How To Grow Pea Shoot Microgreens Indoors

10 Easy steps for growing your own pea shoot microgreens indoors.

  1. For a 1020 size tray, sanitize between 8-10 oz. of Peas by submerging them in The Poor Man’s Sanitizer Solution for 10 minutes.
  2. Pour the sanitized peas into a mesh strainer to rinse well with potable water.
  3. Pour the peas into a tall pitcher or bowl, submerge in pH 6-7 water and soak for 4-12 hours. Waterline should be 2-3″ above the surface of the peas since they are very absorbent. Remove any floating debris like detached pea skins to reduce non-growing organic material that mold could grow on later.
  4. Pour the peas into a pasta colander.
  5. Rinse and drain thoroughly 2x per day. Leave the peas in the colander until the root tips are showing.
  6. Lay the peas out on pre-moistened, sanitized grow media in your grow tray. Your seed density should be about 5-8 oz. per 1020 tray and the peas should not be clumped together or touching each other.
  7. Blackout for 2-3 days until shoots start to appear.
  8. Expose the peas to 6500k white light for 18 hours per day, with 6 hours of darkness.
  9. Water from the bottom up 5-6x per day.
  10. Harvest your pea shoots after 10-14 days when the first or second set of true leaves appear by cutting the shoots just above the grow medium with scissors or a sharp knife. Your pea shoots should be 6-8″ inches or more in height by this time.

Your freshly harvested Pea Shoot Microgreens should be stored in a closed container in the refrigerator @ 36-40° and will keep for up to 10-14 days.

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Microgreen Pea Shoots Crop of July 28, 2019

Microgreen Pea Shoots Crop of July 28, 2019

Seed: Organic Speckled Peas
Qty: 1 lb.
Seed Source: Sprout People
Seed Source URL: www.SproutPeople.org
Date Ordered: 05/24/2019
Germination Date: 07/16/2019
Harvest Date: 07/28/2019

 

Soak Date: 07/16/2019
Sanitizing Soak Time: 10 minutes
Sanitizing Soak Solution: 4 teaspoons of white vinegar + 4 teaspoons of food-grade hydrogen peroxide + 1 quart of water.
Rinse & Soak in pure water: 8 hours

Grow System: Vertical Ebb & Flow Grow Rack
Seed Amount: 1 cup (x grams) dry weight per tray

Tray 1 Grow Media: Hemp grow mat
Tray 2 Grow Media: Biostrate grow mat
Tray 3 Grow Media: No grow mat, just seed in a 1020 seed tray

Tray 1 Yield: 9 oz.
Tray 2 Yield:
11.3 oz.
Tray 3 Yield:
not measured, just an experiment, plants do not grow as fast, not a viable method.

Speckled Pea Shoot Germination Series:

Sprouting, Short shoots, and Tall shoots.

Lessons Learned

  • For next crop measure 300-330 grams dry weight of seed instead of 1 cup volume.
  • Goal is 16-24 oz. yield per 1020 tray
  • Might want to put more weight on top of seeds during blackout period.
  • Next crop, try coconut coir for one tray and organic soil mixed with perlite for another tray.