The Fastest And Easiest-To-Grow Microgreens

These are the easiest microgreens to germinate and sprout:

• Radishes (7 – 15 Days)
• Turnips (10 – 15 Days)
• Napa Cabbage (10 – 15 Days)
• Red Acre Cabbage (10 – 15 Days)
• Pak Choi (10 – 15 Days)
• Tokyo Bekana (10 – 15 days)
• Broccoli (10 – 15 days)
• Sesame (10 – 15 Days)
• Cress (10 – 15 Days)
• Lettuces (8 – 12 Days)
• Komatsuna (10 – 15 Days)
• Mustard (10 – 15 days)

These microgreens are a bit more difficult to grow but highly recommended:

• Cilantro (16 – 25 Days)
• Basil (16 – 25 Days)
• Thai basil (16 – 25 Days)
• Sorrel (26 – 30 Days)
• Beet and chard (16 – 25 Days)
• Carrot (16 – 25 Days)

This list is based on Microgreen Garden: Indoor Grower’s Guide to Gourmet Greens and other vendor information.

Peter Burke, author of Year-Round Indoor Salad Gardening: How to Grow Nutrient-Dense, Soil-Sprouted Greens in Less Than 10 days, has his own favorite microgreen list, namely:

• Black oil sunflower
• Common buckwheat lettuce
• Snow pea shoots
• Daikon radish
• Broccoli, the Cole Family, and Asian Cousins