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Due to the large amount of healthy chlorophyll that is found in wheatgrass one of the most common side effects is nausea due to detoxification, which is usually healthy discharge of toxins in your body. Due to the detoxification, headaches and dizziness may also accompany the nausea, but over time the symptoms will fade as the body detoxes and rids itself of toxins.
ALSO: nausea may also be caused by the taste of the juice itself.

Wheatgrass Side Effects May Be Reduced By Diluting Wheatgrass With Water or a Healthy Organic Low Acidic Juice.

Another common side effect for some when using wheatgrass is diarrhea (for most folks your body is not accustomed to highly potent healthy nutrients). This wheatgrass symptom should pass after regular use as your body becomes more healthy.

A wheatgrass suggestion; you may want to start slowly using small amounts such as one ounce of juiced wheatgrass or less per serving no more than twice a day. Let your body slowly build up your body’s healthy reaction and tolerance to the drink. Wheatgrass is a very healthy positive and nutrient potent and unfortunately many people (especially adults) are not able to digest highly rich nutrient wheatgrass in the beginning intake because their body has been unhealthily trained to digest chemicals and highly processed foods. Start slowly and work your way up to two ounces in the morning and two ounces in the afternoon.

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Pictured above are three stages of wheatgrass growth.

When to Harvest Wheatgrass?

Pictured below is day seven of wheatgrass growing cycle and time to take your first partial harvest for juicing.
Harvest wheatgrass by cutting just above the top of the soil. It is always best and optimal for nutritional and live enzymes effect to harvest and juice when wheatgrass has been freshly cut. If mold appears rinse your wheatgrass thoroughly before juicing.

Harvesting and Storing Wheatgrass?

Pictured below is day eight of the wheatgrass growing cycle.
At some point in the growth cycle the wheatgrass is at an optimal nutritional juicing point. This point is just before or as the grass starts to split and begins it’s reproductive cycle. This is why I recommend to harvest all the wheatgrass at this point and juice what you need to immediately consume and store the rest in a container in the frig. Harvested or cut wheatgrass placed in a container will last about seven or eight days in a common refrigerator. Do not let harvested wheatgrass freeze and do not eat or juice wheatgrass if it has begun or has turned yellow.
High humidity during the growth cycle may cause mold to grow at the base of your wheatgrass. If mold does appear rinse your wheatgrass thoroughly before juicing or consuming raw wheatgrass.

One Time Growing Cycle for Wheatgrass and Proper Disposal

Wheatgrass is great because the growing cycle is only between seven and fourteen days. The difference in the time growing cycle is due to watering, sunlight, humidity, temperature and soil differences.
Wheatgrass can be grown and harvested only once. Please discard your post harvest growing remains properly. Proper disposal may include compost or mulch it into your outdoor garden. Organic wheatgrass growing remains have a high natural organic make up and will add to the natural value of vegetable garden soil as well as many other types of gardens.

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Drinking Your Wheatgrass Juice

Your juiced wheatgrass is now ready to be consumed directly or by adding it to a drink or smoothie. Some folks add coconut water or filtered water to their wheatgrass juice.

wheatgrass juice with coconut water added in pictured above

I will try and consume at least one to two of ounces wheatgrass per day. When I’m trying to recover or clean out my system I will consume at least two ounces of juiced wheatgrass in the morning and at least two ounces in the afternoon. I try and not eat two hours before drinking wheatgrass juice and not to eat for one hour after drinking wheatgrass juice. This two hour time before consumption allows the digestive system to clean out so the wheatgrass juice can be easily absorbed into the digestive tract.

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Optimal or Best Time to Harvest Wheatgrass or Cut Wheatgrass

At some point in the growth cycle the wheatgrass is at an optimal nutritional juicing point. This optimal harvest point is just before the grass starts to split or bud (also known as joints or the pre-jointing stage) and begins it’s reproductive cycle. When whaetgrass prepares itself for it’s reproductive cycle it pulls a tremendous amount of nutrients from the soil and into its stems and leaves. This is why I recommend to harvest all the wheatgrass at this point and juice what you need to immediately consume and store the rest in a container in the frig.

Humidity, Mold and Wheatgrsass

High humidity during the growth cycle may cause mold to grow at the base of your wheatgrass. If mold does appear rinse your wheatgrass thoroughly before juicing or consuming raw wheatgrass.

How Long Can You Store or Save Harvested-Cut WheatGrass

Harvested or cut wheatgrass placed in a container will last about seven or eight days in a common refrigerator. Do not let harvested wheatgrass freeze and do not eat or juice wheatgrass if it has begun or has turned yellow. Needless to say, just like almost all living harvested foods the longer you store them the more the food breaks down and changes.

One Time Growing Cycle for Wheatgrass and Proper Disposal

Wheatgrass is great because the growing cycle is only between seven and fourteen days. The difference in the time growing cycle is due to watering, sunlight and temperature differences.
Wheatgrass can be grown and harvested only once. Please discard your post harvest growing remains properly. Proper disposal may include compost or mulch it into your outdoor garden. Organic wheatgrass growing remains have high natural organic make up and will add to the natural value of vegetable garden soil as well as many other types of gardens.

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Wheatgrass Growing Trays

Wheatgrass growing tray (plastic tray size shown aprx.= 20″ L x 10″ W x 2.5″ D).
When using plastic growing trays or any plastic always try and buy “BPA Free” plastic.

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Cover seed growing tray with a vented or upside down draining growing tray or board to keep the seeds dark until seedlings sprout into light green new wheat grass. Please do not use newspaper as some recommend, newspaper contains ink and other chemicals which may leak in to the growing process.

At this point you may want to add a no drip (solid bottom) growing tray underneath the wheatgrass draining growing tray to catch over watering. Adding this bottom tray properly also adds a second watering system to the roots that almost always grow through the drain holes in the bottom of wheatgrass growing tray.
SPACE BETWEEN TRAYS; the hanging roots from the top tray will need to easily reach the water in the bottom tray. Therefore, make sure your spacer lift height between top and bottom tray is no more than one half inch. The spacer between trays should always be as chemical free as possible. If used out doors only; you may want to drill an overflow In this bottom no drip catch tray at about the one inch high mark to avoid over-watering/soggy conditions. If indoors you may want to leave the bottom tray with NO holes for added protection for your floors or counters from water damage (but be careful not to over water to avoid constant soggy soil conditions).

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Wheatgrass Seed Soaking-Sprouting Tray

Soak ORGANIC wheatgrass beery seeds in water (filtered water preferred) for about 18 to 24 hours. SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE INFO !

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Soaking and Sprouting Wheatgrass Seeds

Soak about two cups of ORGANIC wheatgrass beery seeds in water (filtered water preferred) for about 18 to 24 hours. Two cups of seeds will grow enough grass to fill a growing tray aprx.= 20″ L x 10″ W x 2.5″ Deep. Soaking seeds should be kept at room temperature (60 to 75 degrees F) and AWAY from bright lights and out of sunlight (darkness is OK). For your convenience use a soaking tray or sprouting cup which is preferably either glass or a BPA free plastic container (plastic soaking tray shown).

After about 24 hours remove the soaking wheatgrass berry seeds from your sprout container or soaking tray and lightly rinse and let drip free of water (for convenience a strainer can be used). Most seeds should show tiny white sprouts so be gentle.