After roughly 72 hours in the fridge the pea greens started showing very subtle signs of softening/wilting. I did a taste test of the greens harvested 72 hours ago versus harvesting and eating live greens. The 72 hour greens tasted a bit more grassy, the live harvested tasted sweeter and were crisper in comparison. The obvious benefit of the 72 hour refrigeration is more time window before consumption, while the tray could then be used to grow even more in that time period. The downside is slightly wilted greens, refrigeration required, and clam shell packaging.

Here's the previous post if anyone wants more context to the experiment: https://lemmy.world/post/47253866

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[–] [S] 0 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Also just to add, I've had four containers now of the +3 day speckled pea microgreens from the fridge, and it's absolutely confirmed they have more of a bitter grassy flavor. The live cut greens have a sweeter leafy taste, much more preferable personally.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

    Is the fridge only for the greens or is it sharing with something else? Do the greens have a smell strong enough to permeate the fridge? Im kinda thinking the bananas thing where soemthing given off causes more ripening in others. Like more ventilation or maybe baking soda.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Yea that further presents even more issues with refrigeration that I didn't think about. If a customer has anything else in their fridge it could permeate into the greens. In my refrigerator, everything else is sealed, no open foods.

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