Value of sprouts

[GambotheGreyt]

I'm going to ask an odd question... I like asking those.

Does a sprout stop being what it was and just simply become a sprout? So.. is a radish sprout a vegetable or a green? Sunflower... seed or green? Oats.. grain or green?

Is there a particular selling feature with sprouts? Are they best mixed with chop or on their own? (Particularly when introducing.)

Any suggestions are most welcome!

Thanks in advance

 

[onamom]

I mix sprouts in with my bird's chop every morning. Sprouts have lots of good nutrition!

 

[Jcas]

As for what sprouts are: my brother in law used to grow them and they are commonly referred to as micro greens .

 

[chris-md]

“Sprout” has two clear definitions:

a seed mid-germination.

Then that transfers to the initial young plant itself, the cotyledons.

so are you focused on the seed - which remains a seed until the stored fuel is spent and the plant begins photosynthesizing -

or are you focusing on the plantlet, which you might stop calling a sprout after it forms its first true leaves?

 

[Inger]

I think the "selling feature" is that sprouts turn seeds (high in fat) into something healthy. Bumble loves them. I usually mix them into her chop, although sometimes I put them by themselves in her snack bowl during evening play time.

I separately grow microgreens for her (and myself). These are more like after sprouts but before plant if that makes sense?

 

[Kona.Warrington]

Where do y’all purchase your sprouts? I have not had success through Chewy.

 

[GambotheGreyt]

Where do y’all purchase your sprouts? I have not had success through Chewy.

They are DIY . There are several threads. But in short, take an assortment of seeds, soak overnight (in a strainer sitting in water). Strain in the morning. Rinse every few hours. And watch them grow. It's slightly more complicated, but that's the basic idea.

 

[Newbe]

I've never used sprouts but waiting on getting a kit with the seeds any day now. Do you feed the seeds with the sprouts or just the sprouts. My guess in both at once.