Oct
8
2018

Gardening with Ayden: How To Grow Your Own Bean Sprouts

Don’t you hate it when you buy bean sprouts only for them to turn bad at home just because you delayed cooking them?

You can actually grow them in an empty milk carton yourself. All it takes is FOUR days so plan your menu and grow them 4 days before in order to get fresh bean sprouts in your kitchen any time, any day.

Here is how you can grow your own bean sprouts in milk cartons in just 4 days.

We’ll need one scoop of green bean (mung bean) and an empty milk carton.

Cut small holes to drain water out.

Pour the beans into the empty milk carton.

Wet the beans. Put the carton cover back on, drain off excess water and leave aside. Water the beans at least 3 times daily.

This is the beans on Day 1

Beans on Day 2

Beans on Day 3

Beans on Day 4

The bean sprouts is ready on Day 4.

Simple right?

Watch this video to see how Ayden does it. He is very excited he can now grow his own bean sprouts.

Tags: bean sprouts, homegrown, organic, urban garden

About the Author: Merryn Tan

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KYspeaks October 8, 2018 at 8:15 am

I remember doing this as a kid too!

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Agnes October 8, 2018 at 8:54 am

I like bean sprouts but not the rest of my families so I don’t buy it. It would be a good idea to grow the sprouts for my own consumption.

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Rose October 8, 2018 at 10:20 am

That is one reason I don’t buy bean sprout. Seldom cook at home.

Growing bean sprouts is easy. Love the idea of recycle the milk carton.

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suituapui October 8, 2018 at 7:23 pm

My! My! He’s growing up so fast! My girl is no fan of bean sprouts – I’m ok with it just that I hate removing the tails…and on bad days, I may come down with gout. Beans!

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Choi Yen October 9, 2018 at 9:51 am

Impressive, I want to grow too!

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The Yum List October 9, 2018 at 12:43 pm

Ayden needs to give me some tips. I love bean sprouts!

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mun October 9, 2018 at 4:25 pm

Ayden is learning so much useful things from you. You are a super mommy!

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CleverMunkey October 10, 2018 at 1:47 am

So so easy right? I used to do this when I was young but now I prefer making green bean desserts with them instead. Hahahaha

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Twilight Man October 12, 2018 at 4:28 pm

What a smart mother! Your 2 boys will become our future leaders of the nation! They will rise from young taugehs to become taukehs one day! LOL

Thank you for sharing this brilliant yet so easy planting as I always had headaches with so much taugehs from the supermarket when I only needed a small cupful. Thank you mummy for the tips!

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Haley December 6, 2018 at 2:36 am

I love it when fried rice has bean sprouts.

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I am a mother to two boys; Ethan and Ayden and a wife to Darling William. I'm a stay at home mum who blogs to break the monotony of life and to avoid feeling jaded. Would love to get to know all the Super Mommies and Daddies and Babies or Singles out there with the hope that we can learn more from each other. Most of all, I am a happy person, and I hope YOU are too.