Make Your Own (MYO) Seed "tape" for Square Food Gardening

Because of the vast area we will have to cover in our garden we are making our own seed "tape". We found paper towels that are 11x6 inches and tore two sheets together to make an 11x12 inch bed for the seeds. You don't have to spend a lot of money on the paper towels. The idea is for them to break up after you "plant" them in your space.
The glue we used was 1 TBSP cornstarch to 1 Cup of water. Add a few drops of food coloring to help you see where you have put the "glue". Heat on stove until thickened. Allow to cool and then put into a squirt bottle of some kind that will will allow you to place small drops onto the paper towel in the specified amounts, such as 9, 16, 4..... depending on what you are planting. There are many different kinds of glue you can look up and then choose what kind you want to use. We decided this one would work best for us. As this year is kind of a trial and error year, we will see if this works best.
We have done our spinach, radish, carrot, and onion seeds this way.

Here you can see Brian adding the drops of glue to the paper towel. 

 

Adding the carrot seeds to the glue.

Once your seeds are placed put another paper towel over the top to form a sandwich.

Place all of your "sandwiches" in a plastic bag and then in the refrigerator until ready to use.

Be sure to label everything you are doing, from seed starting, to seed tapes, to storage, and everything in the middle. These tapes are planted at the recommended depths for each seed.