Talk:Microgreen

No Edits, but Problems
Not sure how to properly comment, but this is an attempt. This page is inconsistent. Witness:

The average crop-time for most microgreens is 10–14 days from seeding to harvest.[1][2] Microgreens are typically 2–4 weeks old from germination to harvest.[4]

So which is it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.131.57.195 (talk) 03:14, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

I agreed with the assessment that micorgreen is not the same as sprout, so I wrote up a stub, explaining the distinction. User:microgrower has actually written up a much more developed article, and it exists somewhere in wikispace if you check his contributions, but it is filed under a strange temp article name, and I don't want to second-guess his intentions as to if and when he wants to upload this. Anyways, I'm going to change the redirects on "Micro green" and "Microgreens" from -> sprouting to here. Will also hatnote sprouting to point to this article. Kiyoweap (talk) 00:00, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

re:
This article doesn't look like it was originally written for wikipedia, due to the unusual section formatting and bias. Most of it seems to be a slightly altered form of this article: http://www.freshorigins.com/microgreens.html. I don't know if it was actually a case of copying -- maybe the same author submitted the same article on Wikipedia and on that site at different times in its development.

Anyway, I think the information seems good, but it does seem to be a little bit like an ad, i.e. "Microgreens good, sprouts bad!" I just think that opinion needs to be toned down. M-1 (talk) 02:03, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

My Edits
Well it looks at little more like an encyclopedia article now. Still has problems though.Bwtranch (talk) 23:44, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

My edits have been properly referenced from reliable sources. The wiki is not the place to circuitously link to a blog which is unsourced and geared towards a commercial venture. People come to this page to find out about microgreens, not to read about a microgreen vs. sprout debate. Maybe a page could be created for that purpose. Bwtranch (talk) 19:43, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

Microgreens sprout comparison Edits
I've removed the following paragraph from the "Microgreens sprout comparison" section, as is discussed food safety concerns with spouts and did not provide a comparison (nor did it mention microgreens):

"The FDA seeks to regulate all businesses that produce sprouts due to numerous outbreaks of food poisoning ("sproutbreaks"). Salmonella and Escherichia coli O157:H7 have been the major causes of sprout-associated illness outbreaks. Commercial sprout processors are asked to follow rigorous FDA Guidelines for production that include multiple laboratory tests of each batch for the presence of pathogenic bacteria, to minimize the threat of food borne illness. Despite these precautions, there continues to be regular recalls and alerts relating to sprouts with more and more restaurants removing them from menus to reduce their liability. In 2011, 52 people died and thousands became ill due to consumption of locally grown organic sprouts in Europe. The two largest U.S. retailers Walmart and Kroger are no longer selling sprouts. "Sprouts present a unique challenge because pathogens may reside inside the seeds where they cannot be reached by the currently available processing interventions," Payton Pruett, Kroger's Vice President of Food Safety, said in an October 19, 2012 news release. "

I also modified: "With stronger flavors compared to sprouts, they are an excellent ingredient with a wide selection of leaf shapes, textures and colors." to: "Microgreens have stronger flavors compared to sprouts, and come in a wide selection of leaf shapes, textures and colors." ("excellent ingredient" does not provide a comparison to sprouts, and appears to be an opinion)

and added: "while microgreens exclude the roots". to the end of "A sprout consists of the seed, root, stem.[citation needed]"

--Hopefully these edits help, and if anyone disagrees, feel free to revert these changes. 99.252.138.173 (talk) 12:36, 11 March 2016 (UTC)


 * I thought about taking out the entire section two years ago. The original editor had a bent, and I'm not sure that's entirely gone. It's better than it was though. Bwtranch (talk) 01:20, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

Lack of examples
What plants count as microgreens? I was wondering if there are any plants I would recognize as being microgreens or grown to this stage and then being harvested. --Tiffany352 (talk) 02:48, 28 January 2019 (UTC)