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The rest is just a matter of maintaining our walk-in garden's temperature (the temperature of our basement!) at a constant 68° to 74°F for optimum growth, rinsing and draining each jar and tray regularly, and waiting out the approximately three days until the new crop is ready to rinse, bag, box, and deliver.
We bag and box our sprouts twice a week and then early the following mornings, we're off to make our deliveries. (Every box of our little shoots contains instructions that tell the produce manager who receives it how to handle and store the sprouts and remind him or her that the tiny vegetables have a shelf life of no more than a week. This is good for the final customer, good for our accounts, and good for our business.) Then it's on to the next batch while we wait a week for the check for that crop-the one we've just delivered-to arrive in the mail.
The top priority of The Season Is Now Sprout Farm has always been "please the customer" . . . and that's precisely what we try to do.
That's the reason, for instance, that we offer our accounts both alfalfa and lentil sprouts . . . instead of just one variety as some other sprouters do. (At present we're even experimenting with radish sprouts, which add a spicy tang to our alfalfa shoots.)
It's also the reason we credit our small local stores from week to week for the sprouts we leave with them that do not sell (whatever doesn't sell one week is replaced with fresh packages at no charge the next). Actually, we feel that this is more to our benefit than to anyone else's since it enables us-rather than the outlets-to maintain quality control just the way we want it . . . and assures us that our final customers will always purchase our very best and tastiest product.
And it's also the reason we offer our customers sprout recipes and information about raising their own sprouts.
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