Laksh Home Made: Grow Organic Fenugreek Greens in your Kitchen

Fenugreek is used in three forms - Greens, dried herbs and seeds. It is used as a medicine for Thousands of years. Fenugreek is widely used in Indian Household. Fenugreek plant is mostly 2 to 3 feet tall and has small green leaves, small white flowers and Fenugreek seeds. In this article, let us see how to grow fenugreek plants in you kitchen. It is always refreshing to grow plants in our kitchen. It lets us start our day fresh!!!

Major Health Benefits of Fenugreek:

1. It is proven to reduce Bad Cholesterol levels and to increase Good Cholesterol levels.

2. It is rich in Fiber.

3. Increases Breast Milk

4. Controls Blood Sugar Levels

5. Reduces risk of Heart Disease.

6. Controls Acid reflux and Heartburn

7. Helps in Digestion and cures upset stomach

8. Helps to solve problems related to scalp and skin
and the list goes on...

How to Grow Fenugreek Plants from seeds:

Take a spoonful of Fenugreek Seeds and soak it overnight. You can leave it until it gets sprouted. It may take 2 days. However soaking step is optional. You can directly sow the seeds in a pot.

Prepare a pot filled with sand. Wet the soil. Sprinkle the soaked or un soaked Fenugreek seeds in the pot. Cover the seeds with a thin layer of soil. Do not cover more than 1/4th inch of soil. Leave sufficient space above the soil in the pot for the sprouts to grow..

2 Days later: The sprouts start to grow up lifting the soil up...

3 Days Later: My pot did not have sufficient space.. So I had to tap out the Excess soil from the pot.

4 Days Later: The leaves starts to show up.

1 Week later: You will love to see the bunch of greens!!!!

3 weeks later: Greens are ready to reap!!!! Greens are considered fully Green when the greens are almost 6 inches tall.

Greens will start flowering at this stage... Cute little white flowers will start to bloom!!! These flowers will produce thin seed pods..Once the pods ripe and turn yellow, We can reap fenugreek seeds from the plants