Microgreens on a Shelf Guide (PDF): Grow & Sell Microgreens Indoors

Grow restaurant-ready microgreens indoors in 7–14 days, all year, then sell them to chefs and neighbors. This 22-page illustrated Alt Ordo field guide turns one wire shelf and a few shop lights into a 16-tray micro-farm.

What's inside

• Shelf farm build plan and a full parts list with real prices (about $560–770 for 16 trays, or under $100 to test)
• 11-crop chart: seed rate per tray, presoak, blackout days, days to harvest and yield for radish, broccoli, pea shoots, sunflower and more
• Step-by-step growing method: blackout and weight, lights, bottom watering, harvest
• Mold vs. root hairs: the mist test, and a full troubleshooting table
• Harvest, packing and storage for maximum shelf life
• Food safety and the legal basics: microgreens vs. sprouts, the FDA rules, and state examples
• The money: cost per tray, revenue per tray, a chef pitch, a sample price sheet and honest profit scenarios
• Our fact check of the original video, plus a printable tray log, weekly planting planner and resources

Letter size, printable. Every claim is sourced.

For educational purposes. Yields and profits are estimates, not guarantees. Check your state's rules before selling food.