Seed Tapes And Mats

Small seeds are always more difficult to sow evenly and space appropriately.

Seed tapes and mats.

And if you cover seed tapes with weed free potting soil the seeds can. Seed mats are helpful for planting tiny seeds such as lettuce and carrots that are hard to sow one at a time. Seed tape does all that hard work for you. Using a unique production process the highest quality seed is spaced between two layers of specialised paper which is then crimped at the edges to form a tape.

Seed tapes stabilize the seedsí positions in the soil keeping them in place even when they are hammered by heavy rains. I have used seed mats for sowing carrots lettuce and spinach with. Planting seed tapes or mats is easy on the back because the arranging of seeds is already done or if you are making your own you can do it indoors. The seeds are secured between two strips of tissue paper that are 7 feet long.

Groweasy seed tapes and mats. Seed tapes and mats are a really ingenious idea and although a fairly recent innovation they are proving to be very popular amongst gardeners of all ages. Here s how it works. Instead of scattering seeds then thinning later creating seed mats allows you to space out the seeds according to the suggested spacing on the back of the seed package or square foot garden spacing recommendations.

Suttons seeds have a wide range of groweasy seed tapes which will make growing your vegetables as easy as possible. Do you have trouble handling small seeds and getting an even distribution. When the seedlings emerge do you find thinning them out is a real chore.