Homemade Seed Tape!!

I've wanted to try making seed tape for a few years now, after seeing it available for purchase at the store. It's quite pricey but seems like such a good idea to achieve proper spacing and less waste of seeds. It was super easy to do at home and is a great kid-friendly project. Start to finish, including clean up, was under 1 hour. Having an "assistant" kind of slowed me down a bit, but he had fun helping.

Make a "glue" out of flour and water. You don't need much!
Cut strips of newspaper about 1" or 3/4" wide. (some people use toilet paper, which I find to be too flimsy, or paper towel, which I don't buy)
Dab dots of glue along the strips. I used the end of a child's paintbrush for this.
Add your seeds to each glue dab. I tapped them into the glue with a toothpick.
Let dry.
Plant!

I dabbed on the glue, Bryce added the seeds. 

Bryce and I got into a groove and got quite a few finished!

They dried in no time and I planted the lettuce later that day. It started germinating 6 days later!

I made seed tape for lettuce, spinach and green onions. I spaced them according to the seed packet directions and then will thin the seedlings once they come up. This would make a nice gift for a gardener, too. Keep in mind that if you use newspaper, you will have to make certain that it is completely covered with soil when you plant it and that it stays covered, or the newspaper will "wick" dry if it's exposed to air. Enjoy!

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