Jute may be a nutrient-packed superfood, but it is also a fun plant to grow, especially in the desert in summer. As microgreens, the leaves are good-tasting and tender, but unlike most other microgreens, once the seedling are established it is possible to clone new plants by rooting cuttings in water in less than 5 days.
The jute I am growing now is Corchorus olitorius. I bought the seed from an Etsy seller called PanAsiaHeirloom. It was one of the smartest purchases I have ever made.
One thing that makes jute a little different is that if you plant just one seed and let it grow without interference it will grow straight up. In my photo below, one very root-bound jute plant is about a foot tall. I cut off about 4" from the top and stripped the unnecessary leaves off (and ate them!) to prepare the stem for rooting. This caused the lower part of the plant to bush out.
I root a lot of different kinds of plants indoors in water and have developed a system for helping them make a transition from water indoors to outdoor planters with potting mix. I root the cuttings in narrow glass vials under grow lights. When the roots are healthy and big enough to plant I put them in contraptions that I call my quads. I have water quads and dirt quads. They are 4-part nested plastic cups. The inner cup has holes drilled in the bottom to ensure good drainage. The next cup holds the liquid. The third cup has a label with each plant's history, and the outer cup is a mason jar which serves as a base to keep the plant from tipping over.
For the dirt quads I put a coffee filter inside the pre-drilled cup before adding potting mix. This helps it drain cleaner and also makes it easier to remove the plant when it is ready to go into a bigger pot outside.
Some plant stay in the quads forever. My first quad contained a spaghetti squash plant that bloomed and bore fruit indoors right in the 12 oz quad. Of course, I did have to hand-pollenate it.