Small Seed planting tip… When I want to place small seeds in a starting medium I wet the end of a toothpick or similar with my tongue and pickup one seed at a time and place them evenly in a cup or tray in my small greenhouse. BTW I wet the planting mix before placing the seeds and very lightly cover them with more mix
“When I want to place small seeds in a starting medium I wet the end of a toothpick or similar with my tongue and pickup one seed at a time...”
I place the seeds on the top of the mix and use the instruction for how deep they should be planted, then use the seed planter helper (a metal strip with a channel to place the seeds, then tap a bit so each seed will fall off onto the mix. I use that helper to punch each seed into the soil as deeply as the instructions say.
The above will not work for tobacco seed which is very close to microscopic. Can’t see a separate seed, looks like dust in the envelope. I think using a toothpick might work with these seeds. Johnny, what do you think about this? I have been dreading trying to plant that dust.
—BTW I wet the planting mix before placing the seeds and very lightly cover them with more mix—
The voice of experience. It never occurred to me to do it that way. Thank you.