How to grow delicious meadow clover sprouts

Buy the right germination seeds

Red clover seeds come in two different varieties. On the one hand there are seeds for large-scale cultivation, for example for the Red clover propagation or Green manure. These seeds are not suitable for sprouts.

Buy special seeds that are available not only in health food stores but also online.

If you have red clover in your garden, you can try to get seeds. However, the seeds are not always single-variety and can therefore only be used to a limited extent for growing sprouts.

This is how healthy the red clover sprouts are

The sprouts are very high in protein and therefore well suited as part of diets. They also contain tannins, vitamins A and E as well as minerals and trace elements.

Sensitive people should not ingest too large quantities of the sprouts. Red clover can cause indigestion such as diarrhea. Allergies are occasional.

Sow seeds for sprouts

It is best to use a germination device to germinate the sprouts. Cultivation also works in the cress sieve. At the Sowing red clover in germination jars there is a risk that the germination will rot prematurely.

• Soak seeds
• Sow in the germinator or cress sieve
• water twice a day
• harvest after 6 - 8 days

Use red clover sprouts

Once the red clover sprouts are tall enough, cut them off with vegetable scissors. Use them as fresh as possible and, above all, raw. Too many of the valuable ingredients are lost during cooking.

Enjoy the sprouts directly on the bread and butter. It can also be used to refine salads and vegetable soups. If you want to serve sprouts in vegetable dishes, add them shortly before the end of the cooking time and, if possible, do not let them cook.