MicroGreens experiment

So I have been spending too much time on Youtube, internet, and seed catalogues checking out organic gardening and growing greens.  I discover a new trend called Microgreens.  Apparently, these are tiny 1-2 inches of baby seedlings that are grown for high-end restaurants as garnish and salads and they have 3-6 x more vitamins, minerals and antioxidants than the grown counter parts of these vegetables.  They look so cool and easy to grow.  I tell myself,  " I got to grow some right now!"

This is what they look like at a professional nursery.

Such beautiful succulent baby greens.  ( this is the pros)

Here is my experiment.

This is broccoli

Here is the set up on a south facing window.  It is in the middle of February, Storm Nemo just passed us, look at the snow outside of the window.  We had about 2 feet.

I planted Broccoli, sweet peas, chick peas, radishes, sunflower seedlings, cranberry beans.

I'm not sure that cranberry beans can be a micro green but what the heck, I bought it at whole foods and was too lazy to soak and cook it.  So I decided, why not, I'll grow into baby greens and saute it with garlic and olive oil,  my hubby will eat it.  

These are sweet peas

I spend 1/2 the day making this wood frame to hold up the grow lights.  What do you think?

I hope they will grow.  I'm planning to also grow all my outdoor vegetable garden seedlings by March. Got to have Zucchini, tomato, cucumber, romaine, bok choy, lots of Italian roma broad beans basils, nasturtium and maybe Tayso ( a Japanese green).

I'll keep you updated.