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Re: broccoli sprouts

Hi Evonne--

A wide mouthed jar with a piece of cheesecloth secured with a rubber band
will do nicely.  Sometimes you can find plastic mesh "sprouting lids" for
sale at the health food store or cookery store--these come usually in a set
of three--large opening for bean & pea seed sprouts, the smallest for
alfalfa, clover, broccoli etc.  these lids screw on to a standard mason
jar.  Be sure and rinse twice daily and make sure seeds can drain by
putting jar upside down in dish drainboard or somewhere similar.

Be sure the broccoli seed you use is organic and untreated--even "organic"
seed vendors sometimes treat brassicas with fungicide, tho this is more
common with brussels sprouts in my experience.

I wrote an article a while back about broccoli sprouts, and how to make
sprouts--you can find it at 
http://vegetablegarden.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa092597.htm
if you want more detail and other links.

best,
Havi

At 07:40 PM 3/22/98 -0800, you wrote:
>  I've been reading that broccoli sprouts may contain 10 to 100 times the
>cancer fighting compounds that mature broccoli and other cabbages do, and
>I'm interested in growing some.

Havi Hoffman
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