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Grow and Juice Wheat Grass

By Gail Jones


Your overall health and wellbeing can be improved by ingesting the juice of wheat grass. Wheat grass contains high levels of chlorophyll along with a host of minerals and vitamins which are known for their ability to boost your immune system as well as provide a quick detox. A wheat grass juicer can ensure you receive wheat grass benefits via a juicing machine which will easily ensure extraction of all the beneficial nutrients you need. You can try planting and harvesting your own wheat grass for the best and freshest juice.

Grow Your Own You can grow fresh wheat grass to have on hand and juice it at the best time so as to obtain the greatest nutritional benefits possible. All you do is take 500 grams of seed, wheat grass seed that is, and soak it in water for about 8 hours. If you didn't want to plant them after an overnight soaking, you could put them out to soak in the morning and then plant them in the evening. It is best to plant them in a 20 x 10 x 2 inch seed tray and for the best results, try using an organic potting mix which is moist. Make sure the seeds are well covered with potting mix, water the seeds every day and make sure to cover the tray and place it somewhere dark.

Letting the Seeds Grow and Reaping What you have Sown You can grow fresh wheat grass to have on hand and juice it at the best time so as to obtain the greatest nutritional benefits possible. All you do is take 500 grams of seed, wheat grass seed that is, and soak it in water for about 8 hours. If you didn't want to plant them after an overnight soaking, you could put them out to soak in the morning and then plant them in the evening. It is best to plant them in a 20 x 10 x 2 inch seed tray and for the best results, try using an organic potting mix which is moist. Make sure the seeds are well covered with potting mix, water the seeds every day and make sure to cover the tray and place it somewhere dark.

Juicing Your Wheat Grass When you have harvested your wheat grass, rinse it right away and juice it right away. You can though, place any unused wheat grass in your refrigerator in an airtight container. Juicing wheat grass will require use of a juicing machine and the best one to use is a masticating juicer. Some appliances are not suitable and these include centrifugal juicers, blenders and food processors as they will destroy the chlorophyll. A wheat grass juicer is really just a different name for a masticating juicer. You should always drink the wheat grass juice as soon as possible but always within half an hour.

What Not to Do Always check there is no mold on your wheat grass as it is harmful if you consume it. Yellow sprouts should also be avoided because they are not fresh and will taste different to the fresh ones. The best tasting sprouts are the green ones which are fresh. Drink your juice right away. You can keep your juice for a maximum of half an hour in the refrigerator, but any longer than that is not advisable as the nutrients break down.




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