This Bioland wheat is grown regionally by our partner farmer according to Bioland guidelines. Thanks to his many years of experience and gentle treatment, there is hardly any breakage in this wheat. This gives you the best conditions for your wheatgrass. Of course, you can also use this wheat for consumption and baking.
If you're now wondering why you should grow wheatgrass, here are a few facts about this superfood:
100 g of wheatgrass has approx.:
- 60x more vitamin C than oranges
- 50x more vitamin E than spinach
- 30 x more vitamin B1 than cow's milk
- 11x more calcium than raw milk
- 5x more iron than spinach
- 5x more magnesium than bananas
But probably most important is its high chlorophyll content, which supports the following positive properties of wheatgrass, among other things:
- contributes to blood formation
- has a detoxifying and cleansing effect
- supports and strengthens the immune system
- repairs small cell damage
- has an anti-inflammatory effect
- ensures beautiful skin
- is antimicrobial and antibacterial
- lowers blood pressure
So there's no reason not to grow your own wheatgrass for your juice or smoothie.
When growing you should consider the following:
- Soak seeds in water beforehand. Best overnight (12-16 hours).
- Cultivation works best on good organic soil .
- Sow densely. However, be careful that there are not several grains of wheat on top of each other.
- Leave covered for about two days so that the wheat can germinate evenly.
- Water regularly (twice a day). Attention: Wheatgrass doesn't like waterlogging, so it's best to use containers from which the liquid can drain. For example our 1020 trays with holes .
- Since the wheat grains are sown relatively close, good ventilation is important to prevent mold from forming.
- You can harvest your wheatgrass after about 10 to 12 days, then it has most of the ingredients and tastes nice and sweet.
be used for growing Microgreen as well as in sprouting jars
Botanical name: Triticum L.