Knowing how to grow wheatgrass at home is going to prove beneficial to you because you will have a fresh supply of nutritious juice every day. Plus, you’re going to be sure you’re getting the most nutritious wheatgrass juice there is for a fraction of the price you would pay if you were to buy it from various juice bars or other sources.

Wheatgrass is a nutrient potent plant hosting numerous beneficial substances most of whom are essential for the proper functioning of various bodily systems. The list of these nutrients comprises various vitamins; A, C, E and B12 to name a few, enzymes, critical to every chemical reaction that occurs in our body, minerals with their various purposes that range from building stronger bones and teeth to optimal functioning of the nervous system. This is exactly why there are so many topics on how to grow wheatgrass at home.

Before you start learning how to grow wheatgrass at home the easy way, there are a few things we need to take care of. The tools that are necessary for this kind of work are available everywhere, and most of them you already have at your own home. These include: quality berries, well lit area, a flat tray of some kind, quality soil and an organic fertilizer. The use of the sprinkle sprayer is optional but recommended.

If you have provided all these tools and necessary items, you are ready for the first step in our - how to grow wheatgrass at home – course.

1. Step – Your quality berries need to be prepared for the germination stage. This includes rinsing them in cold water a few times. After that, you should put them in a cup of some kind and leave overnight (or 8 to 10 hours).

2. Step – In this step we are going to address the issue of flat tray preparation. Take a few sheets of paper towel and spread them all over the bottom of the tray. This little maneuver should ensure that the little roots won’t stick through the holes of the pot.

Next thing would be the addition of the soil pre-mixed with the quality organic fertilizer. Make sure you don’t overfill the tray, try to keep it filled to an inch and a half in depth.

Now it is time to take the berries you left overnight in a different cup, and spread them all over the surface. Take care that the berries don’t touch each other since the density of the planting of the berries is a very important factor. Planted to densely, wheatgrass runs the risk of getting infested with molds, and we don’t want that.

3. Step – Take some of that quality soil and sprinkle it lightly over the freshly planted berries. Then use old newspapers or any other kind of paper available to you and cover the tray to make some shade for the berries, since they don’t need sunlight at this stage, it may even hinder their growth.
Besides, birds love berries and they will munch them once they spot them so this little technique works well in these kinds of situations.

4. Step – After 24 hours, take of the paper for a while to sprinkle some water over the germinating berries. Moisten them lightly. You don’t want to soak them because high humidity leads to the onset of molds. This cycle should be repeated until you notice little green leaves sprouting from the soil. This is the point where you remove the paper for good.

5. Step – This is the most important step in our little – how to grow wheatgrass at home – mini-course. Water it twice a day. No more, no less. In fact to water it is a strong term – you should sprinkle some water over it one in the morning and once in the evening. About ten days after the berries have been planted; wheatgrass is ready to be harvested.

That basically concludes it. You now know how to grow wheatgrass at home the easy way.
Enjoy your wheatgrass!

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