Seed dispensers

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• Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906

  July 2017

  Hello Bee. I had one many years ago and to be honest I didn't rate it. It was plastic and the tiny seeds generated static and tended to stick to the seed dispenser rather than flow out evenly. I used a tip I spotted on GW and that was mixing my tiny seeds with some dry silver sand and then sprinkling the mix onto the compost. The sand helped me see where I had scattered. I got decent germination using this method.

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• josusa47 Posts: 3,530

  July 2017

  Ladybird4 says:

  Hello Bee. I had one many years ago and to be honest I didn't rate it. It was plastic and the tiny seeds generated static and tended to stick to the seed dispenser rather than flow out evenly. I used a tip I spotted on GW and that was mixing my tiny seeds with some dry silver sand and then sprinkling the mix onto the compost. The sand helped me see where I had scattered. I got decent germination using this method.

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   My dear departed dad used to do the same, only with ground rice.

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• Bee witched Posts: 1,295

  July 2017

  Thanks Ladybird,

  Sounds like a good tip.

  

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• Mary370 Posts: 2,003

  July 2017

  I use an eyebrow tweezers. .....one with gold coloured tip......if you gently  press the side of the tweezers into the seeds one or two will adhere then I press the tweezers onto the moistened compost.....tweezers is dampened for next seed....works for me.....

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