I'm new at sprouting seeds, and this sampler really helped me try out different sprouts before buying large quantities of something I may not like. The seeds are excellent quality and I haven't had any that were difficult to grow. Many of the mixes have lentils in them, which I've discovered that I'm not fond of. They have a bland, starchy taste to them. I also wasn't a fan of the garbanzo beans, as they were very bitter. I've loved the smaller seed mixes, especially ones with radish or daikon radish. They have such a great, spicy bite to them. I found that I prefer growing the mung beans separately since the containers I have for the sprouts are too shallow and allow too much light to reach the seeds. I painstakingly sorted the seeds to make mixes that I like, and kept the mung beans separate. I will definitely order from this company again now that I know which seeds I prefer.

From the images and description, I thought the small bags of seeds would allow me to try the varieties one or two times. As it turns out, The Sprout House has included enough for several batches with the smaller seed varieties and at least a few of the larger ones.

I have been using the VICTORIO VKP1014 Four-Tray Kitchen Crop TM Sprouter and have been delighted with the results. The mixes have colorful seeds that have been mixed well for complementary flavors. I'm fascinated by all the types of seeds included, many that I had the research names from the labels to identify the varieties. Who knew you could sprout garbanzo beans?

The sprouts change flavor as they grow and I'm learning some are best harvested earlier and some can grow longer. It's obvious I need a journal to track what has worked best and what needs improvement.

These mixes have given very high percentages of sprouted seeds, i.e., not many unsprouted remain. The very small seeds seem to have more of the unsprouted seeds. Perhaps they go bad sooner. There were plenty of the viable seeds remaining. For the small seeds, I've used 1 tablespoon of seed per batch. For the larger seed mixtures, I used 2 tablespoons,

The directions call for soaking the seeds for 3-8 hours, draining, rinsing and then transferring to the sprouter. For one batch, I forgot to soak first and decided to be lazy and see what would happen. I poured water through the sprouter more often than usual the first day to try to make up for my omission, but otherwise followed the usual directions of pouring water through 2 or 3 times a day. The seeds were very forgiving and gave good batches. Soaking and rinsing has the advantage of being able to identify the floater that probably won't sprout and removing loose hulls that will rot or add bitterness.

I'm the only one in our household who eats sprouts and will likely just reorder the sampler when it is time to replenish my supply. I haven't found any that I don't like and the variety saves me from having to choose.

I purchased these a year ago and (growing sprouts every week) it has taken me that long to use all of this Sprout House sampler. It says it is a small sampler but you get a lot of sprouts!!! As I was a newbie to sprout growing, I selected this sampler as I had no idea what I liked for sprouts and it was certified organic non-GMO. I bought a little sprout tray set up and just started. There are so many different combinations here. Almost too many!!!!! I love hot and spicy so I was hoping for find one zesty mix but really there was not. Maybe there is no such thing with sprouts? I have learned the following things that may be helpful to you:
1. Put about a tablespoon of the seeds in a little cup of warm water and let them stay a day or so to give them a head start. You will see the outer skins lifting off.
2. Put them in a container that you can easily water them twice daily and drain the water off. You don't want them to either drown or dry out.
3. Be careful not to put them in direct sun but do keep them at least at room temperature. You don't want them to cook in the sun or get too cold.
4. If you have a multiple containers, it is easy to try different varieties with this sampler. Just stagger them a day or two behind so you don't have multiple crops maturing at one time.
5. When they are mature you should harvest them by removing them from your growing container, rinsing them and storing in a Baggie in the refrigerator. They will last at least 3 to 4 days.
6. Generally, less is more with sprouts. In the beginning I found that I was soaking way too many seeds and growing too many spouts that matured all at once or over grew resulting in baby plants!!!!!

Growing spouts is a wonderful year round project. I found that starting in Winter was great as it gave me fresh greens daily and something to look forward to in the cold months when little was growing outside. Also, kids are fascinated with sprouting projects and it also gives them something new and healthy to try.

If this has been helpful in anyway please press the button and let me know. If you have questions please do not hesitate to contact me. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Bought this to use with the 'VICTORIO VKP1014 Four-Tray Kitchen Crop TM Sprouter'. The large beans - garbanzo and peas - did not fair well. By the time they started to sprout, a fungus appeared over the tray. I would say this is an issue of the method, not the materials. Smaller seeds sprouted fine, in a second batch (did not sprout in the combo batch with the larger seeds).

I really like this blend as a beginner sprouter. It let me try some different blends and figure out what I like. One complaint as I become more familiar with sprouting and the different seeds and types, not all blends have the same soaking/sprouting times so that effects the yield on some sprouts. The really little seeds like, broccoli, alfalfa, clover and red radish sprout together nicely, but when you start combining different sizes and types they do not sprout at the same rates together as well.

If you're looking to mix it up and familiarize yourself with different blends this is a good mix, but as you become more experienced you would probably have better luck sprouting separately and mixing after.