KITCHEN CROP VKP Brands 4-Tray Sprouter

Yesss I can grow sprouts like a BOSS now! I used to grow some sprouts, a few years ago using just the jar method. Which I had limited success with (at the time, I've been educating myself on better sprout farming in general now and have better luck but not as nice an experience as the sprouting tray) I wanted to get back in to it. Sprouts are so healthy, delicious, crazy affordable if you actually do get them growing well annnnd it's like a wee little farm in your kitchen, sweet. Since purchasing this 4 tray sprouter we have been consuming a TON of sprouts! Like..apparently radish seeds plus this sprouter set were the key to unlocking my sprouting success. I have a huge container ready to eat at almost all times now. I am thinking about purchasing another of these sets..I have to make some space on my counter first :) Not that it has a big foot print..I just have a messy (crowded) counter top. It's sturdy, easy to use, super easy to clean and as you will see in my vid grows radish sprouts beautifully. The drain system is genius, it works so well. Even in our desert home where the humidity is crazy low this sprouter keeps the seeds from drying out as they start growing. I had so much success with this sprouter I actually got back into the jar sprouting method, which works and is nice but I gotta admit..it's sooo much fussier than the sprout tray. If what you want is less fuss and more sprouts to eat then get the trays. They clean up well with a kitchen scrub brush. Our water tends to leave a build up if we don't wash often and when that happens a bit of baking soda and dish soap scrubbed in cleans everything nicely. If your sprouts start growing through the drain holes you can use a toothpick to push them through, so as not to block the water flow for your next go round. be sure to clean in between uses, this will ensure lovely fresh smelling and tasting sprouts! I use the lid on top when I am first starting out a new sprout batch. My process is this: Put 4 tablespoons of radish sprouting seeds in a clean jar. Top with lots of water, let soak for at least 6hours. Drain water and then divide the seeds evenly between the 4 trays. You can now rinse them even better and you'll find pouring water over spreads the seeds out nicely. If they clump just encourage them to spread around with a few kind words..or..like, your fingers or a spoon (hahaha) After the damp seeds are spread around I loosely set the lid on the top...LOOSELY...it allows air flow but keeps the top layer moist..if you think about it the lid is just doing what each tray is doing for the layer beneath it. Then once you have some growth you can set the lid aside and drain as usual. AT LEAST 3 TIMES a day..maybe more...trust your nose and your eyes. Be sure and remember to empty the drainage tray on the bottom before adding more water (whoops, guess who forgot that a couple times..bwahaha) When the sprouts are all grown and ready to harvest I suggest a strainer sitting in a bowl or a salad spinner to clean and remove hulls. At least for a large seeded and big sprout like the radish it works beautifully. The salad spinner lets you fill with water, float hulls to the top, pour off (repeat til as clean as you want, I am not too fussy over it myself) Then spin til dry-ish. Which also flings the hulls out through the colander. I store mine in the fridge in a standard plastic food container. I use only filtered water (from our Berkey) to rinse all the sprouts, ensuring they are getting the same quality of water we drink ourselves. This sprouter has made growing sprouts as easy possible and I love it. I love sprouts and feel a ridiculous sort of pride that we have incorporated them back in to our life.

Although I've been a "heavy" Amazon user for about 10 years (and 99.9% thrilled through all these years), I've never given a review before. It's just not something that I do. But I can't let this one slip by. This is probably the best money I've ever spent, and I'm happier with this purchase than with anything I've ever bought before. While I'm an avid outdoor gardener, I don't do such a great job with indoor plants -- we have about zero in the lighting department. Therefore, the only houseplants that survive are ZZs (Zamioculcas zamiifolia), which thrive in low-light conditions. It has always broken my heart that I couldn't grow salad greens indoors (we're in CT and you can't even plant until June 1st due to cold weather -- then it's too hot for lettuce and spinach!). Then along came my answer: The Victorio Tray Kitchen Seed Sprouter!!! I read the reviews (thanks for providing such a valuable service, Amazon!) and determined that there would be no lighting issues with such a method. I watched videos on YouTube. I concluded that if you can believe all the reviews and what you watch on YouTube, this little sprouter had to be idiot-proof -- and it is!!! Success-success-success on the very first try, and every single time thereafter! You gotta love winning! I followed the destructions carefully and threw in a few YouTube tips that I picked up. Always, always, always wash trays with soap and warm water as soon as you empty them to prevent illness in future crops -- and residue buildup on the plastic. I keep a large safety pin in the top kitchen drawer to quickly poke tiny seeds out of the drainage holes on occasion. Always move the bottom tray to the top position each time you rinse/water (twice daily). I don't use as much seed material in the trays as the directions tell you to use. They call for 2 Tablespoons, but I think that crowds the sprouts too much. Plants are more likely to mildew if they're over-crowded. I use 1 Tablespoon in each tray, and I start a new tray every day or two. While the spouse and I are true salad lovers, this seems to provide just the right amount of yummy sprouts of all kinds to serve as major components in our salads. We ordered a pound of Todd's Seeds Broccoli and Friends Mix (broccoli, alfalfa, red clover, radish) at the same time. Fabulous stuff!!! The radish gives it just the right nippy little zip -- refreshing! We're ready to order more alfalfa as the little packet that came with the sprouter is gone now. We like keeping 2 trays each of the plain alfalfa and the broccoli mix going at the same time. I'm currently experimenting with seed packets of radishes, beets and onions from Walmart. If we like the results, I'll order them by the pound from Amazon. Unless you harvest them at 2 inches tall or less, I wouldn't use this contraption for bean or sunflower seeds -- but only because I happen to prefer them 3 to 4 inches tall, and standing upright. Lots of folks like them smaller than that, and this sprouter would be fine for them. I can't rave enough about this product. Amazing in its simplicity, it just plain works -- and very, very well. I have been recommending it to anybody who will listen to me, and will continue to do so. Thanks, Victorio for such an outstanding product, and thanks to Amazon for making it available for dirt cheap -- and 2-day Prime shipping is to die for!!! Don't hesitate, don't think twice -- buy this little gem. You won't regret it for a minute.

TODO es bpa y no es marcha china corriente , el producto hasta tiene instructivo y la marca muy buena hasta tiene sitio web y da detallle de todo ,osea la tapa y las bandejas hasta tienen grabado que son BPA en el plastico, no como otras marcas chinas inventadas que ni tienen sitio web que en su plastico no tiene nada grabado...

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I have used this for more than 2 years now and really love it./ Prior to this I used jars and I still use jars sometimes if I am sprouting more than I can hold in these trays, but the trays are more convenient, compact and easy to use. The trays are a good size. If growing bean sprouts (mung beans) for an oriental stir fry then I might use all 4 trays. Often I grow one or two trays of each item. The drainage holes are great for medium and large seeds like mung beans, chick peas, or green and brown lentils. Water drains at a moderate rate so the seeds get a brief soak and rinse as the water drains. Small seeds like quinoa, mustard or even fenugreek tend to block the drain holes so the water drains slowly. For these, I fill the tray with water, let it sit a moment, pour off excess over the top, then swirl or shake the tray gently so the seeds move around unblocking the holes and allowing the water to drain. This only takes a minute. When harvesting, I sometimes need a toothpick to clean out a drain hole because sometimes a sprout grows through the hole and breaks off when I try to pull it out. The trays have small ridges in concentric rings on the bottom so the seeds are elevated above some of the residual water and air can circulate. I use a brush to scrub these occasionally. After 2 years the trays still look very clean. I have successfully sprouted mung beans (classic bean sprouts), fenugreek seeds, green lentils, brown lentils, quinoa, farro, wheat, barley, chick peas. These were just seeds from the supermarket (fenugreek is sold as a spice). I continue to experiment. With supermarket seeds I have been unable to sprout mustard seeds, adzuki beans, and soya beans. This is probably due to the seeds, which are intended for cooking rather than sprouting. Each time that I rinse my sprouts I look them over and sometimes change the tray order because the top tray gets the most air but dries out faster than the lower trays. I usually place the lid partly over the top tray to control the humidity in the top, or place an unused tray on the top of the stack. Things I like about this sprouter: I don't need to secure a clean cloth or screen over a jar lid to drain excess water. Even if I don't fully drain the water, it will continue to drain into the bottom tray (no seeds). Easy to clean compared with the inside of a jar. When growing multiple different sprouts the four trays are a compact stack compared with having 4 jars.

Ne fonctionne pas avec les petites graines comme les brocolis. Les trous se bouchent et l'eau reste stagnante. Donc ratage assuré et perte de temps. problème de drainage évoqué à nombreuses reprises sur amazon.com

This is so easy to use and the sprouts germinate very quickly very happy