http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/727/home-made-seed-tapes/ Vegetable Fruit & Herb Growing on my Allotment Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:08:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/727/home-made-seed-tapes/#comment-5737 Liz Fordham Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:02:14 +0000 http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/?p=727#comment-5737 This year I used up some out of date Parsnip seeds which I have read are sometimes difficult to grow (especially if out of date). I chitted some on damp kitchen paper and sowed some straight into my plot. I then planted the chitted ones, paper and all, they grew well and we are eating them now. The unchitted? Not one seedling! Next year I will do the same and hopefully get the same results. This year I used up some out of date Parsnip seeds which I have read are sometimes difficult to grow (especially if out of date). I chitted some on damp kitchen paper and sowed some straight into my plot. I then planted the chitted ones, paper and all, they grew well and we are eating them now. The unchitted? Not one seedling! Next year I will do the same and hopefully get the same results.

]]> http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/727/home-made-seed-tapes/#comment-5734 Mick Webster Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:48:05 +0000 http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/?p=727#comment-5734 I have been saving tomato seed on kitchen roll for years. It is easy to space seeds, and the size of an average kitchen roll doubled just fits a seed half-tray,plenty for my purposes. Any failures, (and there doesn't seem to be many), are not a problem, because the seedlings will be potted on. I have been saving tomato seed on kitchen roll for years. It is easy to space seeds, and the size of an average kitchen roll doubled just fits a seed half-tray,plenty for my purposes. Any failures, (and there doesn’t seem to be many), are not a problem, because the seedlings will be potted on.

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