Absolutely! Food should be fun, and we want you to experience all the deliciousness and health-giving benefits of a wide variety of microgreens. Whenever you’re ready to try something new, simply log into your account and Edit your subscription to switch things up: change a couple of seeds, or change them all.

You don’t have to wait for something to be “in season” to try it, microgreens are ALWAYS in season.

Want to change your subscription frequency? No problem, you can do that anytime too.

Absolutely!  The MicroFarm was designed to be modular and expandable.  This means that if you start with a Single today and anytime down the road want to increase your growing capacity, you can do so easily. Simply purchase an additional Single MicroFarm, along with a Stacking Kit and a set of Risers, to build your Single MicroFarm up into a Double. To build a Double up to a Triple simply add one more Single MicroFarm and 1 more Stacking Kit.

To downsize, or change your MicroFarm configuration from a tower to a chain, simply unstack a Double or Triple, removig the Stacking Kit(s).

Want to know more? Contact us, we’re standing by.

Room temparature tap water is abolutely perfect for your microgreens, no need for filtering.  There are however some things to consider:

• Very cold or very hot water can shock your plants, affecting their growth. Room temperature water is best.
• Avoid softened water, it can slow the growth of your plants. The Calcium and Mgansium in harder water is actually beneficial to your microgreens.
• Highly chlorinated water will have a negtaive impact on the growth of your microgreens, their appearance and taste.
  

  GRO TIP: An easy and natural way to dechlorinate water (and bring it to room temperature) is to fill the watering container and leave it to sit for a day, uncovered. This will allow the chlorine to evaporate.

Which MicroFarm is best suited to your needs depends on a few of things:

• How frequently you want to include microgreens in your meals
• How many people you are feeding
• How much space you have

If you grow on our SowLogic continuous grow cycle, a Single MicroFarm will yield 8 serving of microgreens per week.  A serving is what we recommend to be the minimum amount of microgreens to include in a meal in order to benefit from their health giving properties.

GRO TIP: The MicroFarm is modular, so if you start with a Single today and anytime down the road want to increase your growing capacity, you can do so easily. Simply purchase an additional Single MicroFarm, along with a Stacking Kit and a set of Risers, to build your Single MicroFarm up into a Double.

Bootstrap Farmer microgreen trays are made of heavy duty plastic, making them infinitely reusable when cared for properly.

Proper care includes:

• Cleaning your trays after use with hot water and soap
• Storing your trays away from heat sources like heaters, fires, and the hot summer sun
  • the LED vegetable grow lights on the MicroFarm get warm but they are ok 👍 they will not harm your trays
• Storing your trays protected against freezing temperatures
• Not using the  trays for unintended purposes like stacking or storing corrosive, or excessively heavy items inside them

We use a simple set of variables to determine the difficulty of growing:

• Is seed preparation required?
• Are there any specialized processes involved?
• Does it need a little extra dilligence during the growing period?
• How long does it take to be ready for harvest?

Generally a seed that is rated as Easy to grow requires little to no prep, is sown directly on the grow medium, requires only watering, and is ready to harvest within 7 days. The vast majority of seeds we carry fall into this category.

Seeds rated as Medium difficulty may need some prep (for example, soaking the seed prior to sowing), may require an extra step during the planting process (such as  being covered by grow medium instead of just being sown on top), may need a little extra care (for example, the seed is mucilaginous so it gets sticky when wet), and may need more time to be ready for harvest (micro herbs are a good example).

Seeds rated as Difficult (there are very few) require some special or very specific techniques to grow successfully.

But don’t worry, we designed our program to make you successful. No matter what the Growing Difficulty rating of the seed is, we provide all our MicroFarm and SowKit customers with unlimited access to easy-to-follow, step-by-step Grow Guides, as well as support from our Gro Pros if and when you need it.

Grow media is a term used to describe the material that is used to grow plants in. The term ‘substrate’ is also used and means the same thing. Grow Medium refers to one particular grow medium (singular), while Grow Media reference mutliple grow mediums (plural).

As the word suggests, a Soilless grow medium is any sterile medium for growing plants that doesn’t include soil. There are a variety of soilless media made from organic and inorganic materials including coconut coir, peat moss, hemp, as well as silicone and wire mats, to name a few.

We have tested an continually test a diversity of grow media. The grow media we carry is selected based on quality, dependability and practicality.

We want you to be successful, that’s why we thoughtfully pair media with seeds to provide you with the best growing expeience.

Yield means how much of the product you can expect to have after harvest. To help you calulcate your cost of growing microgreens as compared to the cost of purchasing them in a grocery store, we are using the weight measurement in grams to indicate yield.

In this context, yield is affected by multiple factors:

• microgreen variety (some are heavier or larger than others)
• seeding density
• growing conditions
• plant health
• time of harvest

The yield estimates provided are determined by the data we have collected from our own growing experience coupled with other professional and home growers in our network. Your actual yields may vary +/-

In our opinion a serving of microgreens is the minimum amount of microgreens you should incorporate into a meal to benefit from their health giving properties.  But you don’t have to be shy, if you want to use more than one serving/meal go for it! In fact, we encourage it 👌

Our servings calculation is simple:

A Full tray (1020 size) will yield 8 servings of microgreens

A Half tray (1010 size) will yield 4 servings.

Depending on the microgreen variety you are growing the volume or weight of a serving will vary.

We don’t impose any terms on our subscriptions unless expressly indicated in the subscription name or description (for example, “Annual Subscription” means a subscription for a year).

This means all other subscriptions are offered on a month-to-month basis and can be cancelled anytime by logging into your account.

Leaving on an extended holiday? You don’t have to cancel, simply suspend your susbcription and resume it when you get back.

Occassionally seeds that are listed as an option for a SowKit are marked as “Out of Stock”. This is because seeds are a commodity and their abundance and availability depends on many factors including climate, transportation, and demand.

Occassionally a particular variety of seed may become temporarily unavailable. We will always let our customers know if that occurs.

Each SowKit is designed to supply you with the exact amount of materials you need to grow microgreens over a month (4 weeks) on a continuous grow cycle: no more and no less.  The allowed quantity of packets in the SowKit depends on that microgreen’s minimum grow cycle days, in other words, how many trays you can feasibly grow in 4 weeks. While the vast majority of microgreens are ready for harvest within 7 days, certain varieties – such as herbs – need a little more time.

For example:

Broccoli microgreens have a minimum grow cycle of 7 days from sowing the seed to harvest.  This means that over a 4 week period you can grow no more than 8 half trays, or 4 full trays of microgreens. Therefore 8 is the maximum number of half tray packets you can include in your SowKit (1x full tray = 2x half tray).

Basil microgreens have a minimum grow cycle of 14 days from sowing the seed to harvest.  This means that over a 4 week period you can grow no more than 4 half trays, or 2 full trays of microgreens. Therefore 4 is the maximum number of half tray packets you can include in your SowKit (1x full tray = 2x half tray).