Pelleted seeds

[jason30809]

Has anyone ever pelletized their own seeds with an "at home" method? I figure there must be a way to do it and am curious if anyone has ever tried. It would make seeding a million times easier but unfortunately you have to buy a tobacco farms quantity of seeds to get them pelleted. If you can buy on a smaller scale, I haven't found that source yet. Any ideas are welcome. Thanks.

 

[GreenDragon]

I have not, but I did see a video of a South American farm seeding their starter trays. They mixed the tobacco seed with fine sand (I think 10 to 1 ratio of sand to seed) and used that to sprinkle over the trays.

 

[deluxestogie]

Pelletizing tobacco seed is an industrial process:

CN1025708C - Coating agent prescription for tobacco seed - Google Patents

The present invention relates to a formula of a coating agent for a tobacco seed, which uses talcum powder and bentonite as basic raw materials, adds an adhesive agent and adds trace elements, compound fertilizer, plant growth regulators and pesticides for preventing and treating insect pest as...

patents.google.com

Bob