Special Soils

Do certain kind of soils and fertilizers harm wheatgrass plants? Or do they make it grow faster and healthier.

As far as fertilizers, its best to use organic ones (excluding animal manures). With that said stay away from "Miracle Grow". One of the best fertilizers you can use with wheatgrass is a seaweed extract, it also makes the wheatgrass juice taste sweeter in the end product. Give it a shot

Please explain - what is the matter with Miracle Grow - Canadian Potash Soil? I use it and it works fine.

Knowing and using Miracle Fertilizer on other plants I bet it grows some awesome Wheatgrass... nice bright green and healthy . However for me its just a personal choice to use organic fertilizers rather than chemical based... So when I said please stay away from miracle grow..I was reffering to all chemical ferts.

Do you grow your wheatgrass in trays or outside in beds?

I use the trays. Also - I apply MultiPure Water (WWW.MultiPureUSA.com/dhinton) a water purification system that is proven effective by the states of Wisconsin, California and Colorado as well as the NSF and UL.(All independent 3rd party evaluations.) Also, then I put azomite on the top of the canadian peat moss. Where do you get the sea water for your wheatgrass?

By "sea water" I assume your talking about the sea weed extract I mentioned? Well I'm sure there are homemade recipes to make the stuff, but that seems very time consuming to me. I purchase my "Sea weed extract" at any garden nursery...do not confuse this with "fish extract" which smells terrible!

AFter you harvest the wheatgrass, do you reuse the soil or do you start from scratch?

Hello Ellfy I do use composted flats in my dirt base.I use 50% wheatgrass/compost,a compost bine is helpfull in recycling.I made mine out of an old wooden palate.It does involve some labor, but it will help keep your growing costs down.How much juice did you get from the flats in question?Happy Growing!!!

Compost is a great idea, much cheaper than buying soil every time from your local nursery.

I too myself was interested so I tried it out and juiced up a whole tray (you know those black garden trays) of wheat grass a while back. It made a lot of juice!! It was around 10-12 ounces of wheatgrass juice, I had to freeze some into ice cubes because I couldn't drink that much and didn't want it to go to waste.

Hello wheatgrass of the trays that yeilded 10-12oz.What kind of dirt base did you use?How long did you alow them to grow?Was you growing inside with grow lights,or outside?And was 10oz. the best harvest?I have been growing wheatgass for about 10 months.My best yield indoors under grow lights is 8oz. with 12 days growth.My best yield outside was 22oz. with 24 days growth,in september/perfect growing weather.I am still experaminting with different dirt mixtures.And seed types,higher protien seed.The new seed I got from a texas farmer has been growing well.Higher germination and a more uniform growth.Will be harvesting the first flats today.They are looking much better than the seed I got from wheatgrass kits .com.Also what kind of juicer are you using,I use a greenstar2000.The dirt base im using now is 8cups spagnam peatmoss, 4cups better earth compost, 2cups cotton bur compost ,2cups perlite and a tbls.azomite.

hi,
I used regular store bought potting soil and a couple teaspoons of seaweed extract. It was grown inside, for about 12-14 days ( I should have kept a grow diary!). I didn't have a best harvest as I only wanted to get a ballpark figure for how much juice it made. I'm guessing that you can maximize juice by planting more seeds per tray. For examlple sometimes I only use about 1 and 1/2 cups seed per tray where as other times I use 2 cups of seed per tray.

That's an amazing yeild. Way to go!!

For my juicer I use the Omega Juicer 8005
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I'm a total newbie and I haven't grown any wheatgrass yet. I'm just trying to gather as much info as possible before I do. I have all the supplies except for the sea weed liquid. It should be here next week. I will probably grow the wheatgrass indoors for the first few days and then leave it outside my door. I'm worried about mold. I have enough allergies as is. I bought my wheatgrass seeds online. It was kinda pricey for a tiny bag and I think it will only be good for one tray. I wonder where else I can buy the seeds from.

Hello Elfee finding good seed can be difficult.The best seed I found so far is genisis seed from wheatgrassman.com.The best price on seed that I found was frome wheatgrasskits.com/50lbs bag.I have purchased 2 bags so far,not to thrilled with my last bag.About your allergies,I would try the powders first to see if you can tolerate the grasses.Green Kamut is a good one,a mixture of wheatgrass and alfalfa65%/35%. If that agrees with your immune system,try a shot at a local healthfood store.You can order geen kamut from iherb.com,good prices on suppements!May you be blessed with good health!

I found some organic wheatgrass seeds at the local wholefoods store. They had two different kinds: soft and hard wheatberries. I bought the hard ones. I've been growing for about two days now and some of the seeds have sprouted. I see little white fur around the sprouts and I'm worried that it's mold. I put the tray outside just incase. Is it mold? I use a spray bottle to water the wheatgrass but I think I might have added too much water. I use another tray as a cover. Should I remove it? Any advice?

Oh btw, I don't think I'm allergic to wheatgrass. I was talking about mold allergies. I read a lot of people can get very sick from it.

Its probably part of the root itself.Nothing to worry about.Slime mold can make someone nasuse,not sick.Slime mold isnt pathenogic.

We prefer a custom soiles mix without any wetting agent(chemical) or start up fertalizer(urea) found in most store bought mixes. And we amend out mix with Food grade sea kelp MEAL....not man made liquid. opur 8th year in Florida. Also we purify and filter our deep well water. Also PREFER hard red SPRING wheat....certified organc for sprouting(only cleaned 3 times compared to cereal or grain that is cleaned 4. LESS handling...Better! And we put our 4 SECRET ingridients on EVERY labelAnd the day that it is cut. We call our FRESHwheatgrass Premium wheatgrass for a reason. Correct me if I am wrong but I belive at this time only about 50 people in the ENTIRE United States grow FRESH wheatgrass for the public! Tere should be MANY more!

Fresh wheatgrass is cut and juiced within minutes of harvest.The best wheatgrass grows outside in a dirt medium.Greenhouse grass without soil is a freak of nature.The only thing premium is the price!

Let's compare.....A 2.8 cu ft. bag of the mix I use costs about $11.00and buy 200 at a time! The Food Grade Sea Kelp Meal, just bought 10 more bags at $50.00 each bag. The deep well water I use was $5,000.ooo to purify and filter the water. And the Certified HARD RED SPRING wheat berries are now up to about $27.00 a bag and I buy 50 at a time.....Oh yeah lets throw in the ventalation 5...two hp. TURBO fans Cost $2,000.oo each.(baldor motors) fans are by Breezemaker.(they do TWISTER at Universal Studios. Not counting the grow trays....And Paying the help...ohyea(again) I just replaced my precoolers again(did that three years ago) 3...brand new units...over $5,000.oo. NEXT consider the growing is LABOR intensive...Also the fact that VERY FEW people are willing to grow for the public....running the fans is like running a 12 ton aircinditioner....but I am sure you know wheatgrass growers get their electric for FREE> Even the Organic growers ass. recommends that people switch to a "soiless medium" But then I would guess...saving money ...YOU do not worry about salminela or ecoli. We are proud of the way we produce our wheatgras here in florida. And do not SKIMP on anything we use in our process of the wheatgrass....The four "secret ingridients" are on EVERYONE of our label...plus the CUT DATE>>>>>When we start doing this to make the :big bucks" I will send you the POST>Soon we will be starting our 8th YEAR! ps. If you can find BETTER ingridients to grow wheatgrass with...Please let me know. By the way...I donot want to be your minister...I PAY taxes...and I donot want to massage you...I have a Panasonic massage chair...OR be your doctor with a 35 hour degree for $480.oo from some "college in South Carolina.....I AM JUST A SIMPLE FARMER OF THE BEST FOOD YOU CAN PUT INTO YOUR BODY>>>>>make sense....? Stay Green and BE Healthy!

The green house growing of all produce is inferior than home grown produce.Home grown produce dosent have to make a budget nor keep to a buissness plan.Labor of love versos labor for profit.I have never had greenhouse produce that was better than strait from gods garden!!Greenhouses serve there purpose,but quality in an unnatural man made structure!Is greatly inferior to gods seedtime and harvest of garedening and farming.

We use a Custom grow mix from Fafard from Canada It has no wetting agent(chemical )or start up fertalizer(Urea in most cases). Pure peat and Perlitie...simple. Then we amend our mix with FOOD grade Sea Kelp MEAL....not processed liquid.

First off with the QUALITY of the ingidients I use....We could make at least TWICE the "profit" on every bag we sell.....If with switched two of our ingridients.

..I will agree that between the self proclaimerd ministers...and homeopathic "doctors out there with 35 hour degrees.....many growers TRY to produce FRESH grown wheatgrass just for the money. "None are so blind as those who will not see"....so if you contact me I will send you a bag of our PREMIUM Fresh cut wheatgrass....and YOU may compare it to yours..

..MOST people belive that Drelich Premium Wheatgrass....is just that ....PREMIUM And we do not scimp on ANYTHING we do to produce our fresh wheatgrass....as you know growing wheatgrass inside or out is very labor intensive.......and unlike your self ...we Grow hundreds of trays each week....And if you think Florida is an easy place to grow fresh wheatgrass....come here and try it.

With all the adverse chemicals and drugsa that are dipossed of in this country....I will continure to use a Professional...Pristine Fafard custom grow mix.....FROM CANADA....and that goes for the FOOD GRADE Sea kelp MEAL...instead of man man liquid. Ok ..Your turn.

I DO GIVE all the fresh wheatgrass growers who do it commercially so to speak....alot of credit....There are maybe 50 of us.

Wheatgrass is a cure...NOT a remedy...as long as the modern "Doctors" Practicing thier MONEY making medicine have not the cronic condition they have been treating(sometime for years) get along too far....and then of course the TRAP door of Death does take it's toll.

I am JUST a FARMER. PEOPLE themselves have to deside if they are going to do the"DRILL"....and drink 16 ounces a day for AT LEAST 4 MONTHS....And then get themselves checked out and SEE if the drill (wheatgrass) has doine it's Job>>>>

>>>>>>>>>Since a brand new drugstore opens up in the U>S>A every 19 mintues....2 1.2 miles away from another one ..on a prime corner....across the street from another drugstore........right next to a supermarket that also sells PERSCRIPTION ...Drugs. We are not EXACTLY>>>>A drug free America!

IF I NEEDED fresh wheatgrass to help me....I would not care if YOU grew ...I grew in my greenhouse.....or....IF IT WAS GROWN ON THE MOON...It saves many people alot of grief ...pain..suffering.....and in many cases >>>>THEIR VERY OWN LIVES. Wake up!

I invited you to TRY our wheatgrass....and no respnse. I mean as a gift I will send you a bag.

We encourage HOME grown wheatgrass.....and sell grow kits and supplies to replenish them.

Call my cell at 407 797 6067. or call the bus. number and leave your adress and ups will surprise you. 407 568 3545

I grow wheatgrass for the public for the public because I want to....NOT because I have to......beginning our 9th YEAR!

Check out the pictures I posted in the gallery.

First off I dont use grass juice as a daily supplement.Grass juice is not a whole food,it is a fractionated juice.The bulk of my greens are in green smoothies made with a highpower blender.These greens are whole foods for basic matainenc.I do use grass for fasting and cleansing periods.I consider grass juice to be more of a medicine than a food.But sence were speaking about grass the spring wheat is considered the less desirable for nutrient quality.
Then there is the issue of growing mediums,the medium you choose to grow with is very basic.Not what I would consider premium,more like generic.Maximum mineralazation takes more augmentation than food grade kelp.But kelp is a good start but it wont raise the brixxe leval much.Commercial grass better than home grown,surly you jest!

STUPID is when you know better or refuse to be informed.

TRY reading Steve Meyerowitz's book....Wheatgrass nature Finest Medicine. I find your thoughts facinating....but YOU are not well informed. And PLEASE don not go back to the God's Garden thing...I ware the head of Christ around my neck 24 / 7.

I use a $30,ooo.oo John Deer tractor to turn our composted soiless mix with NO wetting agent or composted manure. (creates a salmonella or ecoli potentential...Check with the Florida Organic Growers ass. about that..

.I droped my "organic " certification after 3 years......I decided that paying money to use the word ORGANIC was patronizing. The USDA independant inspectors started in anmd charged each individual nursery whatever they thought they could get away with.

Cost me $4,400.oo to throw away my invoices and labels and business cards..and re detail my new work truck. Could Have reuped the ceretification with out being reinspected....after the guy tryed to charge me $746.oo !!!!...for a two hour partial inspectionl....for only $500.oo...Then you still have to "donate" twice a year a percentage of your GROSS income to the organization. REDICLOUS.

..that was three years ago....it has not hurt our popularity one bit. Hey are you going to allow me to send you a bag so you can be a believer????

What kind of work do your do? Walgreen's..CVS Pharmacy???

Yes I have read several of the sproutmans books very good reads at that.I dont recall reading any of yours!And the drugstore diatribe,give it a rest your explaining the obvious.It seems the 2hp fans arent the only thing blowing hot air!Yes I have used ups before and have shipped to distant places.Its amazing how someone can post so much and say so little.Most growmasters dont share there growing medium mixes.Theres a good reason for that,better medium better final product.I work in the gameing industry!

Gaming industry?....Perhaps because I donnot gamble at all or rarely we are of opposite backgrounds.

Comrodery, benevolance and fraternity are geting harder and harder to find.

Before I started to sell wheatgrass to the public. I experimented with the four basic ingridients. over and over and over again for about 9 months.

You Family makes spagetti sauce & my family makes spagetti sauce. You and I finally agreee on SOMETHING...You like mine and I really like yours...WE trade recipes.....But even with each of us using what the other uses to make each other sauce. THEY Both taste different. So I go over and WATCH just how whoever is making the sauce(notice I have left out Mothers") Step by step.

When I create your recipe at my home the next time...It is very similar.

Motto>>>>LIVE and Learn.

I have a wheatgrass business that has sold out every week for the past three years...The last 2 years my website ssl certificate has expired (Pay attention>>If you only have 10 apple pies.....you cannot sell 11...well maybe you can. Microsft tells people not to open my website right now beause of the ssl certificate is expired.

Next week it will be renewed.

I grow and sell fresh wheatgrass 24/7....While YOU are GAMING! And fooling around with the stuff on weekends.

My purp[ose on this website is not to drum up business. It is to HELP the average person like myself who knew NOTHING about wheatgrass 9 years ago.....just to realize it's potential>>>Cleansing, Healing, Rejuvination and Energy. The Jacket to Steve's book Wheatgrass Natures Finest Medicine is on Both sides of my work truck.....And Steve and I have known each other for many years.

I believe you believe that why ...how ..and what you do as far as growing wheatgrass is terrific.....Well I feel the same about my way also....ButI still donnot under stand the reason you put down greenhouse growing....No hurricanes or storms ever come your way? And the people doing the wheatgrasss drilll that use my product EXPECT to have it every week consistantly while they are drinking it. A open range or back yard grower CANNOT do that....What is the largest crop in pounds that you have grown....Maybe I am missing something as to your point of view.

Even the Canadian FROZEN supplimental wheatgrass juice people. Grew in greenhouse for 7 years....and then got lazy.....and now get to work perhaps 2 months as far as production goes.....I do not go to a freeezer warehouse and ship pallets of FROZEN juice and tell people that it COMPARES to FRESH! REDICULOUS!

My offer to send you a FREE sample bag of our wheatgrass to try still stands...You reap what you sow. Without at least trying our wheatgrass i KNOW it is YOU who is blowing more HOT wind tahn a BREEZEMAKER two hp Turbo Fan. Eack fan by the way costs about 2 thousand $$$. And I run 5 in a 100x30 foot GREENHOUSE fopr good ventalation.....They use the same amount of electricity as a 12 ton air-conditioner....Your turn....if you are not GAMING!

Generic wheatgrass soldby the bag or the ton is still just generic wheatgrass!Dr. Gabreil Cousens of the Tree of Life healing center uses E3Live along with grass juice thearapy to treat patience.It is also being used at other healing retreats as well with good results.Blue green algea has been harvested as a whole foodstuff throughout history.Sick people need nutritional support grass juice alone is not the silver bullet that will save mankind.To think so is simplistic and plays into the overhyped rhetoric of the internet.Even Anne Wigmore in her latter years turned away from juiceing because of the extreme detoxification effects.Opting for more whole food blending for better nutritional support,while avoiding intense detox problems.Then when it comes to juiceing grass using a single PLASTIC auger is a crime within itself.If you want to get the poorest quality juice use a single auger plastic juicer!!!Inadequet crushing force,and once the plastic starts to wear its all down hill from there.Its amazing how many people are selling crap saying it will heal everything under the sun.And as far as the trincket around your neck, does it mean anything to you?Are you born again, washed in the blood,is your name in the lambs book of life?Or are you just another trincket wearer?

First the Omega Juicer people were more than likely selling there quality machines long before you were born in this country. Their 8003 and 8005 single auger juicers do have a solid 10 year warrenty. I have yet to see a auger "ware out". And because it is RATED for commmercial and home use MANY health food and juice bars int the CENTRAL Florida area and the country DO use them.
The double auger METAL juicers do a great job....but do require cleaning right after each use.

Next what if I told you the ornament around my neck is going to be a "Peace Dove" right next to the "Head of Christ " that I know wear. I have not and never will infuse my religious beliefs to any customer that comes here. Plus in the 9 years that I have been in the fresh wheatgrass business....I would admit EVERY race,color and CREED has been here at one time or another. With NO predjutice ever by anyone here!. Many people ware a symble of there faith....that bothers you?

I think yOU are jelolous of the fact that my effeorts for the past 9 years are speading the good word about fresh wheatgrass juice...if a person grows it themselves or buys it SOMEWHERE....that is what matters to me.

And when I proclaim that Man Made FROZEN>>>FREEZE DRIED POWDERED money making concoctions are never going to compare to BARLEY or WHEATGRASS when fresh made.....YOU STILL keep pitching for the supplimentals that are not going to come anywhere near the effects of FRESH!

ANYONE with just HALF a brain knows that when the body is clean(detoxed)....The immune system can perform rejuvination.

I have had a client go for a professional colon cleanse..The person told him 5-7 treatments would be par. She did three and told the man she now believes that he has been drinking FRESH wheatgrass juice for the past 4 years....and watching what he eats. # did the trick...so 4,5,6 and 7 treatments were no required...The person doing her JOB was honest!

Another lady stops by...buys a juicer and some fresh wheatgrass...she has colitus....deficates every 7-10 days! I asked her if she has done a professional colonic or at least tryed taking a health food perhaps turkey rubarb cleanse....She answered ..."OH NO" my homeopathic doctor does on advise me to do so. Wonder what kind of car the person has to make payments on. Apparently the DEAD fecal matter loged in the persons system was not that important....making the money was the prority!

Implying that I am a "Bible Banger" is the funniest thing that you have come up with yet. Some day the White Circle of Light will visit you....you will hear the Jesus of the BELLS and the Angels singing. THEN YOU will learn the donating true help to oneanother instead of slander for your EGO is the key to having Good Karma.

Did you understand anything about what I just wrote.

70% of all drugs do nothing...100% of them habve side effects.

My quest or goal or I am sure you will find a term.....Is to enlighten people to the fact that MANY simple things that are on this planet and have beeen around for hundreds of years ...some thousands. CAN help to heal or cure many of the exsiting CRONIC problems that are being exploitied by people (NOT ALL) who have been schooled and then allowed to "Practice " medicine in this country.

If I was working in a nightclub...YOU would be the fella that enjoys heckleing me.

I am a simple farmer. When someone uses my fresh wheatgrass...they can deside wether to drink it implant it....or smoke it. The goes for parsley, spinach , kale ...etc.

Why do you think the Hippocrates Institute in West Palm...The Optimum Health Clinic in San Diego California....The Ann Wigmore Retreat in Arizona and Purto Rico.....have ALL BEEN around for so long.

Many of my clients have been to these places....AFTER they were treated by doctors ...some of them for years...and then sent home to give up and DIE! HEY! JJ43...Have you ever taken care of ANYONE who was not amblutory?? for a day..a week or a month! Besides running the wheatgrass business I also take care of my wife for the past 21 months.

WAKE UP! and try to STOP lableling me. What comes around goes around...And take the advise of CONFUSOUS.....When planning revenge...ALWAYS dig TWO graves. I have the privalidge of helping people...more in a month ... more than likely your entire life time. What I do is NOT for show..been there done that....learned HELPING people is the TRUE KEY to happiness...I call it Bliss. When you get done playing your "games" Answer this past episode. Free bag to try offer still stands.....? Night Night

The trincket statement was a question not an asumption,I thought you could figure that out.I was mistaken about your powers of deserment.Ill try to keep it simple for you.Ford has made cars for a long time,they have lengthy warantys.They arent good cars that why there downsizing!They been making cars before I was born and that is completely irrelevant!As you can see I can use many words which are totaly not conected to the subject at hand.The dual gear juicer is the best juicer for quality juice extraction.It is heavy duty and more powerfull than the single auger.Meaning less cleaning not more I own both types.The dual gear is far supperior in every aspect of juicing.And I dont have a biased position because I dont sell them.most health food stores sell average wheatgrass made through an average juicer,thats my point!I have never stated that frozen is better than fresh!Nor have I said that freeze dried is better than fresh!But I will say this the grass I consume must be of the highest quality,this is not achevied in a comercial fashion.I appreciate the offer but humbly decline the generous offer.I have never labled you personaly just your comercial grass.I however am not your average consumer.And blue green algea is a totaly different foodstuff with a different nutritional profial that has ethical use wheather you acknoledge it or not.