Growing Wheatgrass At Home

Growing wheatgrass is a lot of fun. It is also very simple. Just read below and you will learn how to grow blood building and immune system boosting wheatgrass. In reading about foods being used as natural health treatments, this super green food leads the pack.

I love growing wheatgrass. It is definitely a conversation starter. The more you learn about it, the more you want to try to consume it.

I know it does not taste great, but the success stories in regards to consuming this outstanding blood building food never cease to amaze me!

You can see how I now buy my wheat grain in bulk.

OK, but if you really want to grow your own wheatgrass, and find your wheatgrass supplies locally, you can certainly do that too.

I had gone through my wheatgrasskits.com supply of wheat grain and figured why don't I try this hard white wheat that I already have.

Remember, you can't grow wheatgrass with the soft white wheat. It has to be the hard wheat when growing wheatgrass.

So the picture above shows what these tiny wheat seeds look like. I guess good things do come in small packages!

Search for local suppliers of organic wheat grain in your area. Inquire with health food stores and food coops to find a wheat grain supplier in your area.

Now, there are several varieties of wheat. Yes, there are wheat grain "connoisseurs" who have their favorite wheat grain variety. The wheat you select is very important as it can make or break your wheat seed growing. Some people say different wheat seeds result in more or less mold growing on your wheatgrass product.

Well, I knew I was obtaining a great source of whole wheat grain for my bread making. The whole wheat grain and its milled whole wheat flour is a nutrition powerhouse. Though this particular Montana hard white winter wheat that I buy is not technically given the "organic" label, it comes just about as close to that label as you can get. That is good enough for me.

Pesticide sprays and chemical fertilizers are toxic and the sprayed seeds do not grow well.

When the mold grows on the wheatgrass, I just cut above the mold. Plus, I rinse the wheatgrass off.

OK, you will use soaked wheatberries or soaked wheat grain or soaked wheat seed. Whatever you want to call the wheat, all these names mean the same.

To learn more about the different names for this marvelous wheat and more about its structure, please click here.

First, rinse your wheatberries to get rid of any dust or grime. I put the grains in a fine mesh strainer and rinse well under the running faucet. Next, you will put the grains in a wide mouth jar or bowl and fill it with filtered water. Have the water cover the grains.

The grains will absorb some of the water. I usually have 2 inches of water above the surface of the grains. You can cover the grains with a towel or plate or whatever you have on hand. I wish I could tell you that I always cover my soaking grains, but I don't sometimes. I figure a little dust in them certainly won't hurt them.

Let the grains sit overnight or for about 12 hours. Over soaking can produce more moldy wheatgrass.

Drain and rinse well the grains. Once again, I rinse them in a fine mesh strainer. The valuable grains will slip through most colanders.

Alright, you are going to need a growing tray for your indoor garden.

You can find seedling trays or these hard plastic trays from different nurseries.

Call you local nursery to find out if they carry seedling trays. The dimensions on my seedling tray are 2 1/2" high X 10 3/4" wide X 20 1/2" long. They are very inexpensive.

I would buy about four. They wear out and crack over time. You want at least two because that way you can start a new green grass batch while finishing up your old homegrown wheatgrass batch.

Next you need some good soil.

I just purchase some fine topsoil at my close by Home Depot. I try to buy the soil that does not have the little pieces of bark in them.

The wheatgrass cannot put down its roots into these pieces of bark. When I have used this topsoil with the bark in it, I simply try to take out as much of the bark as possible.

At this point in time, since I have mostly gone through the minerals from Wheatgrasskits.com, I have not added anything further to my soil. There are research studies done on wheatgrass juice usage aiding with various health disorders. In those studies, I did not read about particular enrichment of the soils occurring.

If you would like to read some of this promising wheatgrass research, click here. Wheatgrass juice is even being used to offset chemo side effects.

To continue, I just use the top soil. But perhaps one day I will create a compost or something with some good worms in it and use that soil!

If you want to learn more about growing wheatgrass, I recommend Ann Wigmore's The Wheatgrass Book.





OK, still with me? Next, you put your presoaked and strained wheatgrass seeds on top of the topsoil.

















Then you just smooth out the seeds.

My daughter loves helping me. I love working with soil, something about getting back to nature...















OK, this is how it will look when your seeds are spread out. Of course if you have used more seeds, it will be a more dense seed covering.








Alright, next place two layers of paper towels over your wheat seeds.

Sometimes I recycle my used wheatgrass paper towels if they are in OK shape.


Next, you need to wet your paper towels. Two cups of water usually well moistens the paper towel. The glass you see holds 2 cups of water.

I make sure my paper towel stays moist. I moisten it at night and in the morning. Here in Arizona, things dry out quicker. So if I find my paper towel is dry mid-day, I will moisten it again.

The wheat seeds need to stay moist. You do not need to saturate your seeds and soil. Just make sure the paper towel is completely moist.

I place my wheatgrass tray next to my sink below my kitchen window which faces East and gets a little morning sunshine. My wheatgrass grows well in that location. It is best to avoid strong direct sunlight as this can stunt the growth of your valuable growing wheatgrass.


Here is my Mother-in-law growing wheatgrass. She is checking on its progress.

Everyone can enjoy growing wheatgrass!

My Mother-in-law grew fantastic wheatgrass that received indirect sunlight. We planted wheatgrass and barley grass in her one seedling tray. It was amazing how her barley grass just kept on growing, batch after cut batch. It continued to grow for over a month. Must be the good Wisconsin soil!

When the wheat seeds start sprouting and they are about 1/2 inch tall, they will start pushing up on the paper towel. At that point which takes about 2-3 days, I will remove the paper towel.

From then on, I just water my wheatgrass about once per day or every other day with about 2 cups of water each time. It really depends on the weather, humidity and temperature within my home. I try not to over water as I find this creates more mold. You definitely don't want to water so much that your soil turns into mud. Just keep it moist.

If you forget to water, don't over respond by saturating them with water. That will shock them. Just moisten them again and they should recover.

When it comes to watering the wheatgrass, I usually just hold the tray under my faucet and quickly spray over it with my water faucet sprayer. Then I place the tray on a towel next to my sink in case it continues to drain a bit.

When the wheat seeds first start sprouting, they are more white or yellowish in color.

This particular batch looks a little funny with the one side growing better than the other. In time, most of the wheat seeds should sprout.

Though you might occasionally grow some funky looking wheatgrass, i.e. like this different looking growth cycle in my batch, by and large you will be growing fabulous wheatgrass in no time.

You will perfect the growing wheatgrass art as you grow more and more wheatgrass. You can do this!

There is more growing wheatgrass information on this wheatgrass juice page.

Later in the growth cycle of these sprouts, they turn into a brilliant shade of green. It is so beautiful. All the kids in the neighborhood love looking at it. It brings lots of smiles to people's faces.

After about 6-12 days, your glorious wheatgrass will be 6-10 inches tall and ready for you to harvest. Testing has shown the nutrient level to be especially high when the plant hits about six to seven inches in height. When it is colder, the wheatgrass grows slower. In hot weather, it can grow 10 inches in 5 days.

If you don't consume your wheatgrass, it will continue to grow and eventually fall over. Don't worry, it won't overtake your home. It does not seem to grow too much more in length once it falls over.

To harvest your wheatgrass garden, cut as close to the soil as possible. Many great nutrients are located near the soil surface. Wheatgrass juice is a phenomenal blood building food.

To learn about the amazing health benefits from consuming wheatgrass juice, please click here.

Let's say you have a bounty of wheatgrass growing and you just can't consume it all. Well then you can store it. Just cut the wheatgrass and place it in zip lock bags and put in your refrigerator. The cut wheat grass stored in your refrigerator will last for 7 days in the plastic bags. Do not rinse it off first, as the wheatgrass will start going bad quicker. Remember though, it is always best not to store it if you are looking for optimum nutrition.

Click here to learn how much wheatgrass to take.

Just cut and juice the fresh growing wheatgrass. The longer you wait to drink the juice after you have juiced it, the more nutritional loss that occurs. In fact, it can start to go bad in 30 minutes, and be completely spoiled in 12 hours.

Here are some tips for choosing a wheatgrass juicer if you do not have one.






For my Mother's birthday, I gave her the gift of health, smile producing wheatgrass!

Oh yes, my mother likes mixing apple juice with her wheatgrass juice. It takes away some of that grassy bite.

Wigmore says, "With twenty years of teaching cancer patients behind me, I know that--contrary to popular belief--all types of cancer can be overcome.

..."The body of the cancer patient must heal itself in the very same way any body rebounds from a cut, bruise, or common cold.

"Although there are drugs which seem to help by destroying this or that cancer cell, all they can do is help. The body must replace the lost cells with new cancer-free ones. Once you understand the logic of self-healing and self-cleansing, it is easy to understand how the body can reverse even a serious problem like cancer."

Once again, the more you read about wheatgrass, the more impressed you will be with this immune boosting food.

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