Comments on: Sprouting fava beans in a dish of water

By: Dropstone Farms » Things that are new!

Dropstone Farms » Things that are new! — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:01:18 +0000

[...] sprouted these beans in a dish of water, which worked beautifully, and then I waited too long to plant them and I didn’t think any of [...]

By: Lauren

Lauren — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:34:18 +0000

Hey, there were some comments in the moderation queue that I somehow didn’t notice. I don’t know what that’s about — it is supposed to email me — but they are there now. Sorry, forgotten commenters! Sinfonian, note EJ’s comment about the roots being kept moist once pre-sprouting has begun.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:22:17 +0000

Oh, everything is fine; it’s just that they didn’t have the chicks we thought they were going to, so we didn’t get any new. And we think the laying hens are hiding eggs from us somewhere in the yard when they are free-ranging around during the day.

Sinfonian: If you let the beans (or peas) go a bit longer, they will develop both a root and a stem & leaves, at which point it is quite clear which way to plant them! :)

By: Sinfonian

Sinfonian — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:25:29 +0000

I sure hope everything works out with your chicks! Sorry to hear there were issues.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:50:01 +0000

Tinosaur pictures also appreciated.

Also, Lauren has emailed re: egg difficulties. I think you need to train the dogs to retrieve eggs for you.

By: garth

garth — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:53:35 +0000

There was some lameness and misunderstandination at the feed store. We have only the old new chickens, who, FWIW, have reached the dinosaur stage of their development. Tinosaurs, we call them.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:04:07 +0000

Hey, aren’t there new chicks on the farm? You said there were new fancy chickens available last Friday. The people want pictures.

By: A.

A. — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:34:39 +0000

Ah, the beauty of fava beans. Incomparable. How many months until dinner??? :)

I just did parts of the seed with the kids. They love peeling off the seed coat and finding the little radicle (root) and plumule (tiny leaf.) But I wouldn’t recommend wasting any of those yummy fava seeds. We usually perform our experiments on the lesser-loved lima.

By: EJ

EJ — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:23:38 +0000

Pre-sprouting can be risky, because once the seeds have roots they absolutely must be kept moist.

By: Sinfonian

Sinfonian — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:01:36 +0000

Great post! I have asked multiple times how to plant sprouted seeds. Now I know for sure that the sprout goes down! I like Chris Smith’s article. I sure hope he goes to the Times, they could sure use a garden section. Theirs is pittiful.

Thanks for sharing, now I know I will do this with my peas and beans. I’m so glad I learned this today!