lucknow during covid19 lockdown central institute for subtropical horticulture cish lucknow based icar laboratory takes to educating people on growing microgreens which can make meal healthier and tastier and take about a weeks time to growshailendra rajan director cish said microgreens are different from sproutscoronavirus lockdown latest updatescommonly used sprouts like pea lentil moong chickpea fenugreek can be grown as microgreensone can easily grow microgreens using available material at home said the scientisttake a container prefrebly a tray filled with soil up to three to four inchesspread seeds on the soil surface and cover it with a thin layer of soil and pat gently so that soil gets settled in the containerkeep the soil damp seeds would germinate in three days and one can use microgreens after it attains a certain heightmicrogreens can be grown indoor ensuring sunlight for three to four hours