Bill,

I don't have problems separating seedlings in a single cell. Are you using a
light
growing media that should break apart easily? Also, are your seeds fresh. I
have
tried to use previous years seeds, and sometimes get away with it, usually with
decreased germination rates.

Sherwin D.

Bill Rose wrote:

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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:

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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:

It's a really bad idea. Why would you want to do that?

Because I'm not omnipresent and potent. This, for me, is R & D. You test
all ideas.

It's good to see you back, schmuck.

-Bill


Schmuck. It's obvious by just looking at seedling roots that they're not
going to withstand the kind of handling you're suggesting.

Sometimes, often actually, just about always, when I'm loading up a
germination tray, especially when the seeds are the size of dust, I get
some migration of species to unintended cells. Other times, I put
multiple seeds in a cell just to make sure that I get a plant in the
cell and my planting stays on schedule, then as quick as you can
say,"Bob's your uncle", I have half a dozen plants in one cell:( In
this unhappy eventualities, I usually have to make a choice of which
plant to keep and which to terminate. As Kay said, handling the stems is
a good way to turn it all to garbage, zooooh, I'm trying to figure out
an efficient way to separate the intertwining roots. As I said, I'm
still in R&D. Still a student and, I need to ask stupid questions. It
comes with the territory.

Another thing I can't figure out is why, sometimes the same seeds will
practically leap out of the tray when they germinates. Other times, it's
like a cold wind blowing through a desolate landscape and then sometimes
you get these little lilliputian midget mutants of a plant that don't do
anything as if they expect you to hit them with a hammer at any second.

Oh, little mysteries of life.

- Bill

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