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Microgreen Seeds Mix (NOT to WA & TAS) Untreated mixed salad seed for growing microgreens on a tray or baby leaves in a pot, a 300-seed packet or 100 g to 400 g. This product canno t be shipped to Western Australia or Tasmania. The mix may include basil, spinach, mizuna, parsley, radish, beet and cornsalad. Each kind comes up at its own pace, so a tray is usually cut 12 to 28 days after sowing, when most seedlings have open seed leaves. A room near 18 to 20°C suits every seed in the mix. How to grow the mix as microgreens Fill a shallow tray with seed raising mix, stand it in drinking water until damp right through, and let it drain. Sow the seed dry, about 14 g for a 25 cm square tray, thick but in one layer. Do not soak it: basil seed turns to gel in water. Press the seed in gently, dust it lightly with fine mix, mist once, cover the tray and keep it dark. Uncover it once most of the seed has come up and move it to a bright spot out of direct summer sun. Water from below as the surface dries. Cut with clean scissors just above the mix when most seedlings stand about 5 cm tall with open seed leaves. Store the greens unwashed in a container with a few air holes at 5°C or colder for 5 to 6 days, and rinse them just before use. The same mix sown in a pot can be grown on and picked as cut-and-come-again baby leaves. Food safety Microgreens are grown and eaten like raw sprouts, and raw produce can carry Salmonella, E. coli and Listeria, even when grown with care at home. The NSW Food Authority advises cooking all sprouts thoroughly before eating. People who are pregnant, aged 70 or over, children under 5 and anyone with a weakened immune system should eat microgreens cooked, not raw. Wash, rinse and sanitise jars, trays and tools before the first batch and between batches, and use only water fit to drink. Potting mix can carry Legionella bacteria: follow the warning on the bag, wet the mix down, wear gloves and a P2 mask, and wash your hands afterwards. Guides and articles How to grow a microgreen mix on a tray How to grow Sango radish microgreens on a tray Growing microgreens at home Sprout problems and food safety Show more