Tabletop Seed Taper V3 - Seed Tape Maker

Make your own seed tape at the kitchen table. The Tabletop Seed Taper folds water-soluble tape around your seeds and seals them in, so carrots, lettuce, radishes and other small seeds go into the ground evenly spaced and you skip the thinning.

Version 3 is a full redesign. You pull the tape with one hand and drop seeds into the funnel with the other. The fold closes around each seed and a pair of spring-loaded rollers seals it in.

What's new in version 3

• Rollers seal the tape for you better. The fold closes around each seed and the rollers press it shut as you pull.
• Seed funnel. Drop seeds into the funnel and they land in the fold.
• Built-in spacing marks. Marks on the exit piece show 2 inch and 3 inch spacing, and 1 inch spacing is timed from the cover.
• Stays put. Two adhesive strips hold the taper to a clean, smooth tabletop.
• Screw-on spool cap. The roll sits on a spool with a cap that screws on, so it stays in place while you pull.
• Mostly assembled. The tape folder arrives with its rollers and cover already installed. Setup is six steps, with a printed sheet and a video.

Seeds and spacing

Pelleted seed works best. Any seed smaller than 6 mm will fit.

• Carrots: 1 per inch
• Lettuce (baby): 1 per 1 to 2 inches
• Radishes: 1 per inch
• Beets: 1 per 3 inches
• Bunching onions: 1 per inch

Planting

Lay the tape in a shallow channel in the soil, cover it with a thin layer of soil and water it in. The tape dissolves in less than 30 seconds. Keep the tape completely dry until you plant it.

In the kit

• Dispenser
• Spool and spool cap
• Tape folder, with rollers and cover installed
• Seed funnel
• Exit piece
• 2 adhesive strips
• 1 roll of water-soluble tape, 1-1/8 in. wide 90 ft long
• Printed instructions

Color and material

Avocado Green, a soft pastel green. 3D printed in matte PETG. Screen colours vary, so the shade you receive may look slightly different from the photos.

Designed and made by Garden Gadgets.