 We've been sprouting microgreens for food consistently for the past two years. We've tried all sorts of methods, cloths that rot, and stainless mesh over canning lids. But the soft canning lid eventually rusts and stains the sprouts black, which huh, not great. 13 comments
@neauoire Are you glueing the mesh in or using the plastic lid as an equivalent to the original metal band? And also, where did you source the fine SS mesh? @consumtariat The plastic ring just holds it down. We found the mesh at the hardware store, I've only ever seen this SS mesh once before.  Thanks for the good link! I guess alumin(i)um lids would be hard to find, and to make them by hand doesn't seems easy.  @neauoire Now that I'm doing tech documentation work it's so funny to see how you're applying similar principles but to a much more worthwhile form of knowledge sharing @neauoire i imagine you’re not too much into buying new things and i’m not too much into plugging products, but given the importance of sprouting in your lifestyle, you’d really appreciate a multi-tier sprouter. they don’t look as pretty as your jars. but you’ll get a higher and - if you organise it - perpetual yield. also since it’s acrylic, it’s boat friendly? mine is 8 years old and has been through 3 different climate zones. i’d want it with me to survive the apocalypse. @4aminifera ah yeah, if we lived in a house with counter space that'd be ideal. It's not very boat friendly unfortunately. @4aminifera it's all good, we have no counter space. That's why having them hung over the sink is optimal for us, as well as being on strings allow for them to sway with the boat. |
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One thing that seems to be working best of all is cutting one of these mason reusable lids and fitting the mesh into it.