No replies yet huh?

He came over this morning and we juiced his 2 trays of 10x21 trays
and got 4 ounces a piece out of them using my Samson 6 in 1, I even
ran the pulp through again. His trays were absolutely covered with
seeds so that shot my theory that I was spreading mine to thin. The
only difference was I used organic potting soil and he didn't.

Can someone post what results there getting from a tray, and what I
should expect to get from a tray my size.

Thanks,
Jeff



--- In wheatgrass@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff" <1999jeep@...> wrote:
>
> Hi All!
>
> I just discovered wheatgrass about 2 months ago and I'm thrilled
to
> find this group. I've been having a blast learning about it and
> growing it. I've just got a setup that I like except I dont seem
to
> get that much juice. So can someone read this and see what i'm
doing
> wrong.
>
> A mason jar about half full of seeds soaking 12 hours, rinsed then
> draining for 12, one inch organic potting soil with seeds spread
> till they touch. That fills 2 large trays and 1 smaller one.
> Covered with newspaper and plastic top and watered twice a day
then
> after about 3 days I set them under my covered front porch in the
> covered tray, and plastic coverd plant stand. I juice around 5-7
> inches tall I cut as close to the root as possible.
>
> What I have is jiffy sprouting trays 10x21 covered, a outside 4
tier
> plantstand with a cover/mini greenhouse, and a samson 6 in 1
juicer.
> I've just used the juicer once and I got 3 ounces for 3/4 of the
> whole 10x21 at 5-6 inches tall. I had the healthy juicer manual
and
> juicing the whole tray would have maybe gotten me 3 ounces with it?
>
> I think i'm either putting to much or not enough seed?
>
> I have the wheatgrass book on the way in the mail, but my friends
> wife just got diagnosed with cancer yesterday, I think he said
> liver? Anyway he's coming by tonight to get my whole setup to
start
> her juicing asap, till we get him his own setup. So I need to tell
> him so he gets the maximum yeild, because she is going to try to
do
> a cleanse.
>
> So if anybody has any idea what i'm doing wrong. I need to tell
him
> and I'm going to be juicing for myself and wife full time, and
> ocasionally for my son,my mom,my wifes mom, and my 92 yr old
> grandmother.
>
> I've tried to get things to make it easy from the begining since
i'm
> going to be juicing alot. I've got 10 of the covered starter
trays,
> a covered 4 tier mini greenhouse that hold 8 trays, building a
10x12
> big greenhouse in a few more weeks, I've started composting
> clippings and kitchen scraps to get soil and i'm building several
> homemade aerated barrel composters next week.
>
> So I guess my 2 questions are what else could I do to make growing
> easier that I haven't thought off, and mainly why am I yeilding so
> little juice, I know both juicers aren't bad, and i'm reading 10-
18
> ounces on the same size and smaller trays, so what am I doing
wrong?
>
> Thanks for your time and help!
> Jeff
>