How to Grow & Juice Wheatgrass

Overview

Juiced wheatgrass is potent and packed with vitamins and enzymes. Unfortunately, wheatgrass juice is rather expensive to purchase at a juice bar, especially if you're drinking it every week. You can grow your own wheatgrass for juicing, which is easy to do and will save you a bundle. You can buy wheatgrass-growing kits online, which contain everything you need, including the seeds, growing medium and instructions -- but usually not the juicer. If you want to go the ultra-inexpensive route, you can purchase your wheatgrass seed in bulk on the Internet or in smaller quantities from your local health-food store and follow these steps to grow and juice wheatgrass.

Step 1

Soak 1 cup of dry wheatgrass seeds in a large bowl filled with water for at least 6 hours or until the seeds sprout. Pour the bowl's contents through a strainer. Remove the sprouted seeds for planting.

Step 2

Prepare your wheatgrass tray. Use a seed tray or cafeteria tray to grow your wheatgrass in. Fill the tray with 1 ½ to 2 inches of an organic topsoil and peat moss mixture (equal parts).

Step 3

Spread the sprouted seeds over the soil mixture in the tray. Spread the seeds in a single layer but touching each other.

Step 4

Sprinkle a thin layer of peat moss over the seeds. Cover the tray with a top tray and place it out of sunlight and at room temperature. Water lightly or mist with a spray bottle every day to keep the soil and peat moist.

Step 5

Remove the top after about five days. Place the tray in indirect sunlight for 7 to 10 days to allow the pale grass to turn green and continue to grow.

Step 6

Harvest the wheatgrass when the wheatgrass is 7 inches tall or when it begins to fork at the base. Grab a clump of wheatgrass in your hand and cut it across the base using clean, sharp scissors. Harvest the entire tray of wheatgrass at once.

Step 7

Feed the wheatgrass into your juicer. Try to keep all the grass blades going in the same direction. One tray of wheatgrass will usually produce anywhere from 6 to 10 ounces of juice.