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Medicago sativa

 

Alfalfa (grown for sprouting seeds)

Growing sprouting seeds for culinary use is very easy - see the videos attached to "tasks". (The ph, and soil types given below are irrelevant!)

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plant Features
  • Alfalfa (grown for sprouting seeds) likes partial shade

    Partial shade

  • Alfalfa (grown for sprouting seeds) likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Alfalfa (grown for sprouting seeds) is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Alfalfa (grown for sprouting seeds) likes aquatic

    Aquatic

 
plant information

Common name

Alfalfa (grown for sprouting seeds)

Latin name

Medicago sativa

type

Perennial

family

Fabaceae

ph

6.5 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Alfalfa (grown for sprouting seeds) likes partial shade

    Partial shade

  • Frost

    Alfalfa (grown for sprouting seeds) is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Soil

    Alfalfa (grown for sprouting seeds) likes aquatic

    Aquatic

  • Water

    Alfalfa (grown for sprouting seeds) likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When to harvest

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Alfalfa (grown for sprouting seeds) is 0.01meters x 0.05meters 0.01 M 0.05 M

Medicago sativa

Growing sprouting seeds for culinary use is very easy - see the videos attached to "tasks". (The ph, and soil types given below are irrelevant!)


Planting

From Early Spring TO Late Winter

Alfalfa grown for sprouts is not "planted" as such. How to sprout the seeds is fully explained in the "tasks"

 
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