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What is the best way to remove seedlings from a propogator?
Stu 2
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I have a variety of seedlings come through in our cheap plastic propogator, like this http://cdn-9.create.net/siteimages/9/0/2/90281/855593.jpg. I've taken out some by pushing up them up from the bottom but this seems to have been a little too 'aggressive' as they seem to have had their confidence knocked so to speak. Before removing the rest I want to know if there's a specific method I should use??
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You ease each one out carefully using a pencil or a plant label to dig it out with, holding by the leaves, not the stem. Have little pots waiting filled with compost. Make a hole in the compost, lower the seedling in and gently firm the compost around it. Then water using a fine rose. This is called "pricking out". Takes a bit of time, but I enjoy doing it.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=pricking+out+seedlings&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=cu9pU-byAeqc0QXbxoC4DA&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1188&bih=491
Amazing, thank you so much Busy-Lizzie. I tried loads of searches but didn't know the term 'pricking out'. Wish me luck!
I use a pencil or tiny dibber and push gently from the bottom through the drainage holes.