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Sprouts, Shoots & Microgreens Growing Guides

Sprouts, shoots, and microgreens offer gardeners a different way to grow edible plants, often with a much shorter growing cycle than traditional garden crops. The category below brings together plants grown for tender young growth, including edible shoots, sprouts, and microgreens.

Use the growing guides below to learn how to grow the individual crops listed in this category and understand how they are harvested for young growth. The guides can help with planting or starting methods, growing conditions, moisture, light, care, harvesting, and other considerations specific to producing tender edible growth. They are useful for gardeners interested in quick crops as well as those looking to expand beyond traditional mature vegetables.

Agave shoots Alfalfa sprouts Amaranth shoots
Amaranth sprouts Arrow bamboo shoots Bamboo shoots
Barley sprouts Bracken fern shoots Buckwheat shoots
Buckwheat sprouts Calabash shoots Caper shoots
Cattail shoots Chayote shoots Clover sprouts
Cucuzzi shoots Daylily shoots Drumstick tree shoots
Fava shoots Giant bamboo shoots Giant knotweed shoots
Hop shoots Hosta shoots Japanese bamboo shoots
Lentil shoots Lentil sprouts Milkweed shoots
Millet shoots Moringa oleifera shoots Moringa shoots
Moso bamboo shoots Nasturtium shoots Oat sprouts
Olive shoots Phyllostachys bamboo shoots Pokeweed shoots
Quinoa shoots Quinoa sprouts Rye sprouts
Sesame shoots Sorghum shoots Sunflower shoots
Sunflower sprouts Timber bamboo shoots Tinda shoots
Trombocino shoots Tromboncino shoots Wheat sprouts
Wild bamboo shoots Wild cattail shoots Wild daylily shoots
Wild hop shoots Wild hosta shoots Wild milkweed shoots
Wild rice shoots Young cattail shoots

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