Microgreens (Mixed)

How to grow Microgreens (Mixed)

Mixed species

🥕 Vegetable 🌱 Grown each year

A windowsill mix of radish, broccoli, rocket and more, cut as tiny seedlings for intense flavour — ready in under two weeks, all year round.

Growing Microgreens (Mixed): what it needs

Light
Part shade · 4+ hours a day
Watering
Keep the compost damp; water from below
Soil
Multipurpose compost
Spacing
Sown thickly
In pots
Grows well in containers
Feeding
No feeding needed
Harvest
About 8 days from sowing
Hardiness
USDA zones 1–11
Difficulty
Easy

Step by step

  1. On planting day

    Sow a Tray

    Fill a shallow tray with 3 cm of damp compost, scatter seed thickly, press it in and cover with another tray for a few days.

  2. 2–4 days after “Sow a Tray”

    Uncover and Move to the Light

    Seedlings appear in 2–4 days: take the cover off and stand the tray on a bright windowsill. Mist or water from below daily.

  3. 8–14 days after “Sow a Tray”

    Snip and Eat

    Cut with scissors just above the compost when the shoots are 5–10 cm tall. Take a photo for your journal!

  4. 0–7 days after “Snip and Eat”

    Sow the Next Tray (optional)

    Sow a fresh tray every week or two for a constant supply. Old compost goes on the compost heap.

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