Nature Jim's Sprouts - Organic Wheat Grass Sprouting Seeds – Non-GMO - 16oz

I have very hard well water but you can use filtered water, reverse osmosis, or distilled water. City water may have chemicals in it that might prevent the growth. I boiled my first batch of water and let it cool to soak the seeds. I've had good luck and my grass is thick and full. I did lots of research on hydroponics before starting. This is how I grew it. I had planted wheatgrass in soil before. I usually gave my cats the planter and they would pull the grass out by the roots and drag soil across my kitchen. I decided to try to grow it hydroponically. I didn't want to waste money on planters not knowing how I'd do so I made my own planter to try first. If you grow in soil, soaking the seeds before planting is probably best. I went to the dollar store and bought 2 matching food containers with lids. When stacked together, I could see there was at least an inch between them. I heated an ice pick in a flame and punched holes in the bottom of one container. This was very time-consuming but cheap. I had to keep wiping down the ice pick with paper towels because of the melting plastic. I had some dehydrator screen and cut one to fit the bottom of a container, for the one with the holes. I measured my screen by placing a container on top of it and taking a marker to draw a circle on the screen. Then just cut it out with scissors I poured dry wheatgrass seed into the food container without the holes about 1/8 inch thick to see how much seed I would need. It will swell once the seeds are wet. I mixed a solution of 1 1/2 tsp of 3% hydrogen peroxide with 1 cup of warm water and a TBS of table sugar. I made a few cups of this solution. I mixed it up well and poured this solution over my seeds to soak. I covered my food container with the lid tightly and placed it in a dark cupboard (that's important) for about 36 hours and ignored it. Hydrogen peroxide breaks down in light so it has to be put in the dark. That's why it's sold in brown bottles. The hydrogen peroxide keeps nasties from growing on your seeds, helps soften the outer seed hulls, gives them oxygen, and helps to sprout seeds. The sugar gives them a boost of energy. After 36 hours I took the container from the cupboard and I could see most of the seeds sprouting. I carefully poured them into the container with the holes and screen. I gently rinsed them with a not too warm trickle from my sink. I popped the LID BACK ON and then placed that container in the other container without adding more water. I put them back in the cupboard. I took them out TWICE daily and gave them a gentle rinse, covered them, and put them back in the dark cupboard. Make sure you rinse the bottom container with hot water to keep it clean. Just don't rinse the container with the seeds with hot water. You will not see any green while doing this because to turn green they need light. So don't panic and just watch them sprout and grow. After 2 days of doing that, I took the containers out of the cupboard and after rinsing I placed them on a shelf under the light without the lid. I still didn't add water to the bottom container even though I saw a few roots coming out. Instead, I gently rinsed them under a trickle so that all the seeds got a drink twice daily. The sprouts turned green overnight. There was no bad smell or fuzzy stuff growing. I didn't add water to the bottom container until I saw roots growing that could reach down into the water. You don't want the seeds soaking in water. Every day I rinsed the bottom container in hot water to keep it clean. Once the roots started to come down I added just enough barely warm water to the bottom container so the roots would reach. The problem was I didn't have quite enough holes in the container for all the roots to go through. I had to give the roots in the container a drink. So twice daily I still give them a rinse and rinsed that bottom container in hot water. I don't see any dead wheatgrass or have any nasty odor. You can see how thick my grass grew. I know there are other ways to grow hydroponically but this was low expense and worked. I have now ordered some real hydroponic growing wheatgrass containers and a liquid hydroponic fertilizer. I'm thinking I'll just add a few drops to the water so the grass grows faster. I've been growing this over a week but I would like to see if I can grow it faster with hydropic food. To this day I rinse it twice daily and change the water. Every time I look into the water in the bottom container it's cloudy so make sure you keep that water clean. If you don't nasty things will grow in your wheatgrass.

Actually sprouts! Good seeds, the cat lives it.

Nature Jim's wheat grass seeds were easy to grow. The grass was beautiful. I had bought it for my cats and dogs to eat. I planted it in a huge plastic bowl. I had planted the seed on top of cypress bark because there was quite a bit of depth to the bowl. This is the first time that I've ever grown wheat grass. I watched many YouTube videos and followed many directions. The grass grew beautifully. I put it outside in the bowl for the cats and dogs. But, no one was eating it. I thought, I guess it's because I've shewed them away from potted plants so much, they think this is another potted plant. I then planted the grass in the ground so they would maybe feel more at ease eating the grass, like they would eat other grass in the ground. I think the cats tried it a few times. When the dogs saw that beautiful tuft of luscious green grass, they did the natural thing – they peed on it. My beautiful wheat grass was done. It withered and died almost immediately. I learned a good lesson – don't cast your beautiful wheat grass before swine. However, I think it's a very good product and the grass was beautiful for a while.

the seeds were very strong. they sprouted in two days!!!

I bought this product because there was a cat sitting beside the bag. My cat will touch it. It grows beautifully, my budgies won't touch it. Was a waste of my money.

Nice seed. Easy to germinate. My cat loves it

I didn't buy this for me, I bought it to grow for my cat who loves to munch on grass after struggling to find grass at pet shops for her. We don't have a yard and it's something she enjoys, so I wanted to try growing some for her. Since I'm not growing it for myself to eat as micro greens, I had to look up different instructions for growing online. However the seeds still sprouted very well!! I can't say If they ALL took, of course, but it seems like every one at least sprouted. It grows fast, if you're doing it for yourself, the time line is even shorter, but I think the pictures I include are 4-5 days in. I keep mine inside, and while ive been meaning to set up a grow light this grass isn't fussy at all and the over head light seems to be enough. I think it was a pretty good deal!

It seemed like a rather small amount of seed for the money, but it is actually excellent and it will last you for a long time if you are growing it for cats or smoothies. I put the seeds in black plastic containers that come with various frozen food products. I use some pesticide-free potting soil from the nursery. Just punch a small hole or two in the bottom for excess water to drain out. Pack some potting soil about halfway up the container and add some water. After soaking the seeds overnight, I just use a plastic pill bottle, and press them into the potting soil with a wooden block. No need to cover the seeds. Cover your container with plastic wrap to keep your seeds from drying out. Honestly, these seeds sprout very fast in about 2 to 3 days. I then put them outside under a hanging plant which has an automatic watering system. I let the excess water from the hanging plant keep my wheat grass watered. The grass if planted in a container with potting soil will last for weeks. I let my cats out onto the patio every morning and the first thing they do is go and nibble on the wheatgrass. I was surprisingly pleased with this product. The seeds must be quite fresh as they sprout quickly.

Very good quality