These nutrient loaded tiny greens are a popular super-food in today’s world, enriched with various vitamins, minerals as well as essential elements. Growing them is not a rocket science. They are widely used in the preparation of soups, salads, sandwiches and additionally in garnishing. Moreover, you can easily grow them at home for a constant fresh supply. Some growers use cocopeat and vermicompost as a media to grow microgreens. But they are comparatively easier to grow without any media. Let’s see how we can grow microgreens without soil.
Growing microgreens without soil eliminates the cumbersome process of preparing soil media but requires an inert media as a support to the roots for better growth. For growing microgreens there’s no need to add any fertilizers. To clarify, plant derives it’s energy from the seed itself and is harvested in very early stage of growth.
Other inert substrates can also be used to assist roots. This includes hemp mats, coconut coir, clay pebbles, rock wool, vermiculite and not to mention cotton cloth and paper towel.