 I'm Master McGannis and you see extension horticulturist and director of the master gardener program. Now planting carrot seeds can be difficult. The seeds are notoriously small. They're hard to grasp. And it's hard to ensure proper spacing in the garden. So today we're going to learn how to make seed tape. That's going to make the process of planting carrots more precise. And in addition you won't be spending as much time bending over in the garden. So what you'll need for this project will be paper products. Now you could use paper towels. You could use newspaper. But I'm using toilet paper for this particular project because it's really easy to work with. Now you're going to want maybe a three to four foot length of it. That's pretty easy to work with. So I've measured it out using my handy dandy tape measure here. Now we're going to want to mark the spacing for our seeds. However before you do that you need to determine the proper spacing. So look at your seed packet and look at the final spacing. Now my carrot packet says that they want a final spacing of three inches between carrots. Now if we knew that every seed was going to germinate we could just put one seed every three inches. However we know we're going to get less than a hundred percent germination. So I'm going to go more conservative. I'm going to glue a seed every one and a half inches just so that we have some spares. Now we may have to do a little bit of thinning in the garden but it won't be too onerous. Alright so we mark the spacing every inch and a half using a marker. Now I've already done that. Now next we're going to want to make a non-toxic glue. Now I've mixed one quarter cup of flour with one quarter cup of water to make this thick goop. You'll see that it's goopy but it still is going to run off a spoon. That's about the consistency that you want. Now we're going to apply the glue to the seed tape using a paintbrush. So I'm going to put a little dab on the marks. Now that I've done that I'm going to want to put some seeds on those dots of glue. Now I'm going to use a flat toothpick. I'm using the broad end of the flat toothpick. I'm going to dip it in the flour and then I use that to pick up an individual seed and then put it on the dot of glue on the toilet paper. Now once I have glued all the seeds onto the toilet paper you can then fold it in half and allow that to seal in the seeds. Allow it to dry for 24 hours and then you can roll it up and put it in a plastic bag and store it in a cool dry place until you're ready to plant it in the garden. Now with carrots you tend to plant them at a depth of one quarter inch to maybe a half inch. Somewhere in that range but no deeper than that. So you would lay the seed tape out in the garden and then cover it to the appropriate depth with soil. Happy planting!