

Details
Sweet, nutty adzuki bean microgreens with thick, crisp stems, ready to cut 15–17 days after sowing.
SPECIFICATION
Seed
| Common name | Adzuki bean microgreens (also azuki, red bean) |
| Botanical name | Vigna angularis |
| Seed type | Conventional, untreated, non-GMO |
| Seeds per gram | approx. 6–10 |
Growing
| Difficulty | Moderate: needs soaking, a weight and some patience |
| Growing medium | Potting soil or coco coir |
| Sowing rate | 150 g of dry seed per 25 × 50 cm (1020) tray, range 150–200 g; about 12 g per 10 × 10 cm |
| Soaking | 8–12 hours in cool water, then drain well |
| Blackout | 6 days under a weighted cover |
| Temperature | 18–22 °C |
| Harvest | 15–17 days after sowing, when the first leaves have opened |
Taste and colour
| Flavour | Sweet and nutty with a mild bean note; crisp, juicy stems |
| Colour | Pale cream to light green stems, green leaves; the dark red seed often stays visible at the base |
ABOUT
Adzuki, Vigna angularis, is the small red bean of East Asian cooking, also known as azuki or simply red bean. Grown as a microgreen it gives thick, pale stems and green leaves with a sweet, nutty taste and a mild bean note. The stems are crisp and juicy, with a clean snap when you bite them.
Adzuki grows differently from most microgreens. Broccoli or radish lift their seed leaves out of the medium, but adzuki keeps them inside the seed, at the base of the stem. What comes up is a stem with simple, heart-shaped first leaves, and the dark red seed often stays visible below. It also takes its time: 6 days in the dark and 15–17 days in total. Some growing guides give shorter times, but in our own test trays adzuki needed 15–17 days.
Why 150 g per tray? Adzuki seeds are fairly large, about 6–10 to the gram, so 150 g gives roughly one seed per square centimetre of a 25 × 50 cm tray. That is a full tray with some air between the stems. Sow up to 200 g if you want a denser, heavier crop. In our test trays we sowed soaked seed at this rate.
IN THE KITCHEN
Adzuki microgreens are sturdy, with a sweet, nutty taste. Add them to grain bowls, ramen and miso soup just before serving, roll them into sushi or rice-paper rolls, or toss them through a salad with a sesame dressing. Keep them dry in a closed box in the fridge and use them within a few days.
GROWING INSTRUCTIONS
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