Seed Starting & Propagation Calculators
Practical planning tools for the seed-starting bench: from making seed tape for direct-sown rows to fitting trays onto a grow shelf.

Seed Tape Length & Seed Count Calculator
How much seed tape to make and how many seeds to glue on for your rows.
Gives youtape length · seeds · glue dotsSeed startingSeedling Shelf & Tray Capacity Calculator
How many seed trays and cells fit on your grow shelf, tier by tier.
Gives youtrays · cells · tiers neededSeed startingSeed Starting Mix Batch Calculator
How much seed-starting mix fills your cell trays, split into a homemade recipe.
Gives youtotal mix · recipe split · per traySeed startingCutting Propagation Batch Calculator
How many cuttings, donor plants and trays you need to end up with a target number of plants.
Gives youcuttings · donor plants · traysSeed startingSeedling Pot-Up Soil Calculator
Potting mix, pots and carry trays for potting on a batch of seedlings.
Gives youpotting mix · bags · pots per traySeed startingBulb & Corm Planting Quantity Calculator
How many tulip, daffodil or crocus bulbs fill a bed, with planting depth and packs to buy.
Gives youbulbs · packs · depth · layoutSeed startingMicrogreens Tray & Seed Calculator
Trays to sow each week and seed to buy for a steady supply of microgreens.
Gives youtrays/week · seed · rotationSeed startingSeed Calculator
How many seeds and packets to buy for the plants or rows you want, allowing for germination.
Gives youseeds · packets · sparesSeed startingSeed Germination Calculator
Your germination rate from a paper-towel test, and how many seeds to sow per plant.
Gives yougermination % · seeds per plantSeed startingSeed Rate Calculator
Seeding rate by weight from target plants, thousand-seed weight, germination and establishment.
Gives youkg/ha or lb/acre · total seedWhich seed starting calculator do you need?
- Seed Tape Length & Seed Count Calculator: How much seed tape to make and how many seeds to glue on for your rows.
- Seedling Shelf & Tray Capacity Calculator: How many seed trays and cells fit on your grow shelf, tier by tier.
- Seed Starting Mix Batch Calculator: How much seed-starting mix fills your cell trays, split into a homemade recipe.
- Cutting Propagation Batch Calculator: How many cuttings, donor plants and trays you need to end up with a target number of plants.
- Seedling Pot-Up Soil Calculator: Potting mix, pots and carry trays for potting on a batch of seedlings.
- Bulb & Corm Planting Quantity Calculator: How many tulip, daffodil or crocus bulbs fill a bed, with planting depth and packs to buy.
- Microgreens Tray & Seed Calculator: Trays to sow each week and seed to buy for a steady supply of microgreens.
- Seed Calculator: How many seeds and packets to buy for the plants or rows you want, allowing for germination.
- Seed Germination Calculator: Your germination rate from a paper-towel test, and how many seeds to sow per plant.
- Seed Rate Calculator: Seeding rate by weight from target plants, thousand-seed weight, germination and establishment.
Every tool works in metric or imperial units, shows its formula and a worked example, and lets you edit the assumptions that vary from garden to garden. Results stay on your device; nothing you enter is stored.
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