How much seed should you use for a 20 x 10 tray?
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About 1.5 cups is good. We used 2.0 cups and the grass was very thick. If there is no air movement a white mold begins to grow. It is not a dangerous mold, its just common to growing wheat grass. If you place a small fan blowing on it and use 1.5 cups you should have very little trouble with the mold. Also get two kinds of trays, one with drain holes and one without.Grow the grass in the ones with the drain holes and place that try inside the one without the drain holes. Use 1 by 1 pieces of wood to raised the inner tray up to keep air circulating. Good luck, it's easy
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Hello Thank you for your question. Somewhere between 1.5 cups and 2 cups. You may want to experiment a little. Some people prefer a thicker growth and some people prefer a little thinner.
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The pound thing is sort of hard per say as different seeds will weigh differently. I would look at the dimensions and then look at the size of a 5 pound or less bag of grass seed as an example
779802
It's quite a lot of seeds, you can grow them in just about anything. I grew some in a plant pot for my cat, and got a "seed flat" like this Jiffy TTRAY Plastic Plant Tray, 11" x 22", Black and I still have enough to do another one.
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I have the instructions but seem to recall the calculations were not accurate. If you will send me your email address, I will be glad to scan the instructions and send them to you in a .TIF file; that is, if and when I am able to locate them, and it may take a while. There are here but haven't looked at them in a long time because I didn't find GA useful in speeding seed germination at any of the recommended levels.
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The batch I just received is not coated. I had ordered this previously and the seed was coated, so it seems that changed. In one pound there should be on average more than 750,000 seeds, so it's a lot. It should be enough for 2,000-8,000 square feet, depending on how thickly you want to sow.
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I use the seed for cat grass so I also use a little at a time. I store in a plastic air tight container in a dark area in my shop so the temperature is generally between 50 and 70 max. No issues with mold thus far. I believe a container that is air tight is the key. Works for me.
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10 inches. I am no longer using my two trays as they were too inviting for doves to sit all day on them. I am back to sweeping up the shells below and wasted seed. You can have mine for cheap if you like
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I don't know the limit but I have hung a feeder full of seed that weighed at least 10 pounds with no problem. My guess is that it will handle 20 pounds as long as the item you clamp it to will not give way.
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You'll have plenty in one purchase for that. I do 8" rounds for people and chickens and still have half a bag after several uses. The seed and roots spread out quite a bit, I use a heaping table spoon for the 8"round and by the time the sprouts are four inches tall the roots are an inch high in the container and everything is so green, you'll wish your lawn looked that good.
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A tray is 16 inches long and 11 inches deep. The approximate distance from the top of the insert that sits in the tray and hold the seeds (the part with all the holes in it) and the tray above it, is approximately 8 inches.
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I've used about half the package and have only gotten 4 seedlings to coming up. I believe it says on the package how much area it's suppose to cover.
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I myself just use regular birdseed, it has some sunflower seeds in it. I can't keep mine full enough.
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I can just tell you that I have a planter that is about 20 sq ft and I used about 3 packets. So u will probably need 6 times that.
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The seed tray is small and I'm in Colorado and haven't had a problem with snow getting into it. As others have said, the seed doesn't last that long anyway!
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I would use at least 2 tablespoons or more, absolutely cover the dirt with seed because sometimes there are a few that don't sprout and cats love lots of grass thickly grown and it will last longer too.
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I fill the tray with about 80 to 100 sheets. I run two sets of 40 (11x17) at a time. I feel it is safer than having a mistake or jam.
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This particular unit says on the box it can only handle up to 12 trays NOT 10. If you want to use 20 trays you should upgrade to the 1000 watt version.