Does anyone grow their own sprouts? I have just started growing my own, alfalfa and mung beans. They will be ready in a couple of days. How do I store them....will a closed mason jar work or do they need some sort of ventilation in the fridge?

 I don't like the feel of alfalfa sproust in my mouth, but we love mung beans.  Great in wraps, asian and on salads.  After my spouts have sprouted, I rinse really well (to get rid of the shell covering), drain and put back in the jar I used to sprout and replace the screen and band.  keeps for quite awhile with ventilation.

The sprout jar lids are plastic that I have....so your saying I should just use that as a lid.  I think though I will put them in a clean jar when I refridgerate them.

Yes, sprouter here but haven't for awhile

You can store in an open clean jar or wrap in a paper towel and store loosely... I would not recommend storing them in a small jar that will cram them though, give them room to breath however you end up storing them. I would NOT recommend covering the jar if you do use one... best bet is to use a tray and wrap them in paper towel and allow breathing space... sprouts often continue to sprout

Before eating the sprouts, rinse them to remove the seed hulls. Use a colander with large enough holes to wash away the hulls but not the sprouts (the inner part of a salad spinner works well for most sprouts).

 (i would make sure they have ventilation... like you would do with your lettuce)

mum2four:

I think though I will put them in a clean jar when I refridgerate them.

Not to be a smart arz, but I just assumed everyone would know to follow basic food safety precautions so I didn't write the obvious.