VKP Brands 4-Tray Sprouter

The media could not be loaded. Yesss I can grow sprouts like a BOSS now!I used to grow some sprouts, a few years ago using just the jar method. Which I had limited success with (at the time, I've been educating myself on better sprout farming in general now and have better luck but not as nice an experience as the sprouting tray)I wanted to get back in to it. Sprouts are so healthy, delicious, crazy affordable if you actually do get them growing well annnnd it's like a wee little farm in your kitchen, sweet.Since purchasing this 4 tray sprouter we have been consuming a TON of sprouts! Like..apparently radish seeds plus this sprouter set were the key to unlocking my sprouting success.I have a huge container ready to eat at almost all times now. I am thinking about purchasing another of these sets..I have to make some space on my counter first :) Not that it has a big foot print..I just have a messy (crowded) counter top.It's sturdy, easy to use, super easy to clean and as you will see in my vid grows radish sprouts beautifully.The drain system is genius, it works so well. Even in our desert home where the humidity is crazy low this sprouter keeps the seeds from drying out as they start growing.I had so much success with this sprouter I actually got back into the jar sprouting method, which works and is nice but I gotta admit..it's sooo much fussier than the sprout tray.If what you want is less fuss and more sprouts to eat then get the trays.They clean up well with a kitchen scrub brush. Our water tends to leave a build up if we don't wash often and when that happens a bit of baking soda and dish soap scrubbed in cleans everything nicely.If your sprouts start growing through the drain holes you can use a toothpick to push them through, so as not to block the water flow for your next go round.be sure to clean in between uses, this will ensure lovely fresh smelling and tasting sprouts!I use the lid on top when I am first starting out a new sprout batch.My process is this:Put 4 tablespoons of radish sprouting seeds in a clean jar. Top with lots of water, let soak for at least 6hours.Drain water and then divide the seeds evenly between the 4 trays.You can now rinse them even better and you'll find pouring water over spreads the seeds out nicely. If they clump just encourage them to spread around with a few kind words..or..like, your fingers or a spoon (hahaha)After the damp seeds are spread around I loosely set the lid on the top...LOOSELY...it allows air flow but keeps the top layer moist..if you think about it the lid is just doing what each tray is doing for the layer beneath it.Then once you have some growth you can set the lid aside and drain as usual.AT LEAST 3 TIMES a day..maybe more...trust your nose and your eyes.Be sure and remember to empty the drainage tray on the bottom before adding more water (whoops, guess who forgot that a couple times..bwahaha)When the sprouts are all grown and ready to harvest I suggest a strainer sitting in a bowl or a salad spinner to clean and remove hulls. At least for a large seeded and big sprout like the radish it works beautifully. The salad spinner lets you fill with water, float hulls to the top, pour off (repeat til as clean as you want, I am not too fussy over it myself) Then spin til dry-ish. Which also flings the hulls out through the colander.I store mine in the fridge in a standard plastic food container.I use only filtered water (from our Berkey) to rinse all the sprouts, ensuring they are getting the same quality of water we drink ourselves.This sprouter has made growing sprouts as easy possible and I love it. I love sprouts and feel a ridiculous sort of pride that we have incorporated them back in to our life.

I'm into sprouting as an ongoing, forever part of my daily diet and I have both the EZ Sprouter cups and this set of trays. I was put off by some of the low-star review on these trays so didn't order them for a while, but I finally did, and I love them! That said, they REQUIRE some tips that aren't in the directions.First of all, I agree, they don't drain quite as much as they should without Tip #1 which is:Tip #1: Water them as directions say. But then, once the water has drained down to fill each tray in turn (which happens in a really great-design way) and the water finally drains into the bottom white water-catcher cup, pour it out. And then take the whole stack of growing trays (whether one or four) and tilt it within the white cup at as much of an angle as you can. The angle is just about halfway between the trays facing the ceiling and the wall). Don't worry, it doesn't topple. The top of the white catcher tray will be supporting the top edge of your bottom growing tray and it's a solid holding position. So what happens inside is that all the excess water in the trays drains down and out into the catcher cup. I mean, this can be close to 1/2 cup of water that would have otherwise been spread throughout the bottoms of the 4 trays. That's a tad too much. But the draining this way? It works great! Once that secondary draining is done, empty out that water and the trays can now sit normally stacked for 12 hours (or 8 if you are watering 3x/day - I just do two).Tip #2: If you see white fuzz at about Day 2, don't panic and gross out thinking it's mold. It's not! But if you don't know what it is, that's what comes to mind. It's fine white root hairs that the plant is sending out at a stage in its development during growth. We don't see this in mason jars because the stems are all jumbled, but in straight vertical growing stems, you will see them. When you add water, these mini-roots lie flat again, and after 1-2 waterings from their first appearance you don't see them anymore. But I mention this because kneejerk is to be creeped out if not expecting them. I notice them mostly on my radish sprouts and mixes containing radish seeds but they're present in other seed types also. So just expect that and don't mistake what they are.Tip #3: Once your leafy sprouts (clover, alfalfa, radish, broccoli, etc.) are at 5th day out of initial 8-hour soak, they're getting pretty tall. In fact, a little taller than tray height. Not an issue, but if you don't like their little leafy heads being bent, once fully drained you can put a maturing crop's tray on a plate or something.Tip #4: I do not personally like the idea of my top tray being open-air because... a fly? Or dust? So you can just lay a piece of cheesecloth or a thin dish towel over the top tray.Tip #5: I've tried 1 Tbsp. leafy seeds in one tray and that's pretty much max for a single tray. There are 3 teasp. in 1 Tbsp. so I think 2.5 teasp. per tray is just at that perfect point for getting full use but not bordering on crowding.My yield from the 1 Tbsp. tray crop came to 2.5Cups fully grown sprouts packed into my quart-size measuring cup pretty densely. For comparative reference, that was a mix of alfalfa, clover, broccoli, radish seeds from SproutHouse called "Salad Mix."You now know pretty much everything I know about these trays. Nice tidy footprint on the counter, vertical growth and fun to watch grow.ADVANTAGES OF TRAYS over other vessels: To me, it's the fun of watching them grow vertically because you can see the growth better each day. Especially with children, it's just more fun to have it so much more apparent, but even for adults. Also I personally think my leaves are bigger and that they green up better. I also think the stems are stronger.

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I have used this for more than 2 years now and really love it./ Prior to this I used jars and I still use jars sometimes if I am sprouting more than I can hold in these trays, but the trays are more convenient, compact and easy to use.The trays are a good size. If growing bean sprouts (mung beans) for an oriental stir fry then I might use all 4 trays. Often I grow one or two trays of each item.The drainage holes are great for medium and large seeds like mung beans, chick peas, or green and brown lentils. Water drains at a moderate rate so the seeds get a brief soak and rinse as the water drains. Small seeds like quinoa, mustard or even fenugreek tend to block the drain holes so the water drains slowly. For these, I fill the tray with water, let it sit a moment, pour off excess over the top, then swirl or shake the tray gently so the seeds move around unblocking the holes and allowing the water to drain. This only takes a minute. When harvesting, I sometimes need a toothpick to clean out a drain hole because sometimes a sprout grows through the hole and breaks off when I try to pull it out.The trays have small ridges in concentric rings on the bottom so the seeds are elevated above some of the residual water and air can circulate. I use a brush to scrub these occasionally. After 2 years the trays still look very clean.I have successfully sprouted mung beans (classic bean sprouts), fenugreek seeds, green lentils, brown lentils, quinoa, farro, wheat, barley, chick peas. These were just seeds from the supermarket (fenugreek is sold as a spice). I continue to experiment. With supermarket seeds I have been unable to sprout mustard seeds, adzuki beans, and soya beans. This is probably due to the seeds, which are intended for cooking rather than sprouting.Each time that I rinse my sprouts I look them over and sometimes change the tray order because the top tray gets the most air but dries out faster than the lower trays. I usually place the lid partly over the top tray to control the humidity in the top, or place an unused tray on the top of the stack.Things I like about this sprouter: I don't need to secure a clean cloth or screen over a jar lid to drain excess water. Even if I don't fully drain the water, it will continue to drain into the bottom tray (no seeds). Easy to clean compared with the inside of a jar. When growing multiple different sprouts the four trays are a compact stack compared with having 4 jars.

Ne fonctionne pas avec les petites graines comme les brocolis. Les trous se bouchent et l'eau reste stagnante. Donc ratage assuré et perte de temps.problème de drainage évoqué à nombreuses reprises sur amazon.com

Very good results I followed the instructions and use them regularly every week to make my batch of sprouts which last a week. Soak the green lentils over night for about 24 hours and then transfer them in the sprouter and within three day i have the sprouts ready. I water them every day and they sprouts very well. Would recommend this product for home made sprouts !