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Sprouting Chart
Growing your own sprouts is a fun way to add nutrient-rich foods to your diet. Use this easy chart to get started. 

Sprouting Chart 

 

Seed type

Dry amount

Soak time

Sprouting time

Yield

Length at harvest

Tips

Nuts-soak in water at room temperature  NB avoid peanuts and cashews

All nuts

1 cup 

12 hrs

0 hrs

2 cups

None    

Store in water or fridge
Hulled seeds- soak in water at room temperatureHulled pumpkin

1 cup

4 hrs

24 hrs

2 cups

0-¼ cm

 
Hulled sunflower

1 cup

4 hrs

24 hrs

2½ cups

½ cm

 
Hulled sesame  

1 cup

4 hrs

12 hrs

1½ cups

¼ cm

bitter if sprouted longer
Small (alkalizing) grains- soak in very warm waterAmaranth   

1 cup 

3 hrs

24 hrs

3 cups

¼ cm

aztec grain

Millet

1 cup 

5 hrs

12 hrs

3 cups

0-¼ cm

most alkalizing

Quinoa

1 cup 

3 hrs

24 hrs

3 cups

½ cm

incan grain

Teff

1 cup 

3 hrs

24 hrs

3 cups

¼ cm

ethopian grain

Large (more acid forming) grains - soak in very warm water Hulled Buckwheat

1 cup 

15 mins

24 hrs

2 cups

¼ cm

 
Kamut

1 cup 

6 hrs

36 hrs

3 cups

½ cm

 
Rye

1 cup 

6 hrs

36 hrs

3 cups

½ cm

 
Spelt

1 cup 

6 hrs

36 hrs

3 cups

½ cm

primitive wheat
Triticale

1 cup 

6 hrs 

36 hrs

3 cups

½ cm

hybrid of wheat and rye
Wheat

1 cup 

6 hrs

36 hrs

3 cups

½ cm

 
Wild Rice

1 cup 

24 hrs

use

3 cups

0

 

Beans and legumes - soak in very warm water (converts starches to complex sugars)

 

Adzuki beans

½ cup

8 hrs

3 days

4 cups

2 cm

grow under pressure

Chick peas

1 cup

12 hrs

3 days

4 cups

2 cm

complete protein

Green peas

1½ cups

8 hrs

3 days

4 cups

2 cm

 

Lentils

¾ cup

8 hrs

3 days

4 cups

2 cm

 

Lima beans

2 cups

12 hrs

12 hrs

4 cups

0

 

Mung beans

½ cup

8 hrs

4 days

4 cups

4 cm

grow under pressure

Small vegetables (develop chlorophyll) - soak in water at room temperature
 
 
Alfalfa

3 Tbsp

5 hrs

5 days

4 cups

2 in

 
Cabbage

3 Tbsp

5 hrs

5 days

4 cups

1½ in

 
Clover

3 Tbsp

5 hrs

5 days

4 cups

2 in

 
Fenugreek

¼ cup

6 hrs

5 days

4 cups

2 in

mucous dissolving
Garlic

¼ cup

5 hrs

5 days

3 cups

1 in

milder than bulbs
Mustard

 

3 Tbsp

5 hrs

5 days

4 cups

1½ in

spicy
Onion

3 Tbsp

5 hrs

5 days

3 cups

1½ in

spicy
Radish

3 Tbsp

6 hrs

4 days

4 cups

1½ in

spicy

Wheatgrass and baby greens - grown in soil in trays 

Seed type

Dry amount
Per tray

Soak

Sprout

Plant covered

Uncover

Harvest

Tips

Wheat berries

1¼ cup

8-10 hrs

12-16 hrs

3 days

7-10 days

Day10-14

As shoots split

Unhulled sunflower

2 cups

8-10 hrs

12-16 hrs

3 days

4-7 days

Day 7-10

 

Unhulled buckwheat

1½cups

8-10 hrs

12-16 hrs

3 days

4-7 days

Day7-10

 

Pea greens

2 cups

8-10 hrs

12-16 hrs

3 days

4-7 days

Day 7-10

 

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