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A plurality of perforated individual seed germinating and sprout growing bags are suspended from sets of portable racks which are placed on circular tray structures. The tray structures are supported in spaced vertical relationship by an upright mast located within an enclosed housing and adapted to

A plurality of perforated individual seed germinating and sprout growing bags are suspended from sets of portable racks which are placed on circular tray structures. The tray structures are supported in spaced vertical relationship by an upright mast located within an enclosed housing and adapted to rotate about its longitudinal axis. The rack sets of each tray structure are arranged about the longitudinal axis of the mast to form circular tiers. Periodically, filtered and anti-bacterially treated irrigation water is supplied to each bag at a fast enough rate to thoroughly mix the seeds located therein. Water draining from the bags is collected in a storage tank and subsequently recycled after first being filtered and purified. Once the seeds have sprouted, artificial light is provided so that substantially all the sprouts in each bag receive a uniform amount of growing light.

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A seed sprouting apparatus comprising: (a) a plurality of rack means arranged about a center; (b) support means for supporting said rack means in spaced vertical tiers with the centers of each of said tiers of rack means substantially aligned along a vertical axis; (c) means for rotating said tiers

A seed sprouting apparatus comprising: (a) a plurality of rack means arranged about a center; (b) support means for supporting said rack means in spaced vertical tiers with the centers of each of said tiers of rack means substantially aligned along a vertical axis; (c) means for rotating said tiers of rack means about said vertical axis; (d) a plurality of translucent, upwardly open receptacles mountable on each of said rack means, each of said receptacles including liquid passing perforations in at least its lower portions; (e) an illumination source disposed between said tiers of rack means for directing light onto said receptacles; and (f) liquid delivery means for selectively directing liquid into each of said receptacles on said rack means while said tiers of rack means rotate about said vertical axis.