Miracle Biosta Green Sprouter
Manufacturer: Miracle Exclusives
Average Rating: 2.0
List Price: $29.95
Offer Price: $29.95
2 used & new
Technical Details
Designed for sprouting small seeds
Three Nesting 7-3/4" diameter sprouting trays
Sprouts ready 3-5 days after inital watering
Made in Qubec, Canada.
Product Description
Product Description
The Biosta Sprouter is an easy to use sprouting system for making a variety of nutritious sprouts right in the kitchen. Designed for sprouting small seeds such as: alfalfa, radish, and clover, it is not designed to sprout larger beans, such as mung, adzuki, or grow wheatgrass. The Biosta Sprouter has three nesting 7-3/4" diameter sprouting trays, a water collection tray and a lid. Using the sprouter is simplicity in itself. First insert the red drainage caps in each tray. Then cover the ribbed surface of each tray with a thin layer of seeds. Next pour approximately 1 pint of warm water into the top tray. The patent pending design allows the trays to successively drain into one another - leaving approximately 1-2 tablespoons of water in the ribbed bottoms of each tray. This is just sufficient to produce the proper humidity for quick germination. For small seeds such as alfalfa, cress or mustard you only need to re-water once in 4 days; You can purchase a variety of seeds at health foods stores. Depending on room temperature and lighting conditions your sprouts should be ready in between 3 and 5 days after initial watering. Not only are the sprouts you make guaranteed fresh (because you germinated them) but they are considerably more economical than buying them at the supermarket. The Biosta Sprouter is available in either tinted green or clear plastic and comes with complete instructions and several recipes. The Biosta is made in Qubec, Canada.
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Customer Reviews
I have the clear Biosta sprouter--works fine for me
Rating: 4 (2009-01-01)
I've owned the clear version of this sprouter for a couple decades. My sprouts grow fine with no mold--I sanitize it between uses in the dishwasher but I take no extraordinary measures to sanitize it.
I do rinse very, very often for the first few days.
Steps that I take:
1) Pre-soak the seeds for 8-12 hours.
2) Place 2-3 tablespoons per level
3) Fill the top level and let it drain down through the levels. I keep doing this until the water runs clear. When germinating, seeds put off a lot of waste which inhibits other seeds and can foul the whole thing. It's important to get rid of this.
I rinse 'em as frequently as required to keep them clean and have never had mold. I usually use the water out of my RO unit though in the past I also used plain tap water.
The only drawbacks I see with this sprouter are
1) sometimes if the levels aren't perfectly aligned (and seeming sometimes even if they are) water will start dribbling on the outside instead of the inside, creating a small flood if you have it on the counter. So I usually try to put it in the sink during rinsing operations.
2) Since the sprouts don't actually anchor to anything it is INFERNALLY frustrating to separate tiny sprouts like alfalfa or clover from the husks.
Other than that, I'm pretty satisfied with the sprouter. I don't know what logical purpose changing the color to green served. From my knowledge about the light spectrum used by plants, it serves NO USEFUL PURPOSE whatsoever to the sprouts and was likely done simply for "green" marketing.
Don't buy///1
Rating: 1 (2008-11-18)
There is nothing in the design of this product that makes it work as a s sprouter. Thank goodness that I bought it at a thrift shop for under $2 and not new for $35! There is no way to rinse and drain the seeds and once I did that using a separate strainer the seeds proceeded to mold once placed on the trays and covered with the lid, I am assuming because the layers are fairly airtight along with there being no holes but the small one on one side of the trays. I am going to try drilling small holes in each tray and in the lid to see if this makes the seeds sprout without molding. Meanwhile you all go out and buy a different sprouter unless you have nothing better to do than play with sprouters.
Waste of money
Rating: 1 (2008-11-13)
I have owned this sprouter for several years, and used it 3-4 times per year. I have had awful luck with it. Everytime the sprouts start to grow (after 3 days or so) they start to mold. I have run it through the dishwasher, used spring water and filtered water and no luck. I have even called the company and they told me I am using to much water? This answer was not helpful as I can grow sprouts in a sprout bag or quart jar fine.
Save your money and buy a sprout bag or use a mason type jar.
mold. ugh!
Rating: 1 (2008-07-26)
OK, I've tried this sprouter 3 times now, and each time the sprouts develop mold on about the third day. Definitely not acceptable. I've even sanitized the unit in the dishwasher, and am using filtered water, all with the same results. Time, money and moldy spouts all down the drain.