How to Make Seed Tape

[@jackiegfeller]

Thanks! This is going to be a mustard seed project for my kids sermon at church. This makes it fun and easy! Bless you and those girls are precious!

[@megrandmomjean5019]

Your BEAUTIFUL grandchildren will grow up and teach their children what their grandfather taught and enjoyed doing with them. Soooooo nice :)

[@treesha3427]

....Planting seeds in fertile little minds....Adorable children....especially the tall boy in the back of the class❤

[@deborahfromdcspetersoncity9213]

Your granddaughters are adorable!

[@bygraceonly182]

My grandpa was like you! Inspired my love of art, history, and diy everything! Your granddaughters are blessed to have you!

[@GardenerScott]

Thank you very much!

[@josephnadrignola1951]

Grandchildren are delightful to watch. Great video! I’m anxious to start mine any minute now!

[@davidedgerly]

These girls will never forget their grandpa for this fun educational life lesson... Good job Dr. Scott! I'm going to use this very lesson to introduce my grand kids to gardening...

[@BestBirth]

You are such an awesome grandpa. Love how patiently you explained and showed them how to do this.

[@mikami1]

I will be doing this with my kids tomorrow. How fun! The only reason I garden is because my grandmother involved me in it as a child. I think it's so important to teach our kids gardening

[@etherealash24]

I think you're the Bob Ross of gardening! Your videos have been helping me out immensely! Thank you!

[@GardenerScott]

Glad to help. Thanks!

[@christianerardt3705]

You are so right 😊 ... tiny little seeds ...

[@lilal3753]

I love this idea to get the kids involved.

[@carolynsteele5116]

Thank you for this great tutorial! I did make seed tape with my 15 yr old granddaughter and it was a fun, bonding experience for us. We found it helpful to use a narrow paintbrush to dab little blobs of glue, and then another tiny paintbrush with a slight amount of paste to pick up one seed at a time and deposit it into the blob. Went very fast! We had the idea to put radishes on the same tape with carrot seed, as the radishes will be harvested before the carrots need the space.

[@terry902]

As young children, my Dad showed us how to garden and we are all now in our seventies and all of us “kids” have our own homes and gardens and are passing on the knowledge. What a wonderful winter craft for getting the grandkids involved with preparing the seed tapes and planning the vegetable garden for spring. Thanks for a heartwarming video.

[@avoiceinsupportoftruth5]

Your granddaughters are adorable.

[@lindabranch8294]

Your grand children are so sweet. I am on my second year gardening and purchased some seed tape really expensive. I am going to make some on Friday for my carrots/beets/radish on Friday

[@DayTrader__]

Man. It’s so beautiful out there and that snow setting everything off and making that scene picture perfect! 🙃

[@beebob1279]

What a great project for kids. At my school we teach pollination and plant life cycles. Great extended activity.

[@beverlyzientara4502]

Wow, I just did this exact thing with my grandkids over the weekend! Great explanation! 😀

[@juliecavanagh8003]

So cute to have The kids helping you.!

[@KarlaRei]

Best seed tape makers--5 stars!

[@nachig4754]

What a dolls!! love the video and the idea....thank you Gardener Scott

[@marilynm464]

I will sure try this. I have trouble starting carrots. Thanks to your lovely assistants.

[@noreenworrell9524]

Awesome thanks will do it with my 3 year old grandson in the spring

[@crazy-eyedreseller]

Loved the sharing with grandkids.

[@williamshanks8580]

What sweet grandkids, and good instructions!

[@suesweetpea7]

THEY ARE SO ADORABLE AND IT MAKES ME WISH MY GRANDKIDS WERE HERE TO MAKE SEED TAPE WITH ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[@GardenerScott]

Thanks. I hope you get the opportunity too.

[@qxz001]

What a wonderful video. Your granddaughters are precious. I waved back every time the youngest one waved at the camera.

[@GardenerScott]

That's nice. Thanks. I'll let her know. 🙂

[@mizsparkie5479]

Your granddaughters are clever and cute!

[@serrielu8025]

12:05 ...😆 I’m binging your videos, this was a sweet delight and very knowledgeable. Not sure how I never knew of seed tape.

[@ivan55599]

Luckily I saw this video, which will make my life a lot easier.

[@coasttal123]

Sent to my daughter as a learning thing for her kids during this Covid 19 thing.

[@GardenerScott]

That's great! Thanks!

[@bsholderlowescs]

Thank you for sharing this experience with us! I not only enjoyed your precious granddaughters, I learned something new!

[@GardenerScott]

Thanks. They are definitely precious.

[@panduvijaya]

Wonderful 👍

[@brendapollon5678]

Beautiful helpers!

[@GardenerScott]

They are! Thanks!

[@Pacjam123123]

Gardener Scott....tell your Granddaughters great job making seed tape. I never knew how to make it but Now I do thanks to their video. I will be making this winter with my lettuce seeds for my spring 2021 garden. Your little helpers have a Fan in Boston. Thanks!

[@sandraengstrand2784]

Wonderful video, beautiful grandkids!!

[@GardenerScott]

Thank you so much!

[@ksm2242]

My son and I will definitely try this for carrots this year! Your "beautiful assistants" were so funny and cute!

[@GardenerScott]

Thanks! This is my favorite comment so far. They were fun to work with.

[@clippersncurls]

Just as an update, I found that if the flour mix has a chance to allow the gluten to evolve it makes a better paste and easier to work with. I also found that dipping the tip of a toothpick into a blob on the paper allowed me to quickly and easily pick up one seed at a time and place on the blobs. I just wipe it off on a paper towel in between placing the seeds to keep the tip pointed. Chatenay Red Carrot seeds are very small and fingers were oh-so-slow.

[@mikeperrin9479]

Am going to get my 2 younger grandsons to help me make carrot seed tapes as soon as Christmas is over! Am so excited to keep them interested in gardening

[@sue-qs3dh]

loving the older sister with younger sister.... makes me laugh. missing my eye rolling sister.

[@ImGinaMarie]

Awwwww little heartbreakers!!! They are so adorable!!! They are so lucky to have Grandpa Scott teaching them how to be good little gardeners!! This is also such a timely video for me, I have carrots but didn't know you could do this or that(after watching your bucket video) carrots were a cool weather crop! Yaaay I'll have lettuce, spinach and carrots. I wish I would have used tape for the lettuce especially!! Thanks for sharing Scott I've been binge watching today!!

[@skittles9970]

What lovely little assistants you have! They definitely stole the spotlight from you! They did a wonderful job AND they were very entertaining! I hope I have as much fun making seed tape as they did!

[@GardenerScott]

Thanks for the nice comment. I have no doubt you'll enjoy it, especially when it makes sowing easier.

[@stephaniecole5202]

This is my favorite Gardener Scott video! I learned so much and I can share it with students who work in our school garden. Thank you!

[@greggdehner3078]

Hi Scott . . . was just looking through your older videos because ,well, why not, and came across this gem. Now I have a great idea to keep my boys busy when they tell me they have nothing to do so why can't they play xbox . . . wish me luck!

[@GardenerScott]

Good luck, though I'm sure you won't need it. It's a fun project.

[@aliasks6559]

This project is so useful in many ways - you get homemade seed tape (cheaper), get the youth started in gardening (they can plant it later and harvest the carrots) AND it keeps children busy (and quiet) for quite some time :D Great tips and great grand-parenting! Thanks!

[@GardenerScott]

Thank you!

[@richardcain713]

What an excellent way to get the kids involved. Nicely done. I have been close to giving up on growing carrots because of the seed waste and not getting the thinning process right enough to see good size carrots. This should be fun. thanks!!

[@brightantwerp]

Thank you! Here in Belguim the schools will be closed for 5 weeks due to corona virus. Looking for educational activities for the boys. Its a good time to start the garden.

[@GardenerScott]

I agree. Enjoy gardening!

[@kelcritcarroll]

I love your chair! Your granddaughters are so adorable! Very instructional video! I shared to facebook and i dont share utube videos often, yours are exceptional sir! ( you are a very good teacher and very patient...your an awesome granpa!

[@GardenerScott]

Thank you very much. 🙂

[@maggiemanzke7926]

Little seeds need little fingers. They're delightful!

[@sandyriley4047]

Great job kiddos!

[@elizabethbooth5446]

Thank you

[@Epiphalactic]

I just wanted to kind of testify to what you said about kids being in the garden. My mom is a gardener and was when I was very young and so I grew up watching her in the garden creating beauty and food and just all kinds of stuff out of all the things that I remember as a child the gardening stuff is some of my most fond.

[@moodieslog]

Same. Little I knew at the time how helpful will be in life now to learn the skills my mother taught me, and how her love for gardening will affect me now. And, of course, now I have gardener Scott to fill in the knowledge gaps :)

[@bunnygaffney2765]

what a great Idea, i was just talking to my grandson about doing something different with the carrots. He lives in ft Collins and does a beautiful garden, I have 4 great grand kidos from 4 to 8 yrs old and yes they love the garden. we got them garden stuff for Christmas .

[@timyoung8875]

Shameless! As if I didn't enjoy your videos enough, you break out the adorable granddaughters to help. Very informative and enjoyable to watch! I love how the older one rolls her eyes at the younger one's efforts. I will be making some seed tapes of my own next year! I hope my granddaughter will be around to help. Thanks for all your help!

[@isoldedeig3546]

Thank you so much for this wonderful video!

[@GardenerScott]

You're welcome. I'm glad you liked it. :)

[@hmck9988]

Excelllent tutorial. Well articulated. Thank you Scott for inspiring me.

[@caroldoyel1487]

Awesome video, Adorable grand babies! I think if they can do it so can I ! I really like watching your video's you explain step by step. Thank you for teaching me. This will be my very first garden!! Take care

[@UMMIVORY]

Great video

[@Atilioam]

Amazing and clearly explained. Thank you so much.

[@plantsoverpills1643]

Looks like you have some budding gardeners following in your footsteps. Adorable!! I hope they have maintained the interest they’ve shown here!!! 😉👍🏻 Never thought to make seed tapes this way; thanks for the inspiration.😊

[@magedmmh]

Awesome parenting 🥰

[@gingerlaw6340]

Way cool! Thanks for the video.

[@alicecowan3499]

Great job girls!!!💜💜💜

[@SuesSecretGarden3]

First smart little assistant's 👏 Thank you I will try that technique this spring

[@GardenerScott]

Thanks, Susette. I'll let them know. 🙂

[@kirinowack4618]

This one played after I finished the most recent livestream... Oh my, they were so little! It's crazy to see how much they've grown in the last 2 years!

[@agfabric745]

Well done！ Thank you so much for sharing.

[@courtneywilson5237]

So easy!! I would never have thought to do this .

[@GardenerScott]

And fun too! :)

[@elberthardy961]

A precious beautiful video!

[@GardenerScott]

Thanks.

[@williamodell8634]

I will sure try this with my Grand Kids, my granddaughter goes to the garden with me every day and just loves to eat the Sugar Snap Peas right off the vines. Thank you for sharing such a wonderful idea to included Granddaughter and Grandson.

[@GardenerScott]

So glad to hear that. Enjoy the experience!

[@kmiller6002]

I grew up working in the garden with my Dad I think that's where I got My love for it from. Your Granddaughters are So Precious... The older kinda reminds me of my daughter when she was around that age. They're Very Blessed to have you 💯🙏. BTW I moved my Basil yesterday.. do you think I should add some DE to it? Thank You Gardener Scott for ALWAYS replying to our questions. Everyone stay safe and God Bless you and your family from middle GA 🙏 Kendra

[@GardenerScott]

Thanks. If you're having a problem with insects you can add DE, but it may not be necessary if you don't see damage.

[@kmiller6002]

@@GardenerScott okay I was told it provides minerals to the soil... Is that not the case?

[@GardenerScott]

As a form of silica it doesn't add more than trace amounts of minerals. There are more effective ways of improving soil.

[@kmiller6002]

@@GardenerScott Thank You... That's why YOU are My gardening GOOGLE 😉🤗😊❤️

[@Sirphanonews]

Fantastic There is some heritage you share thamks

[@GardenerScott]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@lisarogers1036]

Simply brilliant !!

[@GardenerScott]

Thanks, Lisa.

[@soniamarshall9293]

Can you roll the seed tape and store it in refridg. In a zip lock until ready to plant outside.? Love the idea of making these seed tape. Thanks.

[@GardenerScott]

Sure. That's an good way to store them and keep them intact.

[@debsweetman1867]

Instead of sand to help spread and space seed I use finely crushed egg shell . It spaces them well and you can see where you have planted .

[@GardenerScott]

Good idea. Thanks.

[@roccoconte2960]

I use seed tape for beets, carrotts, and now scallions, the only co. that i have seen with seed tape is Burpee, but i think Ferry Morse has some now, i like it you dont have to go back and thin out.

[@GardenerScott]

That's one of the reasons I like them so much. Thanks.

[@lindalober626]

Can you use these in a 72 cell peat tray? Thanks for sharing. These things cost 7.99 at Menards already made. Your helpers are adorable, good job girls!

[@GardenerScott]

Thanks! You can use seed tape in the cells. I usually reserve them for my outside beds.

[@miketaylor1036]

I really love your videos! I only wish I had found them before I put the garden in this year. Can't wait to use your tips next year. How long are these seed tapes good for? You mention that it's a good winter project so was wondering how far in advance and if complete drying is necessary?

[@GardenerScott]

Thanks! They're good for as long as the seeds are. Carrot seeds last about three years. All seeds will be good for the 3-6 months ahead of time that we make the tape.

[@miketaylor1036]

@@GardenerScott Thank you.

[@margaretkimble7213]

Good morning, Great video! I have a niece and nephew that I would love to try this with. Probably a little young yet. What ages would you be recommend to start kids with seed taping?

[@GardenerScott]

Thanks. My youngest granddaughter was almost five and she did fine.

[@cathiken]

Have you ever tried making ‘seed tape’ in square foot sections? Wondering if that would be practical or not for my raised beds.

[@GardenerScott]

I haven't, but it can work.

[@elizabethwatt8131]

Just curious. Will the moisture in glue not stimulate the seed to germinate? I’m afraid of that. I would LOVE to try making homemade seed tape in the off-season. But the premature germination worries me. Do you have advice for me?

[@GardenerScott]

The dot of glue dries fast enough that it isn't a concern. I haven't had a problem with any of the seeds we try.

[@kelcritcarroll]

Will the seeds sprout because of the wet flour mixure? Or does it dry before that happens, also it is probably not a good idea to fold the strips ,right

[@GardenerScott]

The seeds shouldn't sprout; I've never had that problem. My paste is relatively gooey and dries quickly. If it is very watery and takes a long time to dry, there is a chance it can promote germination.

[@rufia75]

12:05 !!!! HAhahahaha, your grandaughter on the right.

[@caroldoyel1487]

Hi Scott if I don't use all the seed tapes this planting how long can I keep them for and how do I store them?

[@GardenerScott]

Some seeds last longer than others, but the seed tape should be good for a couple years.

[@super123steve]

will the water in the paste harm the seeds if not planted for a month or so?

[@GardenerScott]

As long as you just use a dab of the paste to hold the seed, it dries very quickly and does no damage to the seed. I've made seed tape with newspaper and paste that sat for 5-6 months before placing in the garden; germination was still close to 100 percent.

[@super123steve]

@@GardenerScott thanks I will give it a try.

[@amechealle5918]

I know this is an old video but I hope I can get an answer. Can you use tissue paper (the kind you use in gift bags and gift boxes and just water? I’m curious about the chemicals in newspaper.

[@GardenerScott]

Tissue paper can be an option. Take a sample and add water to see if it tears easily when wet.

[@adrienneburroughs5418]

How long do the seeds stay viable after taping them?

[@GardenerScott]

Carrot seeds are usually viable for about three years. Other seeds have different viability periods.

[@adrienneburroughs5418]

@@GardenerScott thank you!

[@rodneyrockwell9967]

can you use seed tape for beans?

[@GardenerScott]

Absolutely, Rodney. They're good for just about any seed that you want.

[@VladTheImpalerTepesIII]

The whole point of seed tape is to make it easy to plant tin seeds , like carrots. It's easy to plant bean seeds and would take longer to have to make bean seed tape than to actually plant the seeds in evenly spaced rows without tape.

[@lynnandrews8424]

You should have given those pretty girls some craft tweezers, like the ones you use to bedazzle bead crafts because carrot seeds are so small.

[@mystic24100]

I didn’t have any grandkids close to make the tapes, so I made them. Now I planted them and the germination was really bad, may 3 plants in a 2 foot row. What happened?

[@GardenerScott]

Hard to say for sure. It could be the seed, the soil, the weather, or a number of other factors.

[@jillhumphrys8073]

Flour water glue....I've always thought it was funny that something we use to make many foods that we eat can also be glue....smh...lol

[@prepperchris1]

no fair thats cheating with those small hands lol