Sproutman says:
Use one bag for garbanzos, one for peas, and a third for
starting wheat for your next batch of wheatgrass or sprouted wheat
bread!
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Made of raw hemp for extra durability. Lasts for years!
Which Seeds To Grow
Sprout bags will grow any seed, even hard-to-grow gelatinous seeds
like chia, flax, arugula, and cress. But they are perfect for all
grains and beans such as mung, lentil, green pea, garbanzo, adzuki,
wheat, barley, rye, Kamut, peanut, quinoa, fenugreek, and shelled
(silver) sunflower seed. Sure, you can also grow green leafy sprouts
such as radish and alfalfa, especially if you roll back the collar to
allow more light. See More Sprout Bag Photos But, a straight-growing,
ample light grower such as our Automatic Sprouter is best suited for
greening up leafy sprouts.
| "I
just wanted to say 'thanks' for a great site with loads of helpful
information and great products. We just started to grow our own sprouts
in Sprout Bags and we all enjoy not only the sprouts, but the whole
experience of growing sprouts. It is a great teaching tool for our
kids. They love the hands-on work and then tasting what they helped
grow. Great job!" Your friend in NY,
Bill Scheps
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 Why a Bag?
People often assume sprouts are best grown in jars. Indeed, in the
hands of a diligent gardener, jars can successfully grow several
varieties of sprouts. But jars were never designed for sprouting. Their
popularity has more to do with their wide availability and free cost
than with their merits as a gardening tool. Any serious sprout grower
will soon run into the many limitations of jars as sprouting devices.
While there are other types of sprouters available with different
features, the sprout bag is a perfect substitution for the jar, with
several advantages. A little sprout history lesson follows.
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Sprout History Lesson
The Dark Ages of Sprouting
--THE TROUBLESOME SPROUTING JAR
- Never designed for sprouting.
- Poor air circulation. Small opening limits air.
- Incomplete drainage. Stagnant air & water promotes mold growth.
- Open end requires cheesecloth, rubber bands, screens, or lids.
- Cheesecloth over mouth collects bacteria.
- Not usable for sprouting many vegetables, large beans, and gelatinous seeds (chia).
- Prone to breakage. Difficult to transport. Accidents ruin crop.
- Take up valuable kitchen space.
- Time consuming 4 steps. Fill up, pour out, tilt at an angle, drain.
- Cumbersome to handle multiple jars. Difficult to get hands in and out.
- Takes up precious refrigerator space and shelf space. Fixed size.
"I so love that you shared what you eat
with us! Way to go, Steve!!! You gave me some new ideas! Thanks so much
and thanks so much for your spouting hemp bag. I love it! I'll have to
visit you again and buy more stuff from you. You rock! Blessings!!"
Eva
The Modern Age of Sprouting
---THE TROUBLE-FREE HEMP SPROUT BAG
- Designed for sprouting. Saves time. Very convenient.
- All sprouts get air. Good circulation prevents mold.
- 100% drainage without tilting or waiting. Water never collects.
- Will sprout all varieties. All grains, all beans, even gelatinous seeds.
- Convenient. Only 2 steps. Dip in water, hang on hook or knob. Or lay in dish rack.
- Saves counter space. Saves refrigerator space. Bags expand and contract per volume.
- Lightweight, unbreakable. Great for traveling, camping, boating.
- Wide opening for easy handling. Holds equivalent to 3/4 gallon jar.
- Fabric won't shrink or mold, like cotton, burlap or cheesecloth.
- Made from durable flax (linen) and hemp fibers.
- Flax sprout bag discovered by Sproutman circa 1979.
Sprout bags are perfect for making delicious sprout bread.
Here is Sproutman's basic sprout bread recipe.
"I
purchased a sprout bag last week and just took my sprout bread out of
the oven. I'm so very happy with the product. I've been wanting to grow
sprouts for years and your bag is so easy. I used wheat berries for my
first loaf of bread. It's so good. I also bought your Kitchen Garden
Cookbook. You are awesome. Thank you so much!"
Margaret Anderson, Castro Valley, CA, July 24, 2002
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Watch Sproutman demonstrate the Sprout Bag
"
Hello again, well, I simply wanted to let you know that I received the
sprout bags today...awesome job on these puppies...very nice...I am
extremely excited to get started...I've been waiting for like a week to
decide which sprouter I was going to buy...,after I have stopped
cooking any of my nutrients and sending them down the drain...and
considering that I am very busy and will be traveling, these bags are
the best! Now I will have a complete protein!....awesomeness...legumes
and grains...in living and extra powerful form....now that's what I'm
talkin' about...haha blessings to you all.
David Stegman, Nashville, Tenn.
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How are Sprout bags made? Are they organic?
| Dear Ellen: I love these sprout bags. They work as well as the Sproutman said they do. Awesome, easy, great sprouts. Thanks!
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MORE PHOTOS AND RECIPES
I invented the fabric sprout bag in 1979 after years of
hefting jars from workshop to workshop and breaking a fair percentage
of them. Sure I was tired of cleaning up the broken glass, but I was
also tired getting your distress calls about getting mold growing in
your jars. I put two and two together and after many failed attempts
using cotton, I made the first successful fabric sprout bag using
flax---the fiber from which we get linen. But flax also has a sister
weed---Hemp. Either fiber resists mold and mildew. I promote hemp today
because it is so versatile. It can also be used to make paper and rope,
building materials, cosmetics, paint, diesel fuel, and food. It’s a
renewable resource and can put lots of farmers back to work. By the
way, hemp grown for fiber does not contain the psychotropic plant
compounds found in its famous sister plant---marijuana. Heck, back in
the 1700s in the U.S., most documents were written on paper made from
hemp or flax. --Sproutman
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