Can anyone tell me how pelleted seed are made
what coats the seed, is it easy to do and can it be done at home 
Regards
Kevin
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One for JB maybe ? I know he gets his pelleted carrot seed from MOLES, and he MAY know the answer to your question ?
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I don't think it is a job for an amateur. The only ones I have encountered have included various seed dressing which could be hazardous, hence the bright green colour to deter any living creature from eating them. Such is the purity and germination rate of modern seeds that I see no reason to use them if you grow in modules and take enough time to put a very few in each hole.
But actually, it IS great for really really small fiddly seeds that you'd like to ultimately 'position sow' like carrots, so that you don't need to thin them later on and attract the dreaded carrot root fly.
My 'elderly next door' was moaning today about the carrot-root-fly damage on his today, and we pulled some for lunch tomorrow, and there's no root-fly damage AT ALL !!
So thank you JB for that late life-saver of the pelleted seed, and we've got loads to pull yet.....
My 'elderly next door' was moaning today about the carrot-root-fly damage on his today, and we pulled some for lunch tomorrow, and there's no root-fly damage AT ALL !!
So thank you JB for that late life-saver of the pelleted seed, and we've got loads to pull yet.....
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Hi Kevin,
I am reliably informed that the only thing surrounding the pelleted seed is clay. It has no actual effect on the germination but is to make sowing more precise. The colour is to simply make them more visible.
I was not sure so I contacted a friend who is in seed technology and have just received the reply.
Pelleted seed with specific packages are the coming thing but at present not for sale in the UK.
They are going through trials in UK but they will have to be licenced.
As for producing your own Kevin all I can sat is you're a bugger for punishment.
JB.
I am reliably informed that the only thing surrounding the pelleted seed is clay. It has no actual effect on the germination but is to make sowing more precise. The colour is to simply make them more visible.
I was not sure so I contacted a friend who is in seed technology and have just received the reply.
Pelleted seed with specific packages are the coming thing but at present not for sale in the UK.
They are going through trials in UK but they will have to be licenced.
As for producing your own Kevin all I can sat is you're a bugger for punishment.
JB.
If it is 'just' clay that explain the poor germination in dry weather as clay stays rock hard in drought conditions, but what is the bright green colour of those carrot seeds from Moles, I never saw clay that colour before.
Allan
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