seed tape

[shoppie]

I was thinking of making my own seed tape. Has anyone ever done this? how does it work?

Thanks!!!

 

[mommytotwo]

Nope never tried it, but I would be interested in finding out also.

 

[DebºoºS]

No, I never tried it but sounds like a good idea

 

[shoppie]

I went ahead and tried it. I planted radishes. We'll see in 4 - 6 days how well they do.

 

[marydmjj]

What is seed tape?

 

[shoppie]

Seed tape is a paste & paper & seeds. You set the seeds out in the spacing they need to grow. This saves you having to thin your veggies or flowers out.

 

[DebºoºS]

All the seeds are the correct depth too. Which helps me because I tend to bury them.
I've used the commercial ones with very good results.

 

[Snowwark]

Hi Shoppie!

I look forward to hearing how your seed tape radishes do. My Dad often plants radishes, and if yours do well, maybe I can get him to try it out next time.

 

[marydmjj]

Do you have to use a certain kind of paste and/or paper?

 

[shoppie]

I found on the internet:

flour
water
seeds
newspaper


mix flour & water into a thick paste. Dab onto small strips on newspaper (must not have colors - black and white only). Place seeds on the paste and let dry. They say you can do this months ahead. We'll see... the first set went into the ground yesterday.

 

[marydmjj]

Very cool. I'll have to give that a try.

 

[mommytotwo]

Let us know how it turns out Shoppie.

 

[shoppie]

I should know in a couple of days - keep ya posted!!

 

[shoppie]

My radishes are starting to come in from the seed tape I planted. I had to point them out to my DH so he doesn't pull them while I'm in NYC this weekend. So the verdict: It does work really well. If your gonna try it make sure the newspaper doesn't have colors on it - use plain black & white news print pages.

Good luck everyone!!!