How to sprout beans for planting and for eating

Tell me how to sprout beans? Summer has not pampered us lately and ends earlier than the calendar. Last year, many green pods remained on the bushes, which did not have time to ripen. I want to plant sprouted beans next season to speed up the process.

If you like borscht or mushroom soup with beans, then this culture should definitely be in your beds. Most often it is planted "dry", throwing ordinary, not sprouted, beans into the holes. On the one hand, this is even good, because early tender shoots may suffer from recurrent frosts. But in some regions, climatic conditions do not allow waiting for the beans to sprout in the ground. In this case, pre-germination will help. Plus, these beans can provide double benefits: as a seed and as a healthy gourmet treat. However, depending on the purpose of use, there are some differences in germination. Let's figure out how to sprout beans.

It goes without saying that you must carefully sort the beans before starting the procedure. All debris, as well as dry and damaged beans, are selected and the remaining material is washed.

Germinating beans for planting

In order for the beans to rise quickly after planting in the garden, they are pre-germinated. This procedure is similar to germination of other garden crops and is as follows:

• the bottom of the plate is covered with a wet cloth;
• put the sorted and washed beans in one layer on the fabric;
• cover them with a second layer of a wet wipe.

In this form, the beans are placed on a warm and sunny windowsill, where they should lie for about two days. During this time, the beans should be rinsed twice every day and the fabric kept moist. On the third day beans ready to plant.

How to sprout beans for culinary purposes?

If the main task of planting beans is to soften the dense shell, then other purposes are important for their use. In this case, the emphasis is on getting strong, thick and juicy sprouts. A feature of the procedure is that directly during germination, beans have minimal contact with water. This eliminates the risk of rotting.

To speed up this "dry" germination will help a preliminary 3-hour soaking of beans in water at room temperature.

The swollen beans are now ready to germinate. They are additionally washed and poured into a dry glass container (jar). The beans will stay there for two days without water and without wet sponges. However, the jar itself should be covered with a wet cloth, or even better with gauze. During the day, the beans should be rinsed twice (morning and evening), remembering to cover the jar.

You can sprout beans both in the light and in the dark. In the first case, vitamin C will prevail in the sprouts, and in the second - B2. Such a delicacy is stored in the refrigerator for a maximum of 3 days.

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