How to grow wheatgrass

09 Nov 2012 (Fri):

This is another new project we have ongoing in our household. Growing wheatgrass! Ha.

What you need: organic soil, sprouting tray, wheat seeds, sprouting jar.

DIY your own sprouting jar; get any jar or container and a piece of mesh ( you can get those easily from any hardware shop). Spread the wheat seeds into the sprouting tray to see how much seeds goes into it. You wouldnt want overcrowding.

Now to begin: Soak the wheat seeds in your sprouting jar for 8-12hrs or overnight. After that, rinse 2-3 times to get rid of any unwanted remains. Cover the jar with the mesh & tilt it at an angle so that the excess water can be drain.

Continue rinsing the seeds twice a day till you see sprouts ( see above pic, bottom left). Spread the organic soil onto the tray, about 1.5cm thick. Water the soil to keep it damp. Transfer your wheat sprouts onto the tray, spreading the seeds around evenly. Try not to have the seedlings one on top of the other. Cover every inch of the soil. Next, take some newspaper to cover the seedlings. Shower the newspaper to keep it damp as well.

Place the tray in a dark & cool place; away from direct sunlight. Continue watering it twice a day. In about 2 days, your wheatgrass will grow beautifully.

This was taken on the 3rd day.

And measurements were taken on the 09 Nov 2012. The kids were eager to grind the wheatgrass into juice so we proceeded to snip off the wheatgrass, leaving behind about 1cm from the surface of the tray.

Wash the snipped wheatgrass & pour them into your juice grinder. Add a few pieces of ice cubes, about 1/2 cup of water. Add sugar to taste. And presto, you have you very own wheatgrass juice. You can even add honey.

The wheatgrass continues to grow....

Cotton Plant

01 Nov 2012 (Thurs):

My little successful planting interest. Particularly this cotton plant. So far, the results were fantastic. This pot of cotton grows beautifully day by day; with the exception of a bitten  leaf.

And i noticed a suprising fact; the leaves tend to fold downwards when its night time & open upwards in the day time.

And i'm beginning to kinder a little more interest in planting other kind of plants/flowers.

Our 4 Heavenly Kings Updates

07 Oct 2012 (Sun):

Our 4 Heavenly Kings now becomes only a lone ranger instead. For some reasons or another, the other 3 decides to hibernate & laid buried under the soil.

This little plant decides to make itself number 1 & grewed stronger & taller & bigger day by day.

Taken on 17 Sep 2012.

Taken on 25 Sep 2012

Taken on 01 Oct 2012.

I have told my supplier abt the other 3 & she has very kindly sent me the seeds again. Hopefully, this time round, i will have all 3 sprouting & growing successfully.

4 Heavenly Kings

13 Sep 2012 ( Thurs):

The craze for mushrooms & black fungus has died down & the kids are onto a new project - 4 Heavenly Kings namely Cotton, Long Beans, Sunflower & Cherry Tomato. We are trying to plant the seeds & see if we can have 4 new potted plants + yummy harvest.

I bought these 4 sets that comes with a pot, fertilizer, seeds, plant vitamin, paint & decorative stickers & ice cream sticks.

Long Bean & Cotton.

Cherry Tomato & Sunflower.

The kids painted the ice cream sticks & we identify the seedlings by stating which pot is what. Now, we sit back & wait for the 1st sprout. Let's see who is the fastest.