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8. Refrigerate and Begin Anew
Store the mature, harvested sprouts in your refrigerator for about a week.
For best results, store them in a container with a lid. Clean the tray and start
growing next week’s crop. You can also buy a second barrel to double your
harvests (see p. 10). While in the refrigerator, it is a good idea to rinse the
sprouts once every few days.
How to Clean your Freshlife and its Parts
Cleaning Sprouter Tray: e black sprouting trays
have groves that grab onto the sprout roots. If the
grooves are full of sprout roots and seeds, then clean-
ing must be done in two steps.
1) Rinse the trays under tap water with or
without soap and brush them vigorously
with a vegetable brush. Do not attempt
to clean them perfectly at this time. Put
the trays aside to dry, even with some
roots still lodged in the grooves.
2) Dry brushing: Hours later, when both
the trays and brush are dry, vigorously
brush both sides of the trays again, but without
any water. Most seeds and roots will ake o. A small amount
of leover seeds and roots is acceptable.
You may also wash your sprouting tray in the dishwasher. Make sure you
locate it up high and away from the heating element. Sterilize your growing
tray by dipping it for 2 minutes in hot water (as hot as a very hot cup of tea),
if you suspect a foul harvest so as not to transfer any bad bacteria to the next
crop. You can also sterilize your tray by spraying it with hydrogen peroxide
(available at drug stores) or diluted bleach. Sterilize for 10 minutes and then
rinse thoroughly.
Cleaning the Sprouter and Water Barrels: Wash the barrels with soap and hot
tap water. Rinse well to eliminate any soap residue. Do not immerse the water
barrel and its motor in water. Also sterilize your barrels, just like the trays
(above) with hot water, hydrogen peroxide, or diluted bleach. Let sit for ten
minutes, then rinse thoroughly.
Use a vegetable brush for
cleaning the grooves in your
sprouter tray.