Inside the On The Grow Microgreen Masterclass: What's Actually in the Course

May 29, 2026

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 There is a mountain of free information out there, but it's scattered, some of it is outdated, and nobody hands you the right order to learn it in.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 course, lesson by lesson, so you can see precisely what you'd be getting before you ever spend a dollar.

On The Grow Microgreen Masterclass online course cover with harvest-ready red cabbage microgreens

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 the course 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, and a stack of free PDF downloads. 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the one answer you need for your specific situation can eat up an entire afternoon, and some of the older material has been replaced by methods we now do differently.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.

On The Grow presenting the Microgreen Masterclass, 11 modules and 60 lessons on growing microgreens

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. Lessons come in video, photo, and text formats so you can learn whichever way fits you best. Here is the full curriculum, exactly as it's laid out inside the course.

Inside the Microgreen Masterclass course dashboard showing the Who is On The Grow welcome lesson

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, and our professional grow rack build guide shows the full rack build.

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 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 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 ranked guide to hydroponic grow mediums covers the same comparison on the blog.

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. Our go-to 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.

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.

Microgreen Masterclass Module 9 lesson list with the first On The Grow garage grow setup and grow lights

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 covers the shorter version.

Section Overview
Root Hairs
Under & Over Watering
Mold
Damping Off
Fungus Gnats

Module 11: Selling and Marketing Microgreens

For anyone considering microgreens as income, 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. Our page on the best microgreens for restaurants and our complete guide to selling microgreens show the kind of practical, real-world angle this module takes.

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

One note on the Selling Apps and Services lesson: since that module was written, we built our own. Microgreen Tracker is our grow-tracking web app, and it handles the exact problems that lesson covers, including cost per tray with electricity factored in, and customer orders that plan backward from a delivery date to tell you when to sow. It has a free plan, and course students are welcome to use it alongside the module.

Microgreen Masterclass Module 11 selling and marketing lessons covering business setup, branding, packaging, and 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. Our broccoli sprouts vs. broccoli microgreens comparison covers 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, 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.

Microgreen Masterclass course dashboard with module navigation, progress bar, and the Who is On The Grow video lesson

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.

The primary focus is indoor cultivation with an emphasis on hydroponic and soil-free methods like coco coir and reusable grow mediums, though soil-based growing is covered comprehensively. Many of the techniques transfer easily to outdoor growing too.

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+ growers following along on our YouTube channel.

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 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.

The course is currently available in English only.

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.

How It Fits With Our Other Resources

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 (free plan available): not a learning resource but a tool. It logs your trays, projects harvest dates, sends watering reminders, and works out your cost per tray. It's what you use after the course to run what you learned.
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 Tracker is what keeps you organized once you're growing.

On The Grow Beginner's Guide PDF, Becoming a Microgreen Master book, and Microgreen Masterclass course side by side

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

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.

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 business, the course covers it. There's a dedicated section on selling, but it's optional based on your goals.

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 free plan and optional paid tiers 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. Accounts, subscriptions, and billing for the app are handled at microgreentracker.com, not on onthegrow.net.

Will the course teach me to build a profitable 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.

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 microgreen business, you can enroll in the Microgreen Masterclass and start with a clear roadmap instead of trial and error.

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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.

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Happy growing!

Updated: August 7, 2026