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Bean Sprout Basics

Seed to Sprout
in 2-5 Days
Yield
2:1 to 4:1
Seed Shelf Life at 70°
2-10 years
Sprout Shelf Life
2-6 weeks

Nutritional Info

Vitamins
A, B, C, and E
Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Niacin, Phosphorus, Potassium, All Essential Amino Acids
Protein
20-30%

Bean Sprouts

Colorful, Delicious, Nutritious.

Learn everything there is to know about:
Adzuki, Garbanzo, Lentil, Mung, Pea, Peanut and more!

Choose an Item below to learn everything about that Item! Clicking the name of a mix or seed will take you to that seed's DETAIL PAGE.
We offer an amazing variety of Sprouting Beans! Bean Sprouts come in many shapes, sizes and colors and offer a diverse range of flavors and textures. You may never have thought of some of these beans as sprouts - they are, and they may change your life!

Beans are nutritious and delicious raw and cooked. Visit our Recipe Center to begin discovering sprout cookery.

Over the 10 Summers we sold at the Dane County Farmer's Market in Madison, Wisconsin - we talked to thousands and thousands of folks about sprouts. Every week new people stopped by our stand and asked - "What do you do with those bean sprouts?" In most cases our regular (and often passionate) customers were the first to answer, telling more often than not that they, "eat them right out of the bag" - some saying "I just stand at the refrigerator munching"

Most sproutpeople started the same way - thinking of Alfalfa when they heard the word Sprouts. It was a challenge for most of us to think of a Lentil, Pea, or Garbanzo Bean as a Sprout - but once we tried it our lives were changed forever and so was our perception of what a Sprout is. Once you open your mind, heart and mouth to the idea of Sprouted Beans you wonder how you could have lived so many years thinking that Alfalfa defined Sprout!

Adzuki

$5.95
per Lb.
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An absolutely beautiful, small, oblong maroon bean with a decidedly rich bean flavor.

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Beanie's Awesome Mix

$7.65
per Lb.
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Green, Crimson & Red Chief Lentils, Green, Marrowfat & Yellow Peas, Beige Garbanzos and Adzukis

An amazingly beautiful - pastel bean mix. Our original bean combo was originally called Jupiter's Awesome Mix - after our (first) beloved dog, who is responsible for our move "back to the land", and is our 2nd most popular bean blend of all time (just barely behind San Francisco Mix)

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Black Turtle Bean

$5.67
per Lb.
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Black Turtle Beans are difficult for most folks to digest when raw, so we advise that they should be cooked before eating. They make an attractive dark purple sprout which cooks up Much faster than a dry bean - in just an hour or so.

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Christmas Present

$7.25
per Lb.
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Mung Beans and Adzuki Beans, and Green Peas

A seasonally colored bean mix - Red and Green. Delicious bean flavor and easy - as are all beans - to sprout.

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Garbanzo - Beige - Large

$5.80
per Lb.
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Your basic Chick-Pea makes a delicious nutty sprout - probably the tastiest of all Garbanzos. A great snack on its own or as an ingredient in numerous recipes (Sprout Hummus and several others). A very easy sprout to grow, resembles a miniature brain.

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Garbanzo - Beige - Small

$6.75
per Lb.
Out of stock

Your basic Chick-Pea, only smaller. This is our favorite Beige - it tastes great and is best looking as a sprout (compared to Large Beige Garbanzos). A great snack on its own or as an ingredient in numerous recipes (Sprout Hummus and several others). A very easy sprout to grow, Small Beige Garbanzos appear in many of our bean mixes.

Small Garbanzos have become scarce of late, so you will see them out-of-stock not infrequently.

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Garbanzo - Black

$7.89
per Lb.
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The coolest of all Chick Peas! These taste like other Garbanzos, but they have a black skin. black vegetables - and foods in general - are rare indeed. These are VERY difficult to find. We have gone years without them - more than once.

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Garbanzo - Brown

$8.76
per Lb.
Out of stock

Smaller then the average Garbanzo, Browns run to the orange side when sprouted, so they are more of a pastel than a dark sprout. For that reason we add them to our most beautiful pastel mix - Beanie's Awesome, when we have them. They have a wonderful flavor and texture too! VERY difficult to find.

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Garbanzoid

$8.08
per Lb.
Out of stock

Black, Brown and Beige Garbanzos both Large & Small

note: This mix may vary depending on what Garbanzos we have in stock.

A really cool (if inconsistent) mix with lots of devotees. Great for raw hummus and many other sprout recipes! A terrific combo of tasty chick peas which is really cool looking.

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Great Beans and Rice

$7.89
per Lb.
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Pintos, Black Turtles, Adzukis and Brown Rice

This mix is intended for cooking. GB+R Mix is the main ingredient in our Perfect Soup. We have eaten this soup for years as our staple winter meal. It cooks in a fraction of the time of dry beans, has more flavor and nutrition and is just an all around Great Food.

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Halloween Treat

$8.88
per Lb.
Out of stock

Black Garbanzos & Orange Lentils

Halloween Treat was absent from our offerings for too many years, due to the lack of availability of one or both of its ingredients. We are pleased to have it back. It is a seasonally colored mix, perfect for the sprout lover - especially at one particular time of year.

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Lentil - Black

$6.36
per Lb.
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Black Food is rare and beautiful and Lentils are our favorite sprout. Very easy to grow and as profoundly delicious as any lentil.

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Lentil - Crimson

$6.36
per Lb.
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Another in our beautiful, delicious and easy to grow line of Lentils, Crimson Lentils are smaller and plumper and of a darker orange than Red Chief. Exceptionally beautiful, Crimsons are our favorite Lentil Sprout to cook with.

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Lentil - Eston

$6.96
per Lb.
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A small, gorgeous light green lentil! Estons are often called Small Green Lentils, but we think Eston sounds nicer - and it is their name, after all.

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Lentil - French Blue

$6.36
per Lb.
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The most beautiful of the Lentils - these are mottled blue with green and black highlights. As with all lentils these are completely delicious and very easy to grow.

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Lentil - Green

$4.95
per Lb.
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The most common Lentil, Large Greens (variety name; Laird) are the largest, and are equally easy to grow and very delicious, as well as the least expensive.

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Lentil - Orange

$8.64
per Lb.
Out of stock

These (usually Crimson) lentils have their thin skin removed to reveal their gorgeous bright orange color. These are rarely available as sprouting seeds as the machine that removes the skin usually ruins them for sprouting. Get 'em while you can - when we have 'em!

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Lentil - Pardina

$6.93
per Lb.
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Tastes great and is gorgeous. Kind of a cross (visually) of Crimson and French Blue. Hard to keep in stock.

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Lentil - Red Chief

$6.76
per Lb.
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Another beautiful, delicious and Easy to grow Lentil, Red Chief will shed their skins when sprouted to reveal a gorgeous bright orange color.
These have become extremely rare in recent years. We hope to get our hands on a steady supply, but as with other such unique seeds, that is easier said than done. We Sproutpeople are persistent though, so we'll keep searching.

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Lentil - White

$8.42
per Lb.
Out of stock

Another great tasting Lentil, Whites range in color from white to light green. They are not nearly as white as blacks are black but they are a great addition to any lentil collection just the same. Whites are one of the hard-to-find Lentils. As with other unusual seeds, only a very few farmers ever grow them, and they don't grow them annually, so years can pass between available crops. We'll offer them whenever we can get them.

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Mung Bean

$4.95
per Lb.
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The most consumed sprout on Earth, Mung Beans are generally grown in China and are used extensively in Asian cuisine. Perhaps the most exciting sprout to grow as it offers unique challenges. Mung Beans are probably the best sprout of all to cook with - especially if you like Chinese food. We have some truly great recipes for Mung Bean Sprouts.

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Neville's Midnight Moon (Mix #47)

$6.93
per Lb.
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French Blue & Crimson Lentils and Speckled Peas, which have - at least temporarily replaced Black Garbanzos, which are currently unavailable.

A very, very lovely mix of dark seeds that taste great raw or cooked. To us, this is our most visually stunning mix. Originally named Mix #47, its name has evolved to now pay tribute to our wonderful cat, Neville.

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Pea - Bill Jump

$6.25
per Lb.
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These are tiny dark mottled Canadian Peas. We think these are the most beautiful of all of our Peas. Bill Jumps are VERY rare and quite a bit smaller than any other Pea we've ever seen.

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Pea - Green

$5.43
per Lb.
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The basic Pea. Green Peas for sprouting are usually an Alaskan Field Pea. Pea Sprouts taste like fresh Peas, to many folks. An essential ingredient in most of our bean mixes for its gorgeous bright green color.

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Pea - Marrowfat

$6.54
per Lb.
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Marrowfat Peas are a big (our biggest) Pea, light green in color, odd shaped (not round), and the most tender of all Sprouted Peas. They are used in the United Kingdom to make a dish called Mushy Peas which we think is actually quite good. We of course, prefer sprouting them. They are wonderful!

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Pea - Speckled

$6.25
per Lb.
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Full of beautiful subtle colors both dry and when sprouted. Speckled Peas also grow great Pea Shoots (as do all peas). A great good Pea!

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Pea - Yellow

$6.25
per Lb.
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Very pretty and sweet. Small and smooth. We love having as many colors in our sprout palette as possible. This Pea is the best yellow of all. It actually goes a deeper yellow when sprouted. Most other seeds get more pale when sprouted.

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Pea Carnival

$7.65
per Lb.
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Green, Speckled, Marrowfat, Tiny Mottled Bill Jump & Yellow Peas

A combination of every Pea we have in stock. Pea Carnival varies slightly depending on supply, but usually contains 5 peas. It is amazingly beautiful - especially once sprouted.

Kids like this one. When the sprouts are let grow for 4 or 5 days they will form long roots and shoots with the Pea in-between. Apparently there is some fun in pulling them apart while holding the pea in your teeth which only children truly appreciate. Maybe its a Midwestern kid thing =:-)

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PeaBanzo

$6.55
per Lb.
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Green Peas and Beige Garbanzos both Small & Large

A simple - and of course, tasty combination of legumes.
Sometimes the most simple things are the most elegant.

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Peanut Sprouts

$9.87
per Lb.
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Actually a legume not a nut, Raw Valencia Peanuts make for one way popular sprout! We got thousands of folks addicted to these over the years at the Dane County Farmer's Market in Madison, Wisconsin (where we sold sprouts every Saturday from April-November for 10 years). Peanuts are best when they put out only a bulge at their tip (germ), not a big root, but you can decide for yourself (assuming that you can keep from eating them long enough to let them grow).

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Peasant Mix

$8.15
per Lb.
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Green, French Blue, Crimson, Black, Eston, Pardina, White, and Red Chief or Red Cap Lentils

If there was only one item you could get from us, Peasant Mix should be your choice. Well, it would be ours. Lentils offer everything: Lentils store forever, they are excellent nutritionally, they are easy to sprout, they taste great sprouted for 2 days or for 6 days (and all in between), they are great raw and cooked and the sprouts last for weeks and weeks in the fridge. Did we mention: Peasant Mix is BEAUTIFUL!

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Pinto Bean

$5.30
per Lb.
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When sprouted, Pintos add nutritional value (like all sprouts) to a meal, and they cook in a fraction of the time of dry Pintos. They should be cooked as they are hard to digest for most folks when eaten raw.

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San Francisco Mix

$8.88
per Lb.
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Peanuts, Mung Bean, Adzuki Bean. Black, Crimson, Eston, French Blue & Green Lentils. Green, Speckled & Bill Jump Peas. Black, Brown & Beige Garbanzos

13 (or so) seeds mixed up to make our most popular sprout at the Dane County Farmer's Market - where we sold over 100 pounds every weekend throughout the Summer to our loyal and delighted customers, for many years. The inclusion of Peanuts is the main reason that more folks are addicted to this than to any other of our sprouts. The most popular use of this mix (and many other bean sprouts) is as a snack - the majority of our customers say they eat SF Mix like popcorn or mixed nuts - straight, but we have some great recipe ideas too. Our personal favorite is Spicy San Francisco Snack Mix. It Rocks - and has a nice kick too!

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Soy Bean

$4.85
per Lb.
Add to Cart

This famous nutritionally rich seed turns into a sprout which you may want to cook before eating - it's not a must, you'll have to ask your digestive system. Not all Soy Beans will sprout. Ours usually will, but as with all of our seeds they are intended - and selected by us - for sprouting. Soy requires more attention to detail than most other sprouts.

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Spring Garden

$6.85
per Lb.
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Green, Marrowfat, Speckled and Yellow Peas & Beige and (whenever possible) Brown Garbanzos

A simple, lovely, sweet pastel blend of several Peas and Garbanzos.

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Bean Sprout
Kits & Samplers

Whether you are just discovering or already love Bean Sprouts, there is a bundle for you.
You'll find many more Samplers and Kits in our Kits & Samplers section.

Bean Sprout Sampler

Beanie's Awesome Mix, Mung Bean, Pea Carnival, Peasant Mix and San Francisco Mix

Get to know the coolest, tastiest, most beautiful sprouting beans on the Planet!

BeanGinner Sprout Kit

The Beans: (1/2 pound each)
Beanie's Awesome Mix, Beige Garbanzo, Mung Bean, Pea Carnival, Peasant Mix and San Francisco Mix. Sprouter: One Hemp Bag Sprouter.

A great way to get into bean sprouting! The Hemp Bag is the simplest of all Sprouters and is perfect for beans, and travel too!
Note: Beans yield about twice their weight when sprouted, so this 3 pound bunch o' Beans will produce about 6 pounds of sprouts.

Bean Extreme Sprout Kit

Sprouting Devices: 4 Hemp Bag and 2 Easy Sprout Sprouters.
The Seeds: 5 pounds each (total of 25 pounds) of our most popular sprouting beans: Beanie's Awesome Mix, Mung Bean, Pea Carnival, Peasant Mix and San Francisco Mix.

If you like Bean Sprouts this is for you!
Our most popular sprouting Beans, and plenty of 'em, along with the best Sprouting Devices for beans. This Kit will yield over 50 pounds of sprouts. That's Extreme!

BeanGinner Sprout Kit - Seed Refill

The Beans: (1/2 pound each)
Beanie's Awesome Mix, Beige Garbanzo, Mung Bean, Pea Carnival, Peasant Mix and San Francisco Mix.

A great way to continue your explorations, or get into bean sprouting! This is a SEED ONLY refill for the our BEANginner Sprout Kit, it does not come with a Sprouter.
Note: Beans yield about twice their weight when sprouted, so this 3 pound bunch o' Beans will produce about 6 pounds of sprouts.

Bean Extreme - Seed Refill

The Seeds: 5 pounds each (total of 25 pounds) of our most popular sprouting beans: Beanie's Awesome Mix, Mung Bean, Pea Carnival, Peasant Mix and San Francisco Mix.

This is a SEED ONLY refill for our Bean Extreme Sprout Kit, it does not come with any Sprouters.
These seeds will yield approximately 50 pounds of sprouts!

Best of The Best of The Best Kit

Sprouter: Easy Sprout Sprouter. Seeds: Our 5 most popular mixes: 1/2 pound of both French Garden and Russian Mix. 1 lb. of Madison Market. 2 lbs. of both Beanie's Awesome & San Francisco Mix



We are by nature modest people, but we have to admit that we have the best sprouting seeds on our planet - its just the way it is. Though we have many, many wonderful seeds to sprout, these five are the Best of the Best of the Best! The 6 pounds of seed in this kit will grow up to 15 pounds of our most popular sprouts using our favorite - and most popular Sprouting Device.

SproutHead Super Bundle

Seeds: 1 pound each (for a total of 10#) French Garden, Italian Blend, Russian Mix, Amber Waves of Grain, Beanie's Awesome, Hot Squared, Madison Market, Mung Bean, Peasant Mix and San Francisco Mix.
Sprouters: Three Easy Sprout Sprouters, one Hemp Bag, and one 8 x 8 inch 2- tray Kitchen Garden Sprouter.



For serious Sproutheads!
Our most popular (for good reason) varieties (Beans, Grains, Brassicas and Leafy Sprouts) and a bunch of great Sprouting Devices. The seeds in this kit will produce almost 40 pounds of sprouts - and if you use all your Sprouters at once, you can grow several pounds at a time. Our Recipe Book(let) is also included in the kit.

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Sprouting Devices
for Bean Sprouts

Follow links for detailed information about each Sprouter....

Easy Sprout

Overwhelmingly our most popular sprouter, Easy Sprout is also our personal favorite.
We have well over a dozen in our house. It offers great drainage and the best air-circulation of any sprouter.

Easy Sprout is made up of a 1 Quart (litre) Growing Vessel, a Solid container/Base that catches excess Rinse water, a Small Seed Insert that snaps in when sprouting small seeds, two Growing Lids (1 for home (Domed) and 1 for the road (Flat)), and a Solid Lid for refrigerator storage of your sprout crop.

Easy Sprout is the best all-around sprouter. Period. It is the mandatory choice for high humidity sproutpeople everywhere and great for travel sprouting! Very versatile - Easy Sprout can sprout virtually any seed, anywhere!

Easy Sprout is part of many of our Kits.

SproutMaster 5x6

SproutMaster is the greatest tray sprouter ever!
It offers excellent drainage, and is the best sprouter on this globe, for growing vertical Leafy Sprouts. The SproutMaster is very versatile - it can sprout virtually any seed. It is even able to grow Grass, Greens and Micro-Greens - with proper care, and perhaps a growing medium.

We sell two configurations
1) Three trays that measure 5x6 inches each.
2) A Single tray that measures 8x10 inches.

SproutMaster trays (of the same dimension) are stackable - add trays to build your own sprout skyscraper.
SproutMasters are comprised of Growing Trays, each with a removable Divider - which allows you to grow 2 crops in one Tray, and interchangeable Lids and Bases.

This SproutMaster is the 3 Tray, 5x6 Stack. It comes with 3 Trays, 3 Dividers, and 4 Lids/Bases.
That is enough Lids/Bases for almost anything you want to grow.

SproutMaster 8x10

SproutMaster is the greatest tray sprouter ever!
It offers excellent drainage, and is the best sprouter on this globe, for growing vertical Leafy Sprouts. The SproutMaster is very versatile - it can sprout virtually any seed. It is even able to grow Grass, Greens and Micro-Greens - with proper care, and perhaps a growing medium.

We sell two configurations
1) Three trays that measure 5x6 inches each.
2) A Single tray that measures 8x10 inches.

SproutMaster trays (of the same dimension) are stackable - add trays to build your own sprout skyscraper.
SproutMasters are comprised of Growing Trays, each with a removable Divider - which allows you to grow 2 crops in one Tray, and interchangeable Lids and Bases.

This SproutMaster is the single 8x10 inch Tray. It comes with 1 Tray, 1 Divider, and 2 Lids/Bases.
If you purchase multiple 8x10 trays, you'll end up with more of the Lids/Bases then you'll use regularly, but extras can be a good thing....

Hemp Bag

Made by Sproutpeople!

The perfect Bean and Grain sprouter. The Hemp Bag is even capable of growing Leafy and Brassica sprouts - though it takes extra care to do those well. It's also excellent for Micro-Greens - it acts as a planting medium.

The Hemp Bag is the most convenient travel sprouter ever. It folds up flat and does a great job hanging on a backpack, on a boat or over a hotel sink!

The Hemp Bag offers superior drainage and exceptional air-circulation.

Our Hemp Bags are made for us, locally.
They measure Approximately 6 1/2 inches wide x 9 1/2 inches tall.

1 Qt. Jar

This is a One-Quart, Wide-Mouth Mason Jar.
It isn't accompanied by a lid. Those are purchased separately. Keep on scrolling....

The least expensive, most basic sprouter, Jars - when topped by Screen Lids, are a fine choice for any skilled sprouter or for those willing to work a bit more diligently at rinsing and draining, or as an additional Sprouter, for easy sprouts, like Beans and Grains. A great choice for Pre-Sprouting Grass and Greens too!

Half-Gallon Jar

This is a Two-Quart (1/2 Gallon), Wide-Mouth Mason Jar.
It isn't accompanied by a lid. Those are purchased separately. Keep on scrolling....

The least expensive, most basic sprouter, Jars - when topped by Screen Lids, are a fine choice for any skilled sprouter or for those willing to work a bit more diligently at rinsing and draining, or as an additional Sprouter, for easy sprouts, like Beans and Grains. A great choice for Pre-Sprouting Grass and Greens too!

Sproutpeople Stainless Steel 3-Screen Sprouting Lid Set

Made by Sproutpeople!

Fine mesh, Medium mesh and Coarse mesh.
Our 3-Screen Lid Set is made up of Stainless Steel Mesh - in 3 different mesh sizes (fine, medium and course) - each nestled in a heavy-duty Plastic Ring. Our Screen Lids fit Wide-Mouth Jar Mason Jars, like those we sell.

The wider the mesh - the more readily water and air pass through the screen. Use the fine mesh (the finest mesh size ever!) for small seeds (Leafy and Brassica sprouts), the medium mesh for Grains and small Beans and the coarse mesh for large Beans.
As your sprouts grow bigger, you can move to a bigger mesh size to improve air-circulation and facilitate the escape of hulls, thus making de-hulling easier.

Bio-Set

Bio-Set is a low-rinse, round, European sprouter with 3 growing trays, a drip tray at its base and a reservoir tray on top.

Though we dislike Bio-Set as a Sprouter - due to its poor drainage and air-circulation - it remains quite popular.

Fine for big seeds like Beans and Grains, Bio-Set is among the most attractive Sprouters.
We continue to offer it due to our customer's demands. Please Don't buy this before thoroughly reading our detailed Bio-Set page.

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Recipes
for Bean Sprouts

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