Grow a Victory Garden in mason jars

I tried a new process with success during the past 27^th week of eating broccoli sprouts every day. My son suggested that mason jars with strainer lids would streamline the broccoli sprout production process. He was right, and then some.

I start a new batch every twelve hours. The left jar contained soaking seeds.

Here are thirteen measurements from this week compared with weights of a similar period last month. Starting amounts of broccoli seeds were all 10.7 grams, batches were rinsed three times each day on a 12 hour-6 hour-6 hour schedule, and weights taken at the 72-hour point:

Higher weights with less variation were reflected in broccoli sprout sizes. Few sprouts grew over one inch in three days when in bowls, but look at them now:

Larger broccoli sprouts taste better, too. After microwaving them on 1000W full power for 35 seconds to ≤ 60°C (140°F), I wait five minutes to allow further myrosinase hydrolization of glucoraphanin and other glucosinolates into sulforaphane and other healthy compounds.

Further changes from what’s outlined in Step 5 of Grow a broccoli sprouts Victory Garden today! include:

I don’t shape batches anymore. I do fill each pint jar to the top and let it sit for five minutes in order to soak all seeds and sprouts.
I leave cooking water in after microwaving rather than straining it out. Although some leaching of water-soluble glucoraphanin may occur, I drink that water anyway.
I don’t mix in mustard, sauerkraut, or other flavorings. Still trying to make unsalted sauerkraut that tastes good.

I mistakenly pasted in a 9/10 p.m. value of 69.9 grams instead of its a.m. value of 66.0. Correcting it in my workbook changed the sample average from 68.8 g to 68.5 g. The correction didn’t change either the sample’s 4.9 g standard deviation value or the null hypothesis’ failed-test 0.0258 p-value.

This post is my one and only experiment with using the “new” retro Word Press block editor to start a new blog post. 😦 Word Press management knew this non-productive change was a non-starter, but foisted it on their users for their own convenience. 😦

They require me – along with hundreds of thousands of Word Press users – to edit blog posts with it. 😦 If retro is better, why don’t we all just go back eight decades to the most primitive text editor?