Inside the On The Grow Microgreen Masterclass: What's Actually in the Course
If you've ever fallen down a microgreen YouTube rabbit hole at midnight, watched ten videos, and still felt unsure exactly what to do the next morning, you're not alone. We hear it constantly. There is a mountain of free information out there, but it's scattered, some of it is outdated, and nobody hands you the right order to learn it in. That's the exact problem our Microgreen Masterclass was built to solve. This is a complete, honest look at what's actually inside our online microgreens course, lesson by lesson, so you can see precisely what you'd be getting before you ever spend a dollar.
Quick Answer: What Is the Microgreen Masterclass?
The Microgreen Masterclass is our self-paced online microgreens course, built on growing microgreens since 2018. It has 11 core modules plus 2 bonus sections and over 60 lessons in video, photo, and text, covering grow space setup, seeds, grow mediums, watering, troubleshooting, and how to start a microgreens business. It is a one-time $197 payment with lifetime access to every future update, and it was last reviewed in April 2026. You can read the full details on the Microgreen Masterclass course page.
If you've watched us on YouTube, you already know how we teach. Same voice, same hands-on methods, same real grow space. The difference is that this microgreens masterclass is organized into one clear path that takes you from your very first tray all the way to selling at a market, with nothing left out and nothing you have to go hunting for.
Why We Built the Masterclass
Our free content has helped thousands of growers get started, and we'll never stop publishing it. We have hundreds of videos on our channel, a deep library of blog guides, a stack of free PDF downloads, and a Learn hub that points you to the right starting place. The catch is volume. With hundreds of videos filmed over several years, finding the one answer you need for your specific situation can eat up an entire afternoon, and some of the older material has been replaced by methods we now do differently.
The Masterclass fixes that. Everything is centralized into a logical progression, taught in the order we'd actually walk you through it in person, plus exclusive lessons we don't put on YouTube at all. It was last reviewed and updated in April 2026, so the methods inside reflect how we grow right now, not how we grew five years ago. Students tell us the single biggest thing it gives back is time.
How the Online Course Works
Because it's an online course, you learn on your own schedule. Lessons come in video, photo, and text formats, you can revisit any section whenever you like, and you keep lifetime access, including every future update and new lesson, for the same one-time price. The course is currently available in English only.
The primary focus is indoor cultivation with an emphasis on hydroponic and soil-free methods like coco coir and reusable silicone grow mediums, though soil-based growing is covered comprehensively. Many of the techniques transfer easily to outdoor growing too.
A Module-by-Module Look Inside the Course
The Masterclass is built as 11 core modules plus 2 bonus sections, with over 60 lessons total. Here is the full curriculum, exactly as it's laid out inside the course.
Introduction to the Course
Before any growing, you get oriented: who we are and why we teach the way we do, a full course overview, important disclaimers, and a quick links section so you always know where to find what you need.
Module 1: What Are Microgreens?
The foundation. This module covers the difference between microgreens and sprouts, the profit and wellness angle that draws most people in, and the many ways to actually use microgreens once you grow them. Our overview of the types of microgreens covers similar ground for free if you want a preview.
Module 2: Setting Up a Grow Space
One of the most practical modules, and a favorite for anyone working with limited room. It walks through choosing a grow space, lighting, airflow, temperature and humidity, choosing grow racks, and even building your own rack from scratch. If you're tight on space, our guide to the best microgreens for small spaces pairs well with this section, our grow lights and setup hub collects every lighting and shelf resource in one place, and our professional grow rack build guide shows the full rack build. If you'd rather buy than build, we keep lists of the grow lights and grow racks we love.
- Choosing a Grow Space
- Lighting
- Airflow
- Temperature & Humidity
- Choosing Grow Racks
- Building a Grow Rack
Module 3: Microgreen Seeds
Where to buy quality seed and how to store it so it stays viable. We don't sell seed ourselves, so we point students to our trusted source, True Leaf Market. If you want to dig deeper on this topic, our microgreen seeds hub, bulk seed buying guide, and seed quality and food safety guide are useful companions.
Module 4: Grow Mediums
A full breakdown of every option: an overview, soil, an explanation of hydroponics, our reusable silicone grow mediums, and coco coir. The goal is to help you pick the medium that fits your space, budget, and goals rather than pushing you toward a single answer. Our reusable grow medium guide and our ranked guide to hydroponic grow mediums cover the same comparison for free.
Module 5: Fertilizers
An overview plus dedicated lessons on dry and liquid fertilizers. We explain when nutrients actually help and when they don't. For a quick dive, see our blog on the best nutrients and fertilizers for microgreens. The liquid fertilizer we use is Ocean Solution 2-0-3 at 0.5 oz per gallon on coco coir or a reusable medium. We no longer carry it, so that link points to where we buy it now.
Module 6: Watering Microgreens
Top and bottom watering, plus a lesson on advanced watering techniques. Watering trips up more new growers than almost anything else, so we go slow here. Our complete guide to watering microgreens covers the same fundamentals if you want a free preview.
Module 7: Grow Trays and Choosing Trays
How to choose the right trays, how to stack and label them, and how to clean and sanitize them properly. If you want to see our tray options, browse our 1020 trays and flats or the microgreen trays and kits hub.
Module 8: Weight and Blackout Techniques
Two short but important in-depth lessons on what adding weight does and what the blackout phase is for. New growers often get this stage wrong, which is why we also wrote about why microgreens need weight during germination and when to transition from weight to blackout. Getting this stage wrong is also one of the main reasons trays come up short.
Module 9: How to Grow Microgreens
This is the heart of the course and the biggest module by far. It's organized by medium so you can follow the exact process for whichever route you chose, with separate method tracks for soft-seeded brassicas, hard-seeded types like Swiss chard, and sunflower. It also covers pea microgreens with no medium at all, tricky mucilaginous seeds, advanced techniques, and harvesting.
- Section Overview
- Coco Coir: techniques and tips, brassicas and soft-seeded types, hard-seeded types, and sunflower
- Soil: techniques and tips, brassicas and soft-seeded types, hard-seeded types, and sunflower
- Reusable Grow Mediums: techniques and tips, brassicas and soft-seeded types, and sunflower
- No Medium: pea microgreens
- Mucilaginous (gel-forming) seeds
- Advanced growing techniques
- Harvesting microgreens
If you want a sense of how detailed our crop-specific teaching gets, our broccoli, radish, sunflower, and pea microgreens guides give you a taste, and the course goes deeper still.
Module 10: Identifying and Managing Crop Issues
The troubleshooting module that saves crops. It teaches you to tell root hairs apart from mold, spot under and over watering, recognize damping off, and deal with fungus gnats before they take over. Our roundup of common growing mistakes and the microgreen troubleshooting hub cover the shorter version.
- Section Overview
- Root Hairs
- Under & Over Watering
- Mold
- Damping Off
- Fungus Gnats
Module 11: Selling and Marketing Microgreens
For anyone considering a microgreens business, this module covers the business side from end to end: treating microgreens as a business, getting set up with the legalities, branding, packaging and labeling, how to actually sell, a profitability analysis, selling apps and services, a "Top 25" microgreens list, and the selling tools we use. It's grounded in what has worked for us, including what we learned selling to chefs.
- Selling Section Overview
- Microgreens as a Business
- Getting Set Up: business legalities
- Branding
- Packaging & Labeling
- How to Sell Microgreens
- Profitability Analysis
- Selling Apps and Services
- "Top 25" Microgreens
- Selling Tools
Bonus: How to Grow Sprouts
A full bonus section on sprouting, including superfood sprouts, fenugreek, purple kohlrabi and China Rose radish, plus harvesting and storage tips. Sprouts are a different crop from microgreens, grown in water with no medium and eaten whole, so our broccoli sprouts vs. broccoli microgreens comparison is a good way to see the difference using the same seed grown both ways.
Bonus: Microgreen Recipes
Three creative recipes to put your harvest to work, including slow-cooked chicken tikka masala with microgreens, a Thai-style BBQ chicken and microgreen pizza, and chocolate-dipped sunflower microgreens. For more ideas, browse the microgreen recipes hub or see how we add microgreens to a daily diet.
End of Course and Final Quiz
The course wraps with a completion and thank you, then a live final knowledge quiz called Test Your Knowledge. It's a 30-question quiz covering all 11 modules, with unlimited retakes and instant feedback on every answer, so you can confirm what stuck and revisit anything that didn't.
Learn to Start a Microgreens Business
Plenty of people find us because they want to turn growing into income, so the microgreens business training is a core part of the course, not an afterthought. Module 11 walks through the whole path: setting up the legal side, branding, packaging and labeling, pricing, finding buyers, and the tools we use to sell. It also draws on what we learned growing commercially, including from a mobile grow trailer in Texas, and on years of selling to chefs.
If you want a free preview of that material first, start with our sell microgreens guide, our complete guide to selling microgreens and starting a microgreens business, and our page on the best microgreens for restaurants. The Masterclass puts those pieces into one ordered lesson plan so you can follow it from your first tray to your first customer. Our post on microgreen business planning with Microgreen Tracker shows how the planning side works once you have orders to fill.
One honest note: the course gives you the framework, the checklists, and the approach we used, but it can't promise a result. Your local market, competition, pricing, and consistency decide how a microgreens business performs, and we make no income guarantees.
What Comes With Enrollment
- 11 core modules plus 2 bonus sections, over 60 lessons spanning absolute beginner to advanced techniques.
- Multi-format instruction in video, photo, and text so you can learn however works best for you.
- Downloadable resources, including growing guides, supply lists, and reference materials.
- A live final knowledge quiz, 30 questions across all 11 modules with unlimited retakes and instant feedback.
- Lifetime access, including every future update and new lesson at no extra cost.
- Self-paced learning so you can move at your own speed and revisit any section anytime.
Here's a look at how we grow and teach in our own space. For more, browse our full free video library, or join the 150,500+ subscribers following along on our YouTube channel, where our videos have passed 13.3 million lifetime views.
Who the Course Is For
We built it to be useful across a wide range of growers:
- Complete beginners who want clear, step-by-step guidance that assumes zero prior knowledge.
- Home growers who want fresh, nutrient-dense food for their family without the wasted time searching for answers.
- Aspiring business owners weighing microgreens as a side income or a full microgreens business.
- Current growers who want better consistency, new methods, or help with a stubborn problem.
- Homesteaders folding microgreens into a larger self-sufficiency plan.
- Anyone tired of YouTube rabbit holes who has watched free videos for months and still feels unsure what to actually do.
Pricing and Refund Policy
The Masterclass is a one-time payment of $197 with lifetime access. No subscriptions, no recurring fees, and every future update and new lesson is included forever.
On refunds: they're available only if you haven't progressed beyond the first two introductory modules, the Course Overview and Important Disclaimers, which are required to complete in order to unlock the rest of the course. Once you access content beyond those sections, refunds are no longer available. If you have a question before enrolling, email us at info@onthegrow.net and we're glad to help you decide whether it's the right fit.
Microgreen Tracker: Put What You Learn Into Daily Practice
The course teaches you the methods. Keeping a shelf of trays straight is a different job: soak times, weights, blackout days, harvest dates, and what each tray actually costs you. That's why we built Microgreen Tracker, our grow-tracking web app. It works in any phone or desktop browser and installs to your home screen, so there is no app store involved.
Here is what it adds on top of what you learn in the Masterclass:
- A daily task list that shows which trays need water, which are ready to advance, and what to harvest today.
- Push notifications for watering, harvest, and delivery at times you choose.
- A crop library of 81 crops and 286 varieties, with timing you can override for your own setup.
- Harvest projections and harvest records for every tray.
- Cost per tray built from seed, growing medium, fertilizer, electricity, and overhead, which is the number every microgreens business needs before it quotes a price.
- Customer orders that plan backward from a delivery date to tell you when to sow. It's a production planner, not an invoicing tool, so you still invoice however you already do.
- Succession planting, barcode labels, and Simple Mode for growers who want the calm version.
Every new grower starts with a 7-day free trial of the complete app, then it's $3.95 a month or $39.95 a year on the Starter plan, which covers 25 active trays. Yearly billing saves about 16%. Setup ends on the plan screen, where you add a card, and nothing is charged until the seven days are up. Larger plans differ only in tray capacity and collaborator seats. Start My Free 7-Day Trial, or read Meet the Microgreen Tracker and how to set it up and plant your first tray first. If record keeping is the part you struggle with, our guide to tracking microgreen grow data explains what's worth writing down.
"The app is great! Just subscribed today and super excited to keep track on the app and get rid of all my pieces of paper! Thank you!" Niki A., Microgreen Tracker grower
Sprouting Tracker: A Companion for the Sprouts Bonus Module
The sprouting bonus in the Masterclass covers a different crop from the rest of the course. Sprouts are grown in water with no medium, eaten whole including the root and shoot, and ready in a matter of days, which also means they carry a higher food safety risk than microgreens. Because sprouts need soaking and rinsing on a schedule, we built a separate app for them, Sprouting Tracker. It is its own product with its own subscription, separate from Microgreen Tracker.
- 53 crops already timed, so you pick a crop and the app sets the soak, the rinses, and the harvest window.
- Rinse reminders on your own clock times, in your own timezone, with a one-tap skip that keeps your streak.
- Three ways to grow: glass jars (the sprouting jars we recommend), stacking sprouting trays (the sprouting trays we recommend), and clay saucers. The app rinses, waters, or mists, whichever fits the vessel.
- A harvest planner, seed cost per jar, and savings measured against the shop price you enter.
- Two people on one account, for one price.
It's a phone-first web app that installs to your home screen, and it starts with a 7-day free trial, then $2.97 a month or $29.97 a year. A card is added at the start of the trial, and there is one trial per email address. Try Sprouting Tracker Free for 7 Days.
A note on safety, because it matters: Sprouting Tracker tracks your jars, but it cannot tell you whether sprouts are safe to eat, and rinsing is a quality step, not a way to decontaminate seed. Children, older adults, pregnant people, and anyone with a weakened immune system should avoid raw sprouts and eat them only thoroughly cooked. Always buy seed labeled and tested for sprouting from a reputable supplier, never garden seed. Our complete guide to sprouting seeds at home covers the method and the food safety basics, and why we grow sprouts and microgreens both explains how the two fit together.
Microgreen Masterclass vs. Our Free Resources, Book, and PDF
The Masterclass isn't the only way to learn from us, and it isn't the right starting point for everyone. Here's how the pieces compare.
- Microgreen Masterclass ($197): our most complete resource. Every growing medium in depth, lighting, troubleshooting, and a full business and selling section, all through video lessons and step-by-step modules. Beginner to commercial level, self-paced, lifetime access including updates.
- Beginner's Guide PDF ($3.99): a 41-page printable guide covering all major growing mediums and the full grow process. An affordable first step with instant download and lifetime access to updates.
- Becoming a Microgreen Master (from $19.97): our 196-page book and a great printed reference for the grow room. It's primarily focused on coco coir and doesn't get updated like the course and PDF. Also available as an eBook.
- Microgreen Tracker (7-day free trial, then from $3.95 per month): not a learning resource but a tool. It logs your trays, projects harvest dates, sends watering and harvest reminders, and works out your cost per tray. It's what you use after the course to keep track of what you learned.
- Sprouting Tracker (7-day free trial, then $2.97 per month): a separate tool for jar, tray, and clay saucer sprouting. It pairs with the sprouts bonus module and has nothing to do with growing microgreens in trays.
- Free PDF guides and our blog (free): seeding charts, fertilizer ratios, troubleshooting, and hundreds of written guides.
A simple way to think about it: the free content is the sampler, the PDF is the starting point, the book is a reference you keep on the shelf, the Masterclass is the full journey, and the apps are what keep you organized once you're growing.
What Students Say
The feedback we hear most often is about clarity, depth, and the time it saves. Several of our students now run their own farms. These are individual experiences and not typical or guaranteed results.
"This is hands-down the most informational, comprehensive, and easy-to-follow course I have ever taken related to growing plants and farming. Thanks to their course, I have been able to launch my own small-scale microgreens business." Alexandra Fasulo (@houseofgreensaratoga)
"A fantastic, research-based course with clear instructions. Perfect for beginners and experienced growers alike." Rossi P., LifeGreensUSA
"On The Grow has helped us grow our microgreens knowledge from the very start of our company. Their videos have helped us especially with the more niche varieties." Quentin Curtis, Green Rebellion Microgreens
Donnell Coats of 503 Microgreens put it simply: seeing that we started out growing from a trailer gave him the confidence that he could grow from home too. That's exactly the kind of result we built this course to create.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Microgreen Masterclass?
It is our self-paced online microgreens course. It has 11 core modules plus 2 bonus sections and over 60 lessons in video, photo, and text, taking you from your first tray through troubleshooting and selling. It is a one-time $197 payment with lifetime access.
How much does the Microgreen Masterclass cost?
$197 as a one-time payment. There are no subscriptions or recurring fees, and every future update and new lesson is included. Refunds are available only if you haven't progressed beyond the first two introductory modules, so read the refund policy above before enrolling.
Do I need any prior growing experience?
No. The course starts from the very beginning and assumes you know nothing about microgreens, while still offering advanced insights for experienced growers.
How is the course different from your YouTube channel?
YouTube content is spread across hundreds of videos filmed over several years, and some of it is outdated. The course organizes everything into one logical curriculum with updated information and exclusive lessons you won't find on YouTube. Students tell us it saves them hundreds of hours of searching and guessing.
Is there a free microgreens course online?
We don't have a free course, but we do publish a lot of free material: hundreds of videos on our video library, our microgreens blog, the free PDF guides, and the Learn hub. Many people grow successfully from that alone. The Masterclass is for people who want it all in one updated, ordered path, plus lessons we don't share anywhere else.
Is the Microgreen Masterclass worth it?
It depends on what you want. If you only plan to grow one or two crops for your own kitchen, our free guides may be all you need. If you want one clear system covering every medium, troubleshooting, and the business side, with updates for life, that is what the course is for. We would rather you pick the resource that fits than buy something you won't use.
Can I go at my own pace?
Yes. You can learn on your schedule, revisit lessons anytime, and take as long as you need on each section. The course adapts to your life, not the other way around.
What growing methods does it cover?
It focuses primarily on indoor growing, and we did our best to give equal attention to each medium, including reusable grow mediums, coco coir, and soil. Many of the techniques transfer to outdoor growing as well, which we also touch on in the course.
Is the course only for people who want to sell microgreens?
Not at all. Whether you're growing for personal health, feeding your family, or building a microgreens business, the course covers it. There's a dedicated section on selling, but it's optional based on your goals.
Can the Microgreen Masterclass teach me to start a microgreens business?
It gives you the framework, the pricing considerations, the legal checklist, and the sales approach we used. What it can't do is guarantee an outcome, because that depends on your local market, your competition, your pricing, and how consistently you show up. We make no income guarantees. Several students have built real businesses from it, and others grow purely for their own kitchen. Both are valid uses of the course.
How long do I have access?
Lifetime access. You'll also receive every future update and addition at no extra cost.
Does the course include Microgreen Tracker?
No, they're separate. The Masterclass is a one-time $197 purchase with lifetime access, and Microgreen Tracker is our grow-tracking web app with its own 7-day free trial and subscription plans starting at $3.95 per month. They work well together, since the course teaches you the methods and the app keeps track of what you actually grow, but neither requires the other.
Does the course include Sprouting Tracker?
No. Sprouting Tracker is a different app for a different crop, with its own 7-day free trial and a plan of $2.97 per month or $29.97 per year. It pairs with the sprouts bonus module, but you don't need it to take the course, and it has no connection to Microgreen Tracker's subscription.
Final Thoughts
If you're tired of hunting through endless tutorials, second-guessing your methods, and wondering whether you're doing it right, the Masterclass hands you the complete system in one place, in the order we'd teach it ourselves. You've now seen the entire curriculum, lesson by lesson, so there are no surprises. Whether your goal is fresh food for your family or a microgreens business, you can enroll in the Microgreen Masterclass online course and start with a clear roadmap instead of trial and error. When you're ready to track what you grow, Microgreen Tracker has a 7-day free trial, and if sprouts are on your list too, so does Sprouting Tracker.
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Any business or income references reflect our own first-hand experience and the individual experiences of students who shared them with us. They are not typical or guaranteed results, and we make no income guarantees. Local licensing and food safety rules differ by location, so always check with your local health department and department of agriculture before selling.
The growing methods and product opinions shared here are based on our own first-hand testing in our specific, controlled grow space. Your climate, water, seed, and setup are different from ours, so your results can vary.
The information about sprouts in this post is for educational purposes only. Raw sprouts carry a risk of foodborne illness, and Sprouting Tracker cannot determine whether sprouts are safe to eat. Always follow current FDA and CDC guidance and consult a qualified healthcare provider for personal health guidance.
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Updated: October 31, 2026