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Buckwheat

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$4.65$86.60

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Buckwheat‚ Hulls On

The microgreens are often referred to as buckwheat lettuce for their fresh, lettuce-like flavour.

Consumption of very large amounts of buckwheat greens as juice has been linked to temporary photosensitization of skin. Until more information is available, we recommend moderate use.

  • Days to Sprout: 10 to 12 Days
  • Soak Time: 6-12 hours
  • Yield: 1/2 cup of dry seed yields approx. 5 cups of sprouts.
  • Method: Soil only
  • Storage: Our seeds should sprout well for a year after you purchase them, if stored in a cool dry place. If you’d like to extend the germination life of your seeds, store them in the fridge. If you store your seeds in the freezer, they’ll last even longer!

Grow Buckwheat Lettuce!

Soak. Using a tray with drainage holes, rinse enough seed to cover the bottom of the tray. Soak the seed for 4-12 hours. Use a jar with a sprouting lid for soaking if the tray holes are too large. Drain, rinse and drain holding at an angle to remove excess water. Spread the seed evenly on the bottom of the tray and cover with a lid top and bottom or put in plastic bag. 

Rinse. Rinse with cold water twice a day, using either a gentle flow from a tap, dipping in a sink, or spraying. Drain thoroughly.

Grow. The roots will form a mat from which the microgreens will emerge. At that point, put in indirect sunlight, florescent/LED lights or grow lights. The watering is then easy: fill the container 1 cm deep with water and allow to sit for a few seconds in the water and then tilt on an angle to decant the water until only some moisture is remaining in the root area. Continue to rinse twice a day as described above.

Harvest!

Typically, microgreens grown without soil are harvested at 7-10 days. Harvest before the next expected rinse so the shoots are dry. Harvest microgreens using scissors or knife.

Instead of harvesting all at once, you can start to harvest microgreens as soon as the first two leaves are spread out. Take only what you need for your meal and allow the rest to keep growing or put the tray in the fridge loosely covered and a plastic bag or dome to harvest.

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  1. Ugrowgirl

    I use buckwheat as a short sprout, rather than as a lettuce. It producecs delightful sprouts in a couple days, which make a delicious addition to chewy oat sprouts (I often sprout them together, sometimes with sunflower seeds). It is also great as a short sprout on a salad. The hulls add texture. They are also good blended with liquid, and added to batters, where they add that specific delicious buckwheat flavor and a pleasing black speckle and some texture to muffins biscuits and pancakes.

  2. Beat Hegnauer

    I use the Buckwheat as Sprouts and Micro Greens. Easy to work with, and great end product.

  3. Buckwheat King

    Make a pancake mix of 3 heaping tablespoons buckwheat flour , 1 part coconut flour . Blend in 1 egg and just enough high fat, cold , organic milk to make a medium batter . Toss in a scoop of walnuts and a scoop of raisins and 1 teaspoon of baking powder . Thoroughly mix again and on to a very hot grill .

  4. yippeeduck

    Ordered unhulled buckwheat . It arrived in record short time , and , was cleaned to perfection .

  5. Claudine

    I buy these seeds and grind them into flour for baking bread, pancakes, sour dough, etc. also add quinoa seeds.

  6. Dr. Serge

    Finally we found high quality seeds – and for good price. Free delivery a nice bonus!
    Already recommended this company and this product to our relatives and friends.
    Thank you very much.

  7. Nimmywimmy

    I was so glad to find a Canadian source for buckwheat sprouting seeds. They arrived quickly by mail and so far have been very easy to grow. Delicious on their own or in a mix or even as a garnish.

  8. Eric

    I grow buckwheat as microgreens. It was my first time with buckwheat from Mumm’s. Wow, these are amazing! Much better than seeds purchased in local store. I was totally amazed with how vigorous these are. Highly recommended!

  9. Shelly

    These are growing well on my hemp mats and they are mild – making a good contrast to the more peppery microgreens.

  10. rebecca

    excellente germination

  11. An island grower

    This is so easy to grow. I like it best grown in soil. First I sprout until there are small white tails on the seeds..spread it over an inch of soil and make sure it’s nice and wet. Cover it until it’s about an inch tall and spray it with water twice a day. Uncover and let it grow. I will never buy lettuce again.

  12. Chris

    Grow easily. Good flavor. I add to smoothies too for delicious greens

  13. FuriousT

    Great! Easy to sprout and tasty. The only thing with these is they get a skanky smell no matter how often I rinse clean water through them, maybe that’s normal for buckwheat.

  14. Mike Stawski

    Great selection and fast delivery. Will order from Mumm’s again.

  15. NewbieGardener

    This is my favourite of all the microgreens I have tried so far. They grow nice and tall, they are very pretty (love those dark pink stems), and they are so tender. Great in sandwiches and salads or wilted on top of hot dishes. I have many digestive issues and cannot tolerate lettuces of any kind, so finding this is sheer heaven. I plant small trays often so that I can always keep a few on the kitchen table where we can snip of portions to add to our meals as desired: the buckwheat disappears faster than any other type of microgreen in our house.

  16. Jean Montambeault

    Extremely high rate of germination. Great taste. They do better outside than in as they grow stronger and tastier. Haven’t tried them under grow light yet. That’s about it: very satisfied.

  17. lotte

    Great as a mini green .Very eager & easy yo sprout. Great also in smoothies. Not bitter at all.

  18. 10922749 Canada Ltd

    beautiful orange/pinkish stems and delicious

    We have been a business client for at least 4 years and have used many of their microgreen seeds for our local indoor microgreens farm.The quality of their seeds is great. The Buckwheat microgreen seeds have never ever disappointed us. We do believe that it can be a challenging microgreen to grow especially with the hulls but once you know how to make sure they are off before harvesting you’re golden. They are beautiful in colour (orangy/pinkish stems) and they taste great and are very mild. We’re grateful to have a great seed vendor available in Canada. We believe it’s great to support local businesses and the environment at the same time. Thanks you, we grately appreciate you!

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