Possible Clues:

• Tried writing to the editor
• Tried English journalist that's pinched spades, for example
• Endeavoured
• Having looked around, fool stood up and had a go
• Tried writing a newspaper leader?
• Is the seed about to talk? Well, it tried to
• Tried to speak in the seed?
• Tried and tested
• Tried to spread seed around, for example
• Tried a new variety of seed, say