Making Seed Tapes for Lettuce and Carrots

Making seed tapes for lettuce and carrots- perfectly spacing the seeds so you don’t have to thin later!

You will need:

• Newspaper
• Scissors
• Marker
• Seed packet
• Ruler
• White flour
• Water
• Elastics / string

In a nutshell:
Cut two-inch-wide newspaper strips.

1. Identify the name of your seeds.
2. Mark the seed’s location with a marker according to the type of seed.
3. Prepare the glue: add one tablespoon of flour.
4. Add two tablespoons of water.
5. Mix and apply glue on each location marked with a pencil.
6. Plant the seeds.

But you’ll want to check out this great tutorial on how to make your own seed tapes.