Thanks — I’ll try that, we direct seeded them in the past.
LOL on your lasagna pan -— I’m even cheaper, I use the previously used banquet buffet table aluminum pans from where I work!!!! Everyone knows to not throw them out. And I just keep reusing them, I have about 30 of them stacked up in the barn.
Wow, you could be a cheaper gardener than me :) Although, I do occasionally use plastic strawberry containers and the like when I sow a small amount of seeds.
I originally purchased the lasagna pans with the clear lids for winter sowing. I put holes in the top of the lids and on the bottom, and put them out in the cold. By the time May came around for the sunflowers, I didn’t need the lid anymore. I’m also reusing my lasagna pans this year. A lot of winter sowers use milk jugs, with holes in the bottom and leave the lid off as well. I’m trying a few this year, just trying to keep them mostly hidden from view so my husband and neighbors so they don’t have me committed ;)