One tray of wheatgrass from roughly 2 cups of wheat grains, makes about 12 ounces of wheatgrass juice, when the wheatgrass is harvested at about 6"-7" tall.
I am glad you love fresh wheatgrass juice too Voj!
Eryn
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Why Such Little Juice From Growing Wheatgrass? by: Voj
Thanks for your response to my wheatgrass question. I have planted about 4 cups of wheat seed in one wheatgrass tray and get just about 8 wheatgrass shots.
If two cups of planted weed seeds gives you about 12 shots of wheatgrass juice as you say, I must be doing something wrong. I will try to plant less grains.
On your wheatgrass information pages, I did not find which temperature and humidity you are growing your wheatgrass in?
Thank you very much.. Voj
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Wheatgrass Can Be Grown Indoors All Year by: Eryn - Editor Health Banquet
Remember, there are 1 1/2 ounces in a shot. So if your wheatgrass batch from 4 cups of grain produced 8 shots, that is really about 12 ounces of wheatgrass juice.
I would try "planting" less of the grain, 1 3/4 - 2 cups of wheat seed per 21"x10" (210 square inches) wheatgrass tray and see if you can get the 12 ounces of wheatgrass juice with that. Remember to harvest your wheatgrass at that right height if possible, preferably 6"-7" inches tall.
Currently here in Arizona in the winter when growing wheatgrass indoors, the temperature in my house is in the low 70's. My wheatgrass always grows better in the winter than in the summer when the temperature in my house is warmer. The humidity is very low in Arizona.
Wheatgrass actually prefers to be grown in a cooler climate. I do not use any special lighting, just the sunlight from the window that comes through in the morning and brings light into my kitchen all day - but not shining directly on the wheatgrass.
Let me know if you have another wheatgrass question.
Good luck,
Eryn
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I Have A Lot Of Zeal For Growing Wheatgrass Indoors by: Voj
Thank you for your help with my wheatgrass questions. I have a lot of zeal for growing wheatgrass now, and I see I should experiment more.
I will try to sort out what i did wrong, and next I would like to ask...
Have you tried to grow spelt? I am asking if spelt makes more juice...or kamut? Do either of those grains produce more juice than red winter wheat?
Thank you...Voj
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Spelt and Kamut Grass Should Produce Same Amount of Juice As Wheatgrass by: Eryn - Editor Health Banquet
All of the grains and their grasses should produce the same amount of juice as wheatgrass.
You can experiment to see if one grain might work better for you than another.
You know, I personally own the Hurricane Stainless Steel Manual Wheatgrass Juicer. It does a super job extracting the precious juice from the blades of wheatgrass. Below is my Hurricane Manual Wheatgrass Juicer video demonstration and review.
Yes, growing wheatgrass indoors at home really is a lot of fun. When you consistently drink the wheatgrass juice, you will really love the benefits of drinking wheatgrass juice.
