How To Plant Seeds In A Modular Tray

Step 1: You will need

Step 2: Fill the cells

Place the modular tray in the carrier tray. Sieve the compost over the top, filling the cells evenly. Use you hands to work the soil into the individual cells. Tap the tray to work the soil right into the corners. If this causes gaps to appear on the surface, sprinkle over some more compost and again scrape off any excess with your hand.

Step 3: Water

Turn the rose on the watering can upwards. Then pass it over the tray about 4 times, gently sprinkling the soil. This will prevent disruption to the soil surface as you water the soil. Start running the water at the side of the tray.

Step 4: Sow

Check your seed packet for how deep your seeds should be planted. Our cabbage seeds need to be planted at a depth of about 1 cm, so we're using a dibber to make a well of that depth in the middle of each cell. If you don't have a dibber you could use your finger instead. Shake a few seeds into your hand. Place one seed in each cell. If you have any unused seeds place them back into the packet to store - they will keep until the sell by date. Sprinkle a little regular soil or vermiculite soil over each cell to cover the seed.

Step 5: Label

Lastly, you should label your seeds. Use an indelible pen to put the date on one side of the label, and the seed type on the other.

Step 6: Leave to grow

Different seeds require different growing conditions. Check the packet. It's usually somewhere warm and sunny like a greenhouse or a window sill. Water regularly.