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6 contributions to Vertical + Urban Farm Academy
Growing cilantro
Hello friends, I’d like to share with you a method I’ve recently started using when growing cilantro. My old method was the classic one: covering the seeds with substrate. Now, I don’t cover the seeds with substrate; instead, I cover them with a thin plastic sheet and weigh it down as usual. It works great, and maybe it will help you with growing cilantro too.
Growing cilantro
1 like • May 31
I have to write my experience after a few weeks of this method. It is useful, but I had a lower yield. Not all the seeds germinated. I went back to the original method of covering the seeds with substrate.
0 likes • 30d
@Deacon O'Connor I use plastic sheets to cover the seeds for every variety. This ensures even pressure on the seeds during germination and maintains the right moisture levels. It also keeps the undersides of my trays clean, as they do not come into contact with the seeds or the growing medium. I have had very good results with this method.
Income
Does anyone make a full time living growing food in here? If so, how do I get started, other than the obvious answer to just grow
1 like • Jun 17
Hi Jack. Yes, it is possible, but it takes a lot of effort and hard work. Nothing is easy and this also applies to growing microgreens. You have to know if this is the direction you want to go. You have to make a decision and get started. Nothing is overnight and it is daily work. Weekends, holidays, you are still growing. Of course, it is also about how you set it up, but you have to deal with the fact that crops do not grow in 2-3 days. You also have to be quite organized. Things have to be under control, which means responsibility is in 1 place. And how to move in this direction? You have to be communicative and work on developing relationships with your customers and, last but not least, cultivate first-class quality. Is such an answer enough for you in short?
Corn
Hi guys, I would like to ask you how long do you soak corn in the water before sow. Do you have some tips how to get better germination rate of corn? I tested new batch of seeds. A suplier said the corn is perfect very good germination. So I don't think so. I soaked it almost 20 hours.
Corn
1 like • Dec '25
@Vertical Greens Ok I will try 12 hours max. but I don't understand why seeds are dead and don't wake up.
1 like • Jan 1
@Mick Huijs I will try. I know them.
Microgreens storage temperature
Guys, I have an another question. What temperature do you recommend to customers for storing microgreens? Thank you
2 likes • Nov '25
@Mick Huijs wau that's amazing story! I would like to have your experience like business man. I was working in automotive industry and I don't have an experience with market. I starting from idea. Idea was change the life and create something what will have a meaning and value. I started learn myself I invest to reconstrucion a room in the house to build my growing room. I saw the point in trying it and the important thing was to stop being afraid and go for it. I don't regret this decision. It's not easy, but you need to be diligent and appreciate every little step forward.
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Jozef Polomsky
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@jozef-polomsky-4228
Microgreens grower from Slovakia

Active 30d ago
Joined Nov 22, 2025