pre-germinating seeds

[mary]

Has anyone tried fluid sowing pre-germinated seeds using wallpaper paste.When small fragile seeds have tiny roots, mix up the wallpaper paste (make sure you buy a paste that doesn't contain a fungicide) in a jar and put the seeds into the paste, making sure you don't damage the shoots. Stir gently, pour into a plastic bag and tie a knot in it.Prepare the soil,cut off the corner of the bag and squeeze the gel and the seeds down the row. cover the soil normally.Sounds kind of yucky to me,I don't think I'll be trying it. What do you think about this method.

[jack]

Gidday

Sound like it could work. Down here they spray grass seed onto steep bank using a paste to hold them on the bank. That works well and seems to hurry things up as well.

[Compost Pharmer]

Jack, here in the states they call that hydro-mulch. It is sprayed from a truck. It is green. Believe it is mixture of grass seed. fertilizer and something to hold it all together.

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