This is from the April 2009 issue of Organic Gardening: 1. Tear newspaper from top to bottom into 1-inch-wide strips. Avoid pages with color.
2. Make a paste by mixing water with 1/2 cup flour until it is the consistency of thick gravy.
3. Lay the strips on a table and place a single row of seeds along each one, measuring out recommended spacing distances as you go. See "Seed Spacing" below.)
4. Glue the seeds to the strips by placing a dollop of flour water on top of each seed. You can use a teaspoon, cotton swab, or toothpick to dole out the paste.
5. Let the glue dry; then roll up the stips and put them in a resealable plastic bag. Use a seperate bag for each type of seed. Add a tablespoon of powdered milk in a paper towel to the bag to keep seeds dry.
6. Label the bags or slide the corresponding seed packet into each bag so you can identify the tapes later. Store in a cool dry place until planting time.
7. Plant by laying tapes in rows and covering with a fine soil to the recommended depth.
You can do the same thing with toilet paper and you don't need the glue. Just take the length of TP you need, place the seeds as you wish in the middle of one side, fold TP in half and lightly spritz with water.
I was a the book store today and saw the issue of "Organic Gardening" with the homemade seed tapes in it. It is such a great and simple idea, yet I never thought to do it myself! The toilet paper method looks great too! Thanks for the ideas!
Homemade Seed Tapes from Organic Gardening
Posted - Mar 01 2009 : 2:12:13 PM
