Wheatgrass growing time?

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My wheatgrass book says harvest 9 to 12 days (or 6 to 12 inches tall).

Is that 9 to 12 days after I take the lid off when it's about 2 inches

tall after the first 3 days (therefore adding 3 days) or from the start?

 

I have already been growing wheatgrass but I haven't been counting the

days so I'm not sure. I want to juice a full tray every day. So then I

would need either 9 to 12 trays or 12 to 15 trays going at once, so

which is it 9-12 or 12-15?

 

I need to buy another grow rack darn it. Mine only holds 8 trays.

 

I'm also having trouble getting water everywhere without over-watering,

especially the first one. I do use a sprinkler head. It's causing mold.

It's very frustrating! >:-(

 

Please HELP! :-)

 

Minnie

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At Wed, 5 Apr 2006 it looks like minnie9090 composed:

 

> My wheatgrass book says harvest 9 to 12 days (or 6 to 12 inches tall).

> Is that 9 to 12 days after I take the lid off when it's about 2 inches

> tall after the first 3 days (therefore adding 3 days) or from the start?

>

> I have already been growing wheatgrass but I haven't been counting the

> days so I'm not sure. I want to juice a full tray every day. So then I

> would need either 9 to 12 trays or 12 to 15 trays going at once, so

> which is it 9-12 or 12-15?

>

> I need to buy another grow rack darn it. Mine only holds 8 trays.

>

> I'm also having trouble getting water everywhere without over-watering,

> especially the first one. I do use a sprinkler head. It's causing mold.

> It's very frustrating! >:-(

>

> Please HELP! :-)

>

> Minnie

>

 

Minnie,

 

First off, congradulations for all your hard work to get this far

with wheatgrass, you a part of a very small group of people who grow

their own " grass " (wheatgrass that is

 

Now, having been a non-stop grower for about 3 years now, and about

one city block from the Pacific Ocean, my wheatgrass takes about

2-weeks from " soak-to-sip. " Meaning, from the very first moment I

pour the 4-cups of dry " hard red wheatberries " into the soak pot,

it's usually two weeks from them that I can grind some juice.

 

How do I know this?

 

Everytime I " soak " I have a strip of masking tape hanging off the

side of the soaker and I put the date on it such as " 2/14/06 " that I

consider to be the seeds " DOB " or date of birth.

 

When the seeds have sprouted to the point of planting, I then write

that date on the piece of masking tape hanging on the planting tray,

thereby " tracking " it's progress.

 

As for the " height " of the grass, mine average about 7 " max. The

thing to pay attention to is not the height but when the single

grass shoot " splits " into two shoots. Then it's in the timezone for

drinking.

 

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Bill Schoolcraft | http://wiliweld.com

 

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