Do CHIA SEEDS Sprout?

rawmama

Do Chia Seeds actually sprout? Or do they just get the jelly-like nucleus around them and not “sprout?”

newbie

Yes, you can sprout them. Here are the sproutpeople’s instructions: http://www.sproutpeople.com/seed/print/chia.html

heathermarsbomb

Yes they sprout on a Chia Head!! ahahahah

rawmama

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Duh…I didn’t even think of that! Chia heads! LOL! :)
Thanks for the link newbie. My daughter took some of our chia seeds from Shiloh Farms and soaked them, they never sprouted, just were jelly-like. Looks like we goofed by soaking them first. Thanks for the link :) We’ll do another experiment today after school…

newbie

my 3 yr old son likes to watch them sprout too! it’s so great to see their curiosity and appreciation grow. he tried it with pine nuts, but they didn’t do anything… I don’t know why

heathermarsbomb

I put the chia gel in my green smoothies…at least if you mess up sprouting you can use them that way :)

rawmama

Great idea on the smoothies…do they get so thick they are gross to drink then? We were dipping bananas in chia seeds and liked them dry too. I wonder if pine nuts sprout? Maybe they are like almonds and not really sprout but get puffy? Heck, it sounds like chia seeds in everything would be so healthy for us all as well as sesame seeds and hemp seeds.