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Tips for growing microgreen­s in the ground

In the ground requires less attention to watering but the greens are not quite so easy to cut off at ground level.

- Beds are easier to work. 4. A good idea is to lay a grid pattern with bamboo or doweling and plant different seeds in the squares at different time intervals. As one batch is germinatin­g, sow another, bearing in mind time to harvest can be anything from 8

• Is the media good quality? • Were containers cleaned thoroughly? • Was seed sown too thickly? • Were the temperatur­es adequate for germinatio­n? • Are you over-watering? • Is there enough air circulatio­n around plants?

SCORCHED LEAVES:

• Is the light too strong? • Did you water in the heat of the day? • Did plants dry out (usually worse around the edges)?

PALE, SPINDLY PLANTS:

• How much light are plants getting? Seedlings grown in low light (as in a garden shed) will have weak, drawnup stems. Note that plants may have a shorter life, but they are still quite edible.

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