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Seed Sprouting

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I've been trying to sprout some seeds recently, but it's such a pain. They get stuck to the plate, and apparently I have to be washing them daily, so I try scrape them off and put them into a siv but lose half of them in the process.
Would they be able to sprout if I just left them in the siv? The packet says to spread them out but it's becoming a painful process.
From what I can see it contains: Mung beans, Millet, Chia seed, sesame seed, and some sort of other seed. Thanks :)
 

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Chia seeds (and flax seeds) will drown your other seeds, so that's why you have to spread them out. If you have a sprout mix without a mucilage producing seed, you can leave it in the sive.
 

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I just do my sprouts in a jar or container now and use my fingers over the top to drain the water off (or a cotton cloth for smaller teeny seeds) but I do not do seeds like chia and flax/linseed anymore as I found they were horrible in all of the mixes I bought and were more of a pain to sprout mixed in with other things than they were to sprout on their own- they more often than not just ruined my sprouting efforts so if I want them sprouted I do them on their own now.

You really need to rinse the sprouts in fresh water more than once a day which may also help to stop them sticking.
 
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