Hamama healthy food growers
Why microgreens? Because it’s fun to have a little experimental garden growing in the house. And because they are superfood healthy.
According to Healthline, “Microgreens are packed with nutrients. While their nutrient contents vary slightly, most varieties tend to be rich in potassium, iron, zinc, magnesium and copper. Microgreens are also a great source of beneficial plant compounds like antioxidants.”
At IMBHO, we like to live a healthier lifestyle, so when we learned about Hamama, we knew we had to try growing our own baby greens.
The creators of Hamama are Camille and Daniel, two MIT mechanical engineering students who wanted to impact the lives of others. The company is headquartered in West Sacramento, California. This is where the “seed quilts” are produced.
By simply immersing the seed quilts in water, you can sprout your own microgreens.
The reason this company is finding success is not just their unique product, but they created a convenient way for consumers to grow their own microgreens, eliminating the worry of GMOs, pesticides, and all other bad things that could corrupt the microgreens you purchase at your local grocery store.
We purchased the Microgreen Starter Kit for $35 (free shipping), which includes three seed quilts.
If you decide you love the microgreens and want to continue growing them, you can subscribe and save: $17 for three seed quilts each month.
Hamama also has a variety of microgreen types, including broccoli, cabbage, kale, daikon radish, super salad mix, clover and more. Don’t think you’re going to grow heads of broccoli or cabbage—you’re not—instead you’ll get microgreens you can add to sandwiches, salads, or atop eggs and avocado (a breakfast favorite of ours).
The entire process of growing microgreens takes 7 - 10 days. However, your results may vary slightly from all the videos and images you see on the Hamama site. Ours certainly did. We didn’t get the even growing pattern across the entire seed quilt the company boasts. Instead, our results were quite sporadic; one side of the seed quilt germinated perfectly while the other side didn’t. For that we say, IMBHO-no.
Regardless, given a little time, we harvested our microgreens (at least the ones that grew) and they were tasty—very fresh! For that we give Hamama an IMBHO-yes. And while we will continue to grow more microgreens and test different areas of our homes to see if that affects overall growth, we have to say IMBHO-maybe to Hamama overall.
Growing the microgreens is easy. It’s the perfect inside garden experiment and lots of fun for the kids. Watch the video below to learn more.
