Growing Microgreens

Updated 1/2024

Learn about growing microgreens, quick-growing vegetable and herb seedlings that can be grown indoors and can be used in salads or as fresh green in many types of dishes during the cold seasons of the year.

This class topic is part of the Local Foods priority of the Master Gardener program. 

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Class Handouts

• Slide Presentation (Slide print-out)

• Participant Class Handout

Related Handouts

• Growing Microgreens (Mississippi State University Extension)

• Microgreen Varieties (Mississippi State University Extension)

• Microgreen Basics (University of Tennessee Extension)

• Food Safety of Sprouts (Clemson Coorperative Extension)

• Growing Microgreen Instructions for Soil & Hydroponics (Ohio State University Extension)

• Year-Round Gardening: Growing Microgreens (Colorado State University Extension)

• Growing Microgreens (PennState Extension)

Online Resources

PRO-TIP: Google “site:edu Microgreens” (or site:gov) for research-based advice

• University of MN Extension: Starting Seeds Indoors

• Iowa State Extension: Grow Your Own Microgreens 

• University of Maryland Extension: Tasty Accents from Small Spaces 

• South Dakota State University Extension: Growing Microgreens 

• Johnnys Seeds Company