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What Happens If You Do Not Harvest Microgreens?

Posted on May 13, 2021

One of the biggest questions about growing microgreens is what happens if you do not harvest them? The first thing that happens if you do not harvest your plants is that they will not be as colorful. The reason for this is because all of the water that the plants need to grow will be used to keep itself alive and well. The microgreens will be inextricably tied to this process. This is because they cannot exist outside of a water structure.

What happens if you want to harvest your plants though? You can always use floating microgreens. These are plant matter that has been soaked in a solution that has a low salinity level. When you place this floating microgreen on your plants, it will prevent the roots from drying out by providing them with a steady supply of water.

Another option that you have for harvesting your microgreens is that you can use a cold shock treatment. This is a treatment that is applied to your microgreen plant matter before you begin growing. This will sterilize the leaves and stems of your plants so that they will not be able to take up too much water. When you plant your next batch of microgreens, they will have much more color because of this treatment.

The third method of harvesting your microgreens is to add them to your soil when you plant your next crop. You will have to be very careful about using this method though. You need to make sure that you only add enough to fully water the plant matter that you are planning to use in your next garden. If you overdo it, you will end up killing your plants or your garden itself will become useless. So, if you are not going to use the green stuff for anything, just don’t add it during the harvesting process.

The last way that you will end up ending up losing your whole harvest is if you do not choose a good location for your garden to be planted in. There are a number of different things that you need to look at when choosing a good location for your microgreens. One of these things is the temperature of the area that you are planning to plant your plants in. If you are planting them in a cold area, then you need to make sure that you plant your microgreens in a warm area where the temperature is not cold. Microgreens do not like extremely cold temperatures.

Harvesting your microgreens is something that you might want to consider carefully if you are growing your own herbs for consumption. This is a very easy thing to get wrong if you are not careful. If you are not harvesting your plants often enough, then they might not come up as ripe as they should. Another issue that can happen is that the plant might die from lack of sunlight or rain. These are just some of the possible problems that can arise when you are harvesting your own herbs for consumption.

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