• If not soaking seeds in a clay pot.

  Soak clay pot in fresh, cold, potable water for 15-30 minutes so it can absorb water. Pour out water.

  Or simply rinse the pot with water - just spray more water in step #8.
• Rinse seeds to remove any possible bacteria on the hulls/shells.
• Soak seeds in fresh, cold, potable water.

  Use about a 1:4 ratio of seeds to water. I usually just cover my seeds with several inches of water. The seeds (as well as the clay pot) will uptake water.

  Soaking time varies according to seed type.

  Soak in a clay pot or a glass container.

  Cover with clay lid, cheese cloth, or towel.

  If soaking in a clay pot, you can reduce the soak time by a little.
• Drain the soaking water from the pot or container.

  This water can be used on your plants, it's very beneficial for them.
• Give seeds an additional rinse and drain water.
• Spread soaked seeds on clay.
• Cover with clay lid, cheese cloth, or towel.
• Spray seeds with water 1-2 times a day.

  Observe how moist the seeds look, you want them not too wet, and not too dry.

  Continue spraying seeds until desired sprout length is reached.
• Harvest sprouts.

  The best time to harvest sprouts is when they are at their peak (see charts below).

  To harvest, remove sprouts from the clay vessel.
• Hull sprouts if necessary.

  Most salad type sprouts need to be hulled. Lentils, hulled sunflowers, peas, and most grains do not need to be hulled.

How to hull sprouts

• Allow indirect light to reach the sprouts during the last two days of growth.
• As the leaves open up, most of the hulls will automatically be separated from the sprouts.
• Wash hulls off before use.

  Fill sink or salad spinner with water.

  Place sprouts in water. The hulls will rise to the surface and the sprouts will sink to the bottom.

  Scoop the hulls from the surface and discard.

  Stain off the water from the hulled sprouts.