How to Harvest & Wash MICROGREENS (COMPLETE GUIDE 2 of 2)

Learn how to harvest and pack microgreens for sale very fast and efficiently using 4 different methods. Whether you grow at home or for market there are tons of strategies to help you harvest, wash, and pack microgreens in this video.
How to Grow Microgreens Part 1: Seeding and Growing
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[@mikeguadalupe]

Thank you for the tips. I just started growing and I love it so much, I'm trying to make a living from it. So I'm converting a home grow to a commercial attempt.

[@phungktk533]

There's something so satisfying about watching a harvest video like this one! Yay to microgreens and feeding the chickens. :)

[@pauldominic2150]

Thanks for the ongoing education with your videos! Time to get Nature's Always Right Mugs and T-shirt- and sign up for Steven's Patreon!!! A great way to start 2020... sippin' on my coffee, browsing the seed catalogs, making plans for a new batch of raised beds to be installed in March. Once you've tasted organic, home-grown produce, it's hard to buy the stuff in the local produce departments. I do it to get by for the winter here in Utah, but am counting the days until I can start growin' my own veggies again. And am looking into Eliot Coleman's method of growing greens nearly year-'round like he's been doing in Maine for over 50 years!

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

Thanks Paul! Nice way to spend the morning! I feel the same way about produce, and I'm totally ruined on store bought eggs forever, I will never not have chickens haha. Oh nice you must be reading the winter harvest handbook. That's a great book!

[@pauldominic2150]

@@NaturesAlwaysRight Yes, we get our eggs from the local CSA when they have 'em. Yup, _Winter Harvest Handbook_- chock full 'o good stuff.

[@richstone2627]

A small, handheld goldfish/minnow net works well for collecting the Sunflower hulls from the wash. I only wash the Sunflower because of the hulls. All of the other microgreens are not washed. Customers are instructed to wash before eating. Thank you.

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

I like the net idea. Ya I wish I could get away with not washing, that is ideal but my customers love how clean and easy to use everything is. Since I do such a small quantity and have the post harvest set up I do, so it isn't too much labor for the extra step.

[@jamesgaul3544]

Great video... lots of well thought out info.

[@floritabrothers6704]

Hey! Whats your favorite soil for growing microgreens?

[@SDCISHERE]

Great video love it love micro greens love the chickens

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

Haha oh ya they certainly do!

[@brianking6671]

Awesome video, thanks for sharing!

[@YolandaParkeryloils4u]

How much do you charge for 4 ounces? I’m just starting to grow micro greens but would like to have a big enough production to go to the farmer’s market, so how is price calculated?

[@sirene7465]

You can put something like an oven rack on top of the greens in the tub to keep them below the water surface and then use that screen to collect the shells.

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

Yes exactly! That is what I was trying to describe with building that net from pvc. I saw it in a video once but couldn't find it to link it for you guys.

[@elijahwu4168]

microgreens are amazing

[@OrganicRocker]

Nice tips! Thank you.

[@dianawilliams-coe7747]

Now that your moving to TN... have you found land??? If not will you be taking us/KZbin along on the journey???

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

We haven't purchased yet. Will be hunting in March. Of course I'll be taking you all along for the whole journey of buying and the development of the next farm :)

[@GrammaDebsStorytime]

Thanks for the micro greens video...I may try this on a smaller scale. I didn't see the link for the bags that you use for packaging. Could you please add that to your list? Thanks!

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

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[@lorichapman9730]

Can you reuse the soil for more trays of greens?

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

17:45

[@mandiegarrett1706]

@@NaturesAlwaysRight I have the same question, so I went back and rewatch video at 17:45. I see that you throw the whole thing of left-over (soil and stems) to the chicken and once the chickens are done with those left over, I assume what is left will be the soil part, then all that soil will go to compost pile? Am I understood correctly? Thank you.

[@livingstone3718]

I know this vid is old but do they regrow after you harvest or do you need to buy more seeds? I’m just now learning about microgreens. Thanks!

[@AdrienneEverheart]

Some do and some do not. Radish for example does not grow back. The energy is all used up in the leaves.

[@livingstone3718]

@@AdrienneEverheart thank you for your reply!

[@krzysztofrudnicki5841]

You can find electric mini tea harvester on internet that is smaller than this and you can use it with one hand. Maybe it could do the work too.

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

Those are good and many microgreen growers use them but I already have this and love it :)

[@jamesgaul3544]

Can microgreens be frozen, or does that stop some of the benefits??

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

They are only good fresh

[@joebobjenkins7837]

Holy crap, no matter what i do or try i cant for the life of me get my broccoli that tall

[@Zoe-sj7of]

I have a few pounds of sprouting seeds that smell rancid to me. Can l grow them as microgreens?

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

You could try but I bet they will get moldy. Worth a try though, or grow as the full size plant, throw out to chickens, throw into a field and maybe some will grow.

[@shirleyk623]

I have two questions for you about my micro greens. It's a vert small set up. Growing medium: coco coir, vermiculite, perlite and worm compost in equal parts. (I soak growing medium in boiling water to get rid of fungus gnat eggs or the gnat.) I grow indoors under a grow light. I grow them in 16 oz berry containers. I grow organic broccoli and a 5 part organic salad mix. My first question is the stems on them got tough. Any idea why? My second question which has several parts. Fungus gnats, how to get rid of them and what damage do they do to the plants? That vinegar and dish soap idea doesn't work. (Someone forgot to tell the gnats that they're supposed to go in that and drown) Any suggestions why and how to fix the problems? You seem to really know about micro greens and I would appreciate your help Thanks☺🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

The stems get tuff for me only when they are grown too long. I haven't noticed it happen any other time. Ok so what I think you have going on is either your worm compost or something inside is invested with the fungus gnat eggs then you are bringing them indoors and they can continue the lifecycle there. So try interrupting the life cycle by letting the castings totally dry out, or heat the soil to 130F (I'm not sure the exact temp that will kill eggs) or choosing a new source for nutrients that is being processed in a way to eliminate pests. The gnats may also be from fruit or something else you bring into that room, I'm not sure of your set up so those are my theories.

[@shirleyk623]

Thank you very much. I'm definitely going to change some things.

[@JenMarco]

I bought microgreens once and rinsed them as I do lettuce and it made my sandwich taste like dirt so I tried to do a more thorough job washing and it still tasted like dirt. I don’t know if it was the way the brand grew or processed it or the type of greens that was in it but it turned me off from ever buying them again

[@OrganicRocker]

Do you reusing the soil after harvesting?

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

17:45

[@rickygee8412]

👍🏼

[@retneprac]

What would you eat micro greens with?

[@NaturesAlwaysRight]

As a salad by itself, mixed in to other greens or lettuce to boost a salad. Good on sandwiches, burgers, in hummus, garnishing a dish, a million ways. Chefs get pretty creative with them.

[@retneprac]

Nature's Always Right there’s something satisfying about what you do I bet it’s really rewarding once you’re selling batches at the market!

[@JohnWKerr]

Those greens you got at the wrong time to sell: makes me think kimchi ingredients.

[@mandiegarrett1706]

If using microgreens into kimchi which I love, by the way, would making it into kimchi still retain the same nutrient or will it loose some?