There's nothing like adding a pop of color to your home during these gray and cold days of winter. And what better than bringing spring into your home with an arrangement of Wheatgrass?
A lot of people grow wheatgrass for juicing because they believe it detoxifies the body and is good for you. It probably is, but that is not the reason I grew mine. I grew mine because I wanted a pretty centerpiece for my dining room table. I wish I had tried this before my wedding, because it is so cheap and easy!
This is a picture of the wheatgrass I planted 7 days ago. Yep, only SEVEN days ago! Not to mention I have trimmed some of the top to make them look a bit more even. Isn't this crazy??
I got the vase for a little over $3 at Michaels as they were 60% off. I got two of them.
I got the potting soil at Home Depot for about $3.50. I used Scotts Premium Potting Soil.
And finally the Wheatgrass seeds. They say you can find them at any Health store, but I've never seen them at our local one, so I bought them at Amazon, here.
Once I had my potting soil, my vases and my seeds, I pretty much just added the potting soil to the vase (about 4 inches) and spread the seeds on top. I actually didn't spread as many seeds as they say you should online because I hadn't read any instructions online at that time, but as you can see it didn't turn out too bad. I then covered them with a thin layer of potting soil and watered them everyday keeping the soil moist.
But for instructions sake, I decided to start another pot and take pictures to show you guys.
Step 1:
Fill your vase with about 3 - 4 inches of Potting Soil
Step 2:
Add one layer of Wheatgrass seeds being careful not to layer them on top of each other too much.
Step 3:
Add another thin layer of potting soil on top of your seeds and water them until the soil is moist but not damp.
Step 4:
Keep the vase in a dark place and water the soil at least twice a day to ensure the soil is moist at all times.
In about 48 hours your seeds will start to sprout and look like this:
Once they are about 1 - 2 inches high, you can remove them from the dark and keep them in indirect sunlight.
**Updated** In ONLY 4 days, they looked like this:
So yep, in less than 7 days you should have them high enough for centerpieces.
Here are some arrangements I've put together with my vases that are fully grown.. I don't know why but I really liked the look with the pop of orange from the clementines.
And that is it my dears! Very easy to grow and cheap to make!
xoxo
