How to grow wheat?

To germinate wheat at home, you should act in several stages. The process involves washing the grains, further soaking them, draining the water and periodically rinsing until the sprouts appear.

How to properly germinate wheat?

To begin with, you need to pick up raw materials to properly germinate wheat grains, since the quality directly affects the result. If you notice in the general mass of weedy or undersized grains, foreign garbage, pass by and do not buy. Here's how to choose wheat to germinate quality sprouts: the grains should be ripe, whole, without fungal damage and foreign garbage. It is the healthy grain that will allow the wheat to germinate at home, as it contains all the necessary vitamins and nutrients.

Before you decide to germinate the sprouts of wheat at home, remember a few basic rules:

1. Necessary conditions for successful germination are heat, moisture and light without direct sunlight.
2. The darkest place with a temperature of about 24 ° C is best suited.
3. Before you grow wheat, carefully take the raw materials. Remove all bad (damaged or diseased) grains, garbage.
4. For soaking dishes from glass, porcelain or enamel bowl are suitable. Aluminum dishes are not suitable for these purposes. Wash the bowl well before use.
5. An important rule regarding how to properly germinate wheat is quality flushing. Before soaking, always rinse the grain thoroughly in large quantities of water.
6. All the grains that have surfaced need to be removed, they will not sprout. What should I do if you decided to grow wheat at home, and most of the grains surfaced? If 2-3% or more surfaced, then such raw materials are not suitable, since the seeds have a low life force and benefits in them very little.
7. Rinse better with purified water, its temperature should be at room temperature. If constantly washed with clean water, it will help to avoid mold and fungi, will saturate the grain with moisture.
8. For consumption, sprouts suitable for consumption are not longer than 1-2 m. It is at this stage that the highest concentration of nutrients and biological value. Remember that sprouts longer than 2 mm green are dangerous to eat, they become poisonous.
9. Use ready-made sprouts immediately. In the refrigerator they can be stored for no more than a day.
10. Always chew sprouts very carefully and for a long time. The best time for consuming such vitamins is in the morning. Eat them for breakfast or lunch, a day should be consumed about 100 g.

How to germinate wheat seeds: step by step instructions

Now consider the standard germination method, which is suitable not only for wheat, but also for oats, buckwheat. First thoroughly wash the seeds. For portions, the size of the dishes should be chosen correctly. Seeds in a container should not occupy more than half of its height. Now you need to pour all the water. Water should cover the seeds no less than 2 cm. We leave everything for 8 hours (preferably at night). After that, thoroughly wash the seeds with purified water at room temperature. At this point, you already notice some external changes. Again, we send it to a bowl and cover it with a damp gauze or cloth. You do not need to add water now. Again we leave for 8 hours. At the end of time, the seeds are washed and boldly used for food.

Remember that the sprouting time may fluctuate slightly. It depends on the type of seeds. If necessary, you can store the germs in the refrigerator for a day. Wheat will continue to grow in the refrigerator, but twice as slow. With the use of sprouts, give up the nuts for two weeks, otherwise it is fraught with unpleasant consequences in the form of unfriendly fungi in the intestine.