My son is experimenting with growing wheatgrass, and he heard you shouldn't harvest it more than once or twice. Why can't you keep cutting it as long as it keeps growing?

-- Pearlie Sweetcake (storestuff@home.now), February 09, 2000

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i'd be curious too. i believe you make some kind of drink with squished grass

-- perilous pauline from australia (paulinej@angliss.vic.edu.au), February 09, 2000.

Pearlie,

An acquaintance of mine grows wheatgrass and sells it to local health food stores here in Central Florida. I used to buy some from him and asked how many times he cut it and the reply was that at $10.00 a pound people deserve wheatgrass that has been only cut once. I guess each time someone cuts it the grass loses more nutritional value. I cut mine twice. A good book on the subject is Ann Wigmore's "The Wheatgrass Book" published by Avery.

BTW if you have never had wheatgrass juice before - be prepared. Either mix the 1 to 2 ounces you make with at least 8 ounces of water or have water on hand to wash the juice down - In either case drink it fast. Bookworm

-- Bookworm (bookworm_2@hotmail.com), February 10, 2000.

And it does NOT mix well anywhere near chocolate!

Wheatgrass, the best thing for the bod after blood. It's green blood, and very purifying. Prepare for a major buzz if your body is fairly pure. If not, prepare to puke :-)

Have a delicious nutritious chaser immediately on hand ;^)

-- Ashton & Leska in Cascadia (allaha@earthlink.net), February 12, 2000.

Does anyone know how do you actually extract the juice? Stick it in the blender and puree the whole lot? I've got no idea.

-- perilous pauline from australia (paulinej@angliss.vic.edu.au), February 13, 2000.

See it! Read all about it! :-)

WHEATGRASS JUICERS

-- Ashton & Leska in Cascadia (allaha@earthlink.net), February 14, 2000.