Buy Alfalfa Microgreen Seeds — Mild, Crisp, Ready in a Week
Alfalfa — अल्फा अल्फा in Marathi, रिजका in Hindi — is the seed most people know as a sprout, and it makes an equally good microgreen: mild, crisp and faintly sweet, with none of the heat of radish or mustard. ₹140 per 100g, untreated and non-GMO, shipped from our Pune farm.
Key Takeaways
- Alfalfa is one of the mildest microgreens — crisp and faintly sweet, with no pepper or heat.
- Ready in 7 to 10 days on a tray, harvested once the first true leaves show.
- No pre-soaking when grown on a tray. Soaking belongs to jar sprouting, which is a different method.
- Sow thinly. The seed is tiny, and heavy sowing is the single most common cause of a slimy tray.
- ₹140 per 100g, and a pack covers a lot of trays because so little seed is needed per tray.
Alfalfa microgreen seeds suit people who want a green that tastes of almost nothing sharp. Where radish is peppery and mustard bites, alfalfa is mild, crisp and slightly sweet — closer to a salad leaf than a garnish. That makes it the variety people reach for when they are feeding children, filling a sandwich, or simply want volume without flavour taking over. It is also the one seed on this page that works equally well in a sprouting jar, which is a genuinely different method and worth understanding before you choose. A 100g pack is ₹140 and goes a long way, because the seed is very small.
Grown on the farm before it is sold. SAGreens is run by Ajay Toradmal in Keshav Nagar, Mundhwa, Pune, from a three-generation farming family.
- 7–10 days
- Seed to harvest
- ₹140
- Per 100g pack
- Mild
- No heat at all
- No soak
- Sow dry on a tray
Why Grow Alfalfa
Mild Enough for Anyone
No heat, no bitterness. If someone in the house picks peppery greens off their plate, this is the variety they will actually eat.
Quick and Undemanding
Seven to ten days on a tray, and it does not need soaking, special light or much attention beyond sensible watering.
Two Methods, One Seed
The same seed works as a microgreen on a tray or as sprouts in a jar. Worth knowing the difference, because they are handled quite differently.
Untreated and Non-GMO
Seed for eating should be untreated, because the seedling is cut within days and eaten raw. Nothing on ours is fungicide-dressed.
Other SAGreens Seeds Worth a Look
Radish Microgreen Seeds
The fastest variety we sell, ready in 6 to 8 days. Peppery where alfalfa is mild.
View productFenugreek Microgreen Seeds
Methi microgreens — familiar, faintly bitter, and the cheapest way into growing at ₹69 per 100g.
View productYellow Mustard Microgreen Seeds
The mild mustard, for when you want the flavour without the heat.
View productHow to Grow Alfalfa Microgreens
- 01
Sow Thinly (Day 1)
Do not pre-soak. Scatter the seed sparsely on pre-moistened cocopeat — sparser than feels right. Alfalfa seed is tiny and a heavy sowing mats together.
- 02
Blackout (Days 2–3)
Cover and keep dark for two to three days so the stems push upward rather than sprawling sideways.
- 03
Light and Airflow (Days 4–7)
Uncover into bright indirect light. Bottom water rather than misting, and keep some air moving over the tray. Alfalfa grows denser than most and needs it.
- 04
Harvest (Days 7–10)
Cut just above the cocopeat once the first true leaves appear above the cotyledons.
What Alfalfa Microgreens Actually Taste Like
Mild, crisp and faintly sweet, with a clean grassy note and no heat whatsoever. That is the whole appeal, and it is why alfalfa — Medicago sativa, sold as lucerne in the fodder trade — turns up in sandwiches and salads far more often than it does as a garnish on rich food.
It is worth being clear about what that means in practice. A peppery green like radish announces itself; alfalfa does not. If you want a microgreen that cuts through a heavy dish, this is the wrong one. If you want volume, crunch and something a fussy eater will not pick out, it is close to ideal.
The texture matters as much as the flavour. Alfalfa stems stay slender and crisp rather than turning fibrous, which is why it works piled into a sandwich in a way that coarser microgreens do not.
Sprouts or Microgreens? Alfalfa Does Both
Alfalfa is the seed most Indian households already know, usually as a sprout. The same seed grows perfectly well as a microgreen, but the two methods are genuinely different and the difference is worth understanding before you buy.
Sprouting happens in a jar. You soak the seed, drain it, and rinse it several times a day for two to four days in a warm, damp, dark space. You eat the whole thing — seed, root and shoot.
Microgreens grow on a tray. The seed sits on damp cocopeat, greens up under light over seven to ten days, and you cut the stem above the medium. The root and seed coat stay in the tray.
Neither is better in the abstract; they suit different things. Whichever you choose, the sowing matters: alfalfa is the seed most often sown too heavily, and our guide to how much seed to use per tray covers judging it by coverage rather than weight.
The One Mistake That Ruins an Alfalfa Tray
Sowing too heavily. It is the cause of nearly every failed alfalfa tray we hear about.
Alfalfa seed is very small, so a quantity that looks modest in the hand covers far more tray than you expect. Sown thick, the seedlings mat into a dense pad, moisture sits underneath where no air reaches it, and within a couple of days the bottom of the tray turns slimy.
The fix is unglamorous: sow thinner than feels right, bottom water rather than misting from above, and keep a little air moving across the tray. Through the monsoon, all three matter more. A tray that looks slightly sparse on day one is usually the one that looks best on day eight.
Buying Alfalfa Seed in India: Price and What to Check
The price is ₹140 for a 100g pack. Because so little seed is needed per tray, a pack goes considerably further than the same weight of a large seed like sunflower or pea.
What to check before buying alfalfa seed anywhere: that it is untreated, that it is sold for eating rather than for field sowing, and that the seller will tell you both without hedging. Field seed is frequently fungicide-dressed, and a microgreen is cut within days and eaten raw, so nothing gives a coating time to break down. Our guide to untreated and non-GMO seed explains how to tell the difference.
Seed ships from our farm in Keshav Nagar, Mundhwa, Pune to any Indian pin code. Delivery is charged by order weight and shown before you confirm. The full range is on the seed catalogue, and wholesale from 500g is covered on our seed supplier page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Grow the Microgreen Everyone Will Eat
Mild, crisp and ready in about a week, with no soaking and no special equipment. ₹140 per 100g, untreated seed, shipped from our Pune farm across India.