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Country Creek LLC — Organic Heirloom Seeds (also called Organic-Heirloom-Seed.com). Country Creek LLC

Here’s a summary of what I see and what you can do next. If you tell me what you were expecting (or why you sent it), I can dig deeper.

What I found

First Successful Sprouts

I bought a 10 oz. bag of Broccoli Sprouts from this company, via Amazon.com. I have started my first broccoli sprouts off of this package using 2 – 1 tbl seeds. *I’ve also marked the package intending to determine how many cycles (of 2 tbl each time) of growing I can get from the 10 oz. package.

Answer: With your 10 oz broccoli seed package and 2 tbsp per cycle, you’ll get about 10 cycles, each producing 6–8 oz of fresh sprouts, for a total harvest of 60–80 oz (3.75–5 lbs).

Recall that broccoli is a cruciferous vegetable and that adding ground mustard seeds (in my case black mustard seeds) to it, or other cruciferous veggies, including broccoli sprouts, produces sulforaphane, which activates the body’s antioxidant and detoxification defenses and is studied for its potential health-protective effects.

Combining mustard seed sprouts with broccoli sprouts boosts sulforaphane production because mustard is rich in the enzyme myrosinase, which helps convert broccoli’s glucoraphanin into its more powerful active form. For best effect, add about ½ teaspoon of mustard seed powder or a small handful of mustard sprouts to a ½-cup serving of broccoli sprouts.

🌱 Best Practices for Sprouting Broccoli + Mustard Seeds Together

  • If you use 2 tablespoons broccoli seed, add ½ teaspoon–1 teaspoon mustard seed.
  • Rinse both together, then soak 6–8 hours in cool water.
  • Mustard seeds can get mucilaginous (slimy), but mixing them with broccoli seeds reduces clumping.
  • Rinse and drain 2–3 times daily.
  • You can harvest both together at ~4 days when they have small green leaves.

Mix 80–90% broccoli seeds + 10–20% mustard seeds, sprout together for 3–5 days, rinse daily, and harvest when green. The sulforaphane boost happens when you chew or chop them, so nothing is lost by growing them side-by-side. *And I just noted Daikon Radishes, which Sunny Creek Farm is getting into production.

Sunny Creek Farm (the sprouting business) is located at 520 Pinefield Drive, Tryon, North Carolina 28782 U.S. Food and Drug Administration+3Appalachian Grown+3MapQuest+3

🌱 4. Mixing All Three Together

  • Broccoli = fuel (glucoraphanin).
  • Mustard = spark plug (super-efficient myrosinase).
  • Radish = backup enzyme + bonus compounds (more isothiocyanates like sulforaphene).
  • Together, they create a synergistic effect:
    • Maximum sulforaphane yield (mustard + radish enzymes working on broccoli glucoraphanin).
    • Additional health-promoting compounds (radish isothiocyanates).
    • More enzyme diversity → more reliable conversion in different gut conditions.

✅ Bottom line:
Mixing broccoli + mustard + radish sprouts is probably the best strategy for sulforaphane production and overall phytochemical diversity. You’d be combining the richest precursor source (broccoli) with two strong enzyme boosters (mustard + daikon radish), plus layering in extra compounds unique to radish.