{"title":"Microgreens \u0026 Sprouting Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003eMicrogreens are one of the quickest and most rewarding crops you can grow indoors. Ready to harvest in as little as one to three weeks, these young shoots are packed with flavour and nutrients.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChoose from pea shoot tendrils, Radish Rambo and Radish China Rose, rocket, common cress and alfalfa sprouting seeds. All you need is a shallow tray or jar and a bright windowsill.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/indoor-herb-gardens-hydroponics\"\u003eindoor herb gardens\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/salad-seeds\"\u003esalad seeds\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/buy-seeds-online-uk\"\u003eall seeds\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"rocket-sprouting","title":"Rocket Sprouting","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe microgreen that needs no explanation. If you already use rocket on pizza, in salads and through pasta, you will use this the same way — and the difference in freshness is considerable. Rocket that has spent three days in a plastic bag is a different thing from rocket cut minutes before it hits the plate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe microgreen version is cleaner and milder than the mature leaf. Full-grown rocket develops sharper, sometimes bitter notes over weeks of growth; harvested at seven to ten days you get the same peppery-nutty character without the bite or the woody stem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBright indirect light suits it best — strong sun through glass toughens the shoots and pushes them towards bitterness, so an east or north-facing sill is better than a south one. No pre-soaking, sow direct, seven to ten days to harvest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden Ltd","offers":[{"title":"50g","offer_id":56262805782913,"sku":"MCG-SPR-1","price":2.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"100g","offer_id":56262805815681,"sku":"MCG-SPR-2","price":5.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0802\/3916\/5755\/files\/Sprounting_Rocket_1.png?v=1789457044"},{"product_id":"cress-common","title":"Cress Common","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlmost everyone who grew up in Britain has grown cress — on damp kitchen paper, in an eggshell, on a wet flannel on a primary school windowsill. It is where British growers begin, and the first tiny peppery shoots cut with blunt scissors are one of the most universally remembered encounters with gardening there is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is far more than nostalgia. The flavour is sharp, clean and immediate — not the fiery heat of a radish microgreen but a bright, almost aquatic pepper that is entirely its own. It arrives vividly and then goes, which is what makes it so useful: it brightens a dish without taking it over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNever rinse the seed.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cress seeds develop a clear gel coating when wetted, which is what anchors them to a damp surface and holds moisture for the germinating seedling. It looks alarming and is entirely natural. Rinsing removes it and germination suffers badly. Mist gently from above instead. Four to six days from scattering to scissors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden Ltd","offers":[{"title":"50g","offer_id":56262805717377,"sku":"MCG-CCM-1","price":1.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"100g","offer_id":56262805750145,"sku":"MCG-CCM-2","price":3.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0802\/3916\/5755\/files\/Common_Cress_1.png?v=1789457043"},{"product_id":"pea-shoots-tendrils","title":"Pea Shoots Tendrils","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe showpiece microgreen — the one with the most substantial flavour, the most striking form, and the one that turns up at premium prices on smart restaurant plates. Sweet, intensely pea-like, with the curling tendrils that give it its character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike the smaller microgreens that sit lightly as a garnish, pea shoots are a proper ingredient. Substantial enough to fill a salad, sturdy enough to go into a stir-fry at the last moment, and elegant enough to finish a plate. In Chinese cooking they are dow miu, a spring delicacy in their own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe trick most growers miss: \u003cstrong\u003ethey regrow.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cut leaving a couple of centimetres of stem and a second flush arrives within seven to ten days, effectively doubling the yield from one sowing. The seeds are too large for a jar, so use a shallow tray, and soak them overnight before sowing or germination will be patchy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden Ltd","offers":[{"title":"50g","offer_id":56262808240513,"sku":"MCG-PST-1","price":1.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"100g","offer_id":56262808273281,"sku":"MCG-PST-2","price":2.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0802\/3916\/5755\/files\/Pea_Tendrils_1.png?v=1789457049"},{"product_id":"alfalfa-microgreens","title":"Alfalfa Microgreens","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is no faster crop in the growing year. From seed to harvest in five to seven days, needing no soil, no outdoor space and no season — a jar and a square of muslin on a kitchen windowsill will do it in January as readily as July.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlfalfa makes microgreens of particular delicacy: fine pale shoots, tenderly crisp, with a clean mildly nutty flavour that carries none of the sharpness of brassica sprouts. They pile into sandwiches, sit lightly over soups and noodles, and make an excellent garnish for a summer plate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo methods work. The jar needs nothing but rinsing twice a day; a shallow tray of compost gives longer, more uniform shoots. Either way, start a new batch every five days and you will never be without. Drain thoroughly after every rinse — standing water is what causes mould.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden Ltd","offers":[{"title":"20g","offer_id":56262808371585,"sku":"MCG-ALF20","price":1.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"100g","offer_id":56262808404353,"sku":"MCG-ALF100","price":6.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0802\/3916\/5755\/files\/Alflafa_1.png?v=1789457049"},{"product_id":"radish-rambo","title":"Radish Rambo","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe microgreen that stops people asking what it is and starts them asking where to get some. Rambo is a radish bred specifically for microgreen growing, selected for intensity of colour: stems that turn deep dense purple within hours of meeting light, and violet flushes across the developing leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flavour matches the drama — sharp, peppery and reliable, more intense than the older China Rose. It concentrates everything a full-grown radish offers into a single crisp mouthful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe purple depends entirely on light. Cover the tray for the first two or three days to draw the stems up, then uncover and give it the brightest windowsill you have. A shady spot produces pale, disappointing shoots; bright light produces the colour that makes Rambo worth growing. Seven days from sowing, no pre-soaking needed, single harvest per tray.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden Ltd","offers":[{"title":"50g","offer_id":56262808306049,"sku":"MCG-RRR","price":2.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"100g","offer_id":56262808338817,"sku":"MCG-RR2","price":5.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0802\/3916\/5755\/files\/Gemini_Generated_Image_f6iz30f6iz30f6iz.png?v=1789457048"},{"product_id":"radish-china-rose","title":"Radish China Rose","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe quiet classic. China Rose is a Chinese radish introduced to European gardens in the nineteenth century and grown by Victorian head gardeners for its long white root with rose-pink skin. It has found a second life as one of the finest microgreens for elegant plating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere Rambo is dramatic, this is refined. The stems come blush-pink rather than deep purple, growing long and upright below vivid green leaves, and the pepper is gentler and more considered. Both are radishes, both are peppery — but they do different jobs on a plate, and serious kitchens keep both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhite root hairs are normal, not mould.\u003c\/strong\u003e Fine white hairs appear around the roots in the first few days and worry a lot of first-time growers. True mould is fuzzy, grey-green and smells wrong; root hairs are fine, white and attached directly to the roots. Mist gently rather than rinsing them away.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden Ltd","offers":[{"title":"50g","offer_id":56262808437121,"sku":"MCG-CRR-1","price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"100g","offer_id":56262808469889,"sku":"MCG-CRR-2","price":4.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0802\/3916\/5755\/files\/Radish_China_Rose_1.png?v=1789457049"}],"url":"https:\/\/smallindoorplants.co.uk\/collections\/microgreens-sprouting-seeds.oembed","provider":"Small Indoor Plants","version":"1.0","type":"link"}