without Soil? 4.Hopefully to utilize your Experience to roll out one table that explain all different seeds with the corresponding Grams, is it worth heavy Weight on the Top or not?, Temp, Flora & Solutions>>>.etc... 5.Marketing!! It seems represent a headache, kindly what is your experience? 6.Light, you mentioned that 17 H Light & 7 H OFF, KINDLY INFORM IF IT IS CONTENTIOUS Finally, its enough today for my questions, i do not like to buzz you from first time!!! Regards, Moustafa Nafady I

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[@h3pak]

Will they regrow after harvesting?

[@gregorytaylor4471]

How nutrition should I put in the water

[@kpcannan4852]

did you mist twice on days 5 through 12?

[@OnTheGrow]

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[@17gomezd101]

What’s type of nutrients do you use?

[@conniepatterson6811]

Aerobatics✊🏽

[@OnTheGrow]

Hydroponics✊🏽

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[@jorgegarcia3638]

Did you use the same amount of Ocean solution that you use with coco coir every day?

[@OnTheGrow]

Yes! .5ozs of ocean solution per gallon plus we PH balance to the 5.5-6.0 range

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[@missmaam792]

@On The Grow , what temperature is it in your grow trailer?

[@OnTheGrow]

Hello Jeff ! Our space stays between 75-80F degrees in the Summer (Best Germination Temps) and between 67-73F in Winter and our humidity around 50% or under. We also have one large fan that circulates the majority of the air and small computer fans on each shelf of each rack. All fans are running for 24 hours of the day. We do not pump carbon-dioxide in the space and the space only exchanges air when we open the door a few times throughout the day.

[@missmaam792]

@@OnTheGrow , wow! Thanks for all of the information. I'm a new subscriber.

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Thank you so much for the support :) We appreciate it! 😄

[@ItsJuleen]

How do you decide on the grams/density of each seed? I'm looking to grow microgreens in smaller 10x10 trays and so was just going to do half of what you suggest on your walkthroughs. :)

[@OnTheGrow]

To be honest, it's just been a lot of practice haha. 🥳 Usually we go off of how it looks and grows. If it looks to dense we drop it a little and keep on trying until we get what looks perfect to us.

[@OnTheGrow]

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[@debbiereynoldsflute]

My arugula microgreens have the mucilaginous husks stuck to them when I harvest and they are dried on, so difficult and time consuming to remove before eating...how can I prevent this? I use ProMix HP, have tried weight and no weight, 6 days in blackout, 7 under lights. I should note that mine aren’t as big as yours (winter here and 21 degrees in the house during the day and 17 at night so maybe too cool or need ocean solutions?).

[@OnTheGrow]

Thank you so much for the support Debbie Reynolds!! We are going to be making new content soon! 😄 This is simply a harvest hurdle each time...we do everything plus sweet talk them off!!!

[@richstone2627]

Nice looking Arugula. Do you listen to Boston ? I ask because I've run into younger folks with old band T-shirts on and they didn't even know it was a band just thought the shirt looked cool lol. I'm an old Rocker, 53 years young. Thank you

[@OnTheGrow]

Thank you! haha Actually I did when I was younger because of my father. The shirt is an actual shirt that CJ's mom gave to me. Gotta knack for older music, Much better then most of the stuff you hear now a days.

[@OnTheGrow]

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[@joshualawson7604]

What about Jiffy seed starting mix? Just seems kind of expensive.

[@OnTheGrow]

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[@BusterABrown]

I love arugula, but at my age I usually juice it and put it in my smoothies. That mister is supercool.

[@BusterABrown]

The real trick is learning the proper amount of arugula that you can digest without creating problems. I probably consume the equivalent of three leaves on the days that I eat. My slow juicer does a great job of squeezing out all the nutrients for me.

[@BusterABrown]

If you plan on making a living growing microgreens I think you will eventually have to invest in a microgreens cutter.

[@BusterABrown]

A good day is waking up above ground. Six times in the last three years I have been awakened by nurses tell me the surgery is over and everything went fine. Given the severity of the surgeries that would probably happen in around one in a few hundred people. Life is like war. You need to train and prepare for the unexpected!

[@littlewhitedory1]

@@BusterABrown I kinda agree. Love their videos and am pretty impressed with their concept. But...I've thought many times that they might benefit tremoundously if the harvest was more automated. I've imagined many iterations of ideas as simple as maybe an electric roast carving knife! Jury rigged and adapted as needed! Or just drop the cash and buy one it will be worth every penny spent....Greens Harvester anyone!

[@OnTheGrow]

Our knife is honestly so sharp that it doesn't take much effort or time to cut the trays. On camera we go a little slower usually since we're talking at the same time. We used a cutter in the past but didn't like how it cut the microgreens.

[@sueme13]

Thanks for the great tip to reduce the seed density. I was losing my mind over why I have decaying younger leaves in between healthy looking leaves.

[@OnTheGrow]

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[@cja0071]

Okay, but why do you want them to grow straight up? Also asked this question on another vid: have y’all used grapefruit seed extract for mold prevention? Super curious!!!

[@OnTheGrow]

You want them to grow straight up for ease in harvesting and to keep them off the grow medium as much as possible, No, we,as of now, have not yet tried grapefruit seed extract! plantcrazed101 Have you signed up for our Master Class yet? Please get ready to take advantage of all the information we've assembled for you!!!

[@AdventuresofTheGreatBanana]

I was wondering what your favourite micro green mixed salad is? Would it be possible to choose plants that have similar growing parameters yet offer a tasty variety? If so, I have an idea... please place all the seeds in their right proportions in a seed pack that you can sell on your website. I'd be a buyer! Many of us who want to just try growing them for ourselves don't want to grow trays of different plants that have different growth rates and growing parameters. Given your knowledge and advanced palate given you've tried sooooo many micro greens would be the perfect people to make a product like this for us homegrowers :)

[@OnTheGrow]

Love your idea!! The main thing with mixed seed packets is choosing crops that germinate and grow at the same rate as others. We have a full walk-through grow video using 3 different radish varieties on a single try that we're currently working on that talks about this subject 🥳 We plan on doing some more like it soon. We've grown Basic Salad Mix a few times, but the growth wasn't consistent.

[@AdventuresofTheGreatBanana]

@@OnTheGrow I see, OK... well if I could just make a suggestion? Would it be possible to list on this thread plants by category? Or perhaps put it in an excel sheet and then post it on your site? What would be useful is a list of plants you've tried and list them under categories like Germination period and Blackout period? Have them categorized by time. So for example under Germination Period 1-3 days, have the following parameters: Blackout period, Brick Weight (yes/no), Plant Family (radish, leaf etc). Then do the next category, Germination Period 4-5 days etc. While finding the perfect mix is impossible, this chart would help make it possible from home growers to experiment with different combinations. Perhaps things don't line up perfectly but an extra day of germination for one plant type might not have huge detrimental effects to 2 other plants that are grown with it. Same goes with the Blackout period. Something else to just keep in the back of your minds... most of your viewers are home growers, not people who are looking to profit from growing microgreens. For us, yield and consistent product wouldn't be a huge priority. We're just out to see if we can be a little more self-reliant and make ourselves some tasty salad :)

[@OnTheGrow]

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[@TheTarahMarie]

What is your preferred medium ? The Coco, or the seed starting soil?

[@OnTheGrow]

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[@scapallia]

wait a minute! You started with 15g of seed, not 20g. Would you still cut back on seeding density?

[@mydear6788]

@@OnTheGrow would you answer that question above please?

[@OnTheGrow]

That was a mistake! It was only 15grams and yes, we would've still dropped it down with this variety. Probably 12.5grams or 10grams at the lowest. Play around with yours though because each batch of seed grows completely different and maybe 15grams will work nicely for you!

[@OnTheGrow]

@@mydear6788 answered! Sorry we hired some people to handle comments a few months ago and they severely dropped the ball 🙃🌱🌱 hope that answer helps!

[@zakyvids6566]

Hi guys this is a bit irrelevant but thought will ask you Can we grown lettuce hydroponically to seed so we can use those seeds for growing microgreens and where can we get more info about how long does it take to grow lettuce to seed I’m very interested in growing such greens to seeds because I think it’s a massive saving on seed supply perhaps you guys can do videos on this as well I know you have a long list but I mean whenever your are free Looking forward to hear from you soon ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@OnTheGrow]

That's a great idea, the only thing is you'd have to grow a tremendous amount of plants to get enough seed to do microgreens since they are sown at such high density + have really quick turn over rates. Each adult plant only produces so many seeds. That and it would take a lot of time harvesting the seed. For instance, Mandi had a massive basil plant that took awhile to go to flower outside, It produced a decent amount of seed pods but it was a lot of work to get the seeds out of the pods and separate the seed from the debris and each pod only had about 4seeds in it. By the end of it we maybe had enough for 2 trays of microgreens. Which all the seeds may not germinate. We do think it's a really cool idea though!! But I just don't know if it would be good for microgreens seeds vs buying them unless you had a large operation. Thank you for your question!! It was a good one 🥳

[@OnTheGrow]

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[@Coasterdude02149]

Mine are all matted and the stems look pretty weak. I think I lost the crop. I tried a different starting method. I soaked the coco coir to try & see if it would be less work. I think that wasn't the way to go. My test crop in a soup container was beautiful, but only got a 9 gram harvest. Same happened to my Bull's Blood Beets. Soaked the seeds for 7 hours, in hindsight, soaking the grow medium probably wasn't a smart idea with seeds that had been soaked. Too much water. I think I'm going to leave the soaking the grow medium for when I'm more experienced. 🤷‍♂️ I tried, didn't work. On to the next crop

[@kurtremislettmyr7108]

I don't know how particular you are, but when you talked about seeing density around 10.40. You said that you did 20gr and would drop it to 15gr, but in the beginning you said you used 15gr.

[@J.T323]

YAY pepper head

[@OnTheGrow]

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[@mrcdpate]

How many hours of light are you buys using on these? 6-8?

[@OnTheGrow]

We do 17 hours ON and 7 hours OFF for our lighting schedule! Most people run a 16/8.

[@OnTheGrow]

We run our lights on a 17hours ON and 7 hours OFF schedule and have had great success with that over the past year and a half! Chris Pate We are so excited to announce that both our Microgreens master book and our first cookbook will be available very soon!

[@whattatripp5934]

i tried to search ocean solution but i wasnt able to find one..

[@danikaisaac742]

Why do you use Ocean Solution instead of Masterblend?

[@OnTheGrow]

Mainly because it is organic... it provides really great growth, it is just slightly lacking in nutrients. We love the coloration of the MasterBlend though.

[@OnTheGrow]

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[@dexxxxxxxx]

Hello... Here with new query. My seeds getting mould while they are in blackout time. I tried minimum watering.. put them in morning sun for 30 mins etc etc.. What could be reason? I grow them in coco coir. My package says dry them before sow. Is it helpful?

[@ecojoe2214]

Make sure your soil is good quality. Spray soil and seeds with a white vinegar/peroxide/water mix. Like 5% vinegar/peroxide, 95% water.

[@dexxxxxxxx]

@@ecojoe2214 is it ok if I use white vinegar? I read it can spoil crops. And hydrogen peroxide is very hard to get here in india

[@OnTheGrow]

Also make sure you have good airflow and that your humidity isn't to high, we keep ours at 50% or lower. That will help a ton.

[@OnTheGrow]

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[@Tinztzu]

Anyone having issues during the first day or 2 during germination? This is my second batch and there are a lot of seeds that get almost instant fuzzies, at first I thought it might've been the root system, but this looks like mold. I don't know why there are getting almost instantly molded. But I am treating with peroxide.

[@user-mu6gw3sn7l]

Good afternoon, it’s very nice to see your channel, but please tell me this question: how much temperature should be in the room?

[@OnTheGrow]

Since it's winter time in Texas, Our space stays around 70F with humidity at 50% or lower. In the summer we keep it around 78F

[@OnTheGrow]

Thank you for watching and supporting us! :D

[@user-mu6gw3sn7l]

Good afternoon, than you for answering, please tell me what does 70F and 78F mean?

[@OnTheGrow]

@@user-mu6gw3sn7l Temperature, sorry, 21C in the Winter, 26C in summer. We get faster growth in the summertime with the warmer temperatures.

[@user-mu6gw3sn7l]

Many thanks for the answer I will follow the videos Good luck 🍀👍

[@pamelasaw]

I tried growing arugula after watching your video, it was growing really well until i start to remove them from blackout and expose them to light, they became limpy and some fall onto another...they r at day 11 now and look nothing like your :(

[@KM-ho2rp]

I just took my arugula out of black out but I think they are too thin and lanky😢

[@ssegura578]

where do you buy your seeds

[@OnTheGrow]

Right now, we get most of ours from Trueleaf, here is the link to the seeds we used: www.gopjn.com/t/TUJGRklGSkJHRUhNSEpCRkpIRk1K?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.trueleafmarket.com%2Fproducts%2Farugula-slow-bolt-microgreens-seeds%3Fvariant%3D45198169160

[@OnTheGrow]

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[@itukit1430]

my arugula micros keep damping off.... :((

[@cleocruz9688]

Does it grow back or just 1 harvest?

[@OnTheGrow]

Just one harvest for most crops. Some will grow back, but with diminishing returns.

[@cleocruz9688]

@@OnTheGrow thank you!

[@OnTheGrow]

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[@zaidedacostasanches2555]

Por favor tradução em português.

[@OnTheGrow]

Não tenho certeza de que isso esteja disponível em português. Eu sinto Muito! Temos que usar o google translate para responder. Gostaria que pudéssemos fazer isso em nossos vídeos.

[@OnTheGrow]

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[@saintmicheal2090]

Will arugula regrow after cutting?

[@OnTheGrow]

Depends on how long you let it grow out for. I think baby-greens will, but I don't think microgreens will.

[@OnTheGrow]

We have seen most of the "lettuce" varieties regrow when we toss the used medium into our compost pile, so most likely they will regow, depengind on how short you harvest them.

[@rawreen]

How much profit do you make from 1 tray?

[@OnTheGrow]

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[@rossmeryindaviera1648]

Me puedes apoyar mi arugula llega a un punto que al crecer se empieza a morir

[@Ayutarda]

You may have explained this before but could you explain what true leaf is or point me to a video that explains it ?

[@autumnreneebubble]

True leaf are the leaves that come after the first set of leaves. You'll see they look different than the first set.

[@OnTheGrow]

Exactly what Pixiedreams said!

[@Ayutarda]

pixiedreams many thanks will keep a eye out for it

[@OnTheGrow]

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[@Overkill_dnb]

Sometimes I like to wiggle my hand around

[@OnTheGrow]

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[@kingtut4752]

why did any one thumbs down lol!

[@OnTheGrow]

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[@arturosantander5728]

you are the most beautiful girla of the univers....

[@OnTheGrow]

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