Propagation: Sowing dust sized seed, 1 by RickCorey_WA

RickCorey_WA wrote:
Blo9mm a, I've treid that on a micro scale using short lengths of soda straws slit lengthwise and then wrapped tighly around chop sticks, thin dowels or bamboo skewers.

I slice the open tip on a diagonal, and sometimes cut a little of the point off.

The result is a tiny 'spoon' shaped like a tube. I could scoop up truly tiny amounts of dust-like seeds, like just enough to sow one 2.5" pot or insert cell.

But my hands shake too much to sprinkle that micro-pinch uniformly. I tended to drop them in a clump, sometimes before I got the spoon from the seed pkt to the pot.

P.S. The4 red one was taped in pla ce so that it could SLIDE in or out to make a bigger or smaller scoop. But only a coordinated person could use it! I had to scoopp a tiny amount with the tip, then slant the spoon so that the seeds slid back to the base of the spoon.