1. Jun 9, 2020
  2. 11:35:00 PM
  3. 2 Days
 🌼 Success

#55: Grow Bean Sprout From Green/Mung Bean

  1. 🌱 Bean Sprout
Mung Bean Sprout Kitchen

This is my second time growing mung bean sprout.

Prepare a food cover with holes.
Prepare a food cover with holes.
I use store bought green/mung bean.
I use store bought green/mung bean.
Get enough beans to cover a layer of the container.
Get enough beans to cover a layer of the container.
Put the beans in a bowl with water. Let it soak for 12 hours (I usually leave it overnight).
Put the beans in a bowl with water. Let it soak for 12 hours (I usually leave it overnight).

Day 2 -
  1. Jun 10, 2020
  2. 11:10:00 AM

Beans soaked in water overnight. Pour away the water and wash the bean to remove floating particles.
Beans soaked in water overnight. Pour away the water and wash the bean to remove floating particles.
Some beans are sprouted.
Some beans are sprouted.
Prepare the container with plenty of tiny holes.
Prepare the container with plenty of tiny holes.
Cover the container with a thin cloth (where roots could go through).
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Day 3 -
  1. Jun 11, 2020
  2. 12:50:00 AM

Sprout

Water and wet the cloth with beans 2-3 times a day.

More sprouted.

Day 4 -
  1. Jun 12, 2020
  2. 12:48:00 AM

Sprouted 2 to 3 cm. Some roots growing out from the bottom.

Day 4 -
  1. Jun 12, 2020
  2. 2:52:00 PM

Tips

Use a ceramic bowl to put pressure on the sprout, so they grow shorter and fatter.

Day 5 -
  1. Jun 13, 2020
  2. 12:13:00 AM

Lesson

About 20% of the sprouted to 10cm tall, so I will leave them overnight and harvest in the morning.

The previous bowl that put pressure on the sprouts didn't work that well, so I change to a plate with flatter base. Also I might have put the pressure plate one day too late.

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Day 5 -
  1. Jun 13, 2020
  2. 10:03:00 AM

Harvest

Time to harvest. The most time consuming part is cutting away the roots from the sprouts.

I was hoping the roots penetrated the cloth would make cutting the root away easier, but it only save about 30% time while causing more wastage. This is due to the fact that the sprouts didn't grow in a compact and uniform way.

A tray of sprouts is probably only good for a single meal.

From the time of soaking the beans in water until harvest, it takes 4 full days.

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