Propagation: Transplanting from Trays to Cell Packs, 0 by Weezingreens

Weezingreens wrote:
Sorry not to have replied sooner, Mark. I've been preparing my taxes (a very 'taxing' experience) while suffering a particularly nasty case of the flu... what a battle that was!

As Terry said, broadcasting the seed to small trays within a flat allows me the opportunity to put many seeds in a smaller area. And, in the case of minute little seeds, broadcasting them with coarse sand allows me to space the seeds adequately.

Planting, let's say Petunia seed, would require purchasing the pelleted seed in order to plant directly to the cell packs. I've actually found the pelleted seed to be not only more expensive, but slower to germinate and less viable... so, I transplant.

Of course, with larger seeds that resent transplant, I do as you suggest. They don't get transplanted until they get too large for the cell packs. I just planted lupines in cell packs this morning, as a matter of fact.