How to Grow Bean Sprouts? A Detailed Guide to Growing Methods from Four Perspectives

For ordinary vegetables, the entire cycle from sowing to growing into a delicious dish on people's tables takes at least several months, but bean sprouts are different - their growing cycle is relatively very short. Growing bean sprouts also does not require much technical skill. Below we will look at bean sprout growing methods from four perspectives.

1. How to Select Seeds

When selecting seeds, we can use a method like this to screen good bean sprout seeds: first put all the bean sprout seeds in water. If the bad bean sprout seeds are relatively light in weight, they will float up. This way, some plump-less bean sprout seeds can be filtered out. Only plump bean sprout seeds have strong vitality and can grow bean sprouts of good quality. So we should filter several times. Keep stirring to let the slightly hollow bean sprout seeds float up.

Selecting bean sprout seeds also requires one more step, which is to pick out some defective seeds that did not float on the water but are still bad. Inferior seeds are not only difficult to grow into good bean sprouts, but will also affect the growth of other bean sprouts. So it is very necessary to throw away the bad bean sprout seeds. After these two steps are completed, they can be placed on a clean cloth to filter dry.

2. Sowing

Bean sprouts are generally not grown in soil; even if soil is used, it is enough to cover the top with a thin layer of soil. To make it convenient to monitor the bean sprouts during growth, many growers like to grow them in containers; generally a 40*50CM container is enough. Bean sprouts are very densely concentrated, so according to the actual situation, it is better to use several containers for growing. A very thin layer of soil can be placed in the container, and after sowing, water thoroughly. Humidity needs to be controlled well, because the nutrients for bean sprout growth mainly depend on water, and they do not need much fertilizing.

3. Controlling Temperature

For growers, the word temperature is very familiar. Most types of growing have certain temperature requirements. This is also why certain vegetables are grown in certain seasons. If it is not a seasonal vegetable, then a suitable environment must be created for it in order to grow it. Growing bean sprouts is the same. Temperature will affect the growth of bean sprouts. When sowing, controlling the temperature for bean sprouts at 18°C is relatively suitable; after the bean sprout seeds crack, the temperature is different. At this time, 23°C is the best growing temperature for bean sprouts. While maintaining the optimal temperature for bean sprout growth, the bean sprout seeds must not be soaked in water. So the container's drainage should be good.

4. Supplementing Water

Bean sprouts are different from other crops; bean sprouts do not need fertilizing. This is also why growers very much like growing bean sprouts. It saves one item of growing cost. What the entire bean sprout growth process needs is water. Water is crucial to the growth of bean sprouts. Based on the actual growth situation of the bean sprouts, consider as appropriate how much watering is more suitable. After sowing, when the bean sprouts have not yet sprouted, the temperature is high at this time, and the bean sprouts' demand for water is also great. Water once every 5 hours. Ensure the water needed for bean sprout growth. Growers who grow relatively more can use some spraying devices.

In addition, when growing bean sprouts, also note that bean sprouts do not need sunlight. Time is also very important for bean sprouts. About 10 days of growing is enough. If the time is too long, the bean sprouts will become old. Then they will not be as tasty.