On 09/08/2012 07:01 PM, Kay Lancaster wrote:
On Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:22:20 -0700, Todd wrote:
Hi All,

I was looking at a packet of carrot seeds. They are very
tiny. How do you plant them without special vision equipment?

Carrots are actually big seeds. Here's one method -- and you can try it
with any size seed packet, with seeds ranging from lettuce and tomato down to
begonia and other dust-like seeds.

1. Cut the top or bottom off the seed packet, right below the fold. Don't
tear it open, it leaves rough edges that can catch seeds.

2. Open the seed packet, and bend a crease in the front of the seed packet
in the middle to make a little "spout" to the front edge of the packet.
The "spout" is an inch or so long, perpendicular to the cut edge.

3. Hold the seed packet between thumb and pinkie, front of the packet
facing away from you. You're holding the two factory-folded sides of the
packet, and you'll squeeze slightly to cause the cut edge to open.

4. Hold packet so the front of the packet is parallel to what you're seeding
and tap on the pinkie-held edge of the packet with your forefinger repeatedly
and rhythmically. The seeds will line themselves up in the "spout"
and march themselves out over the cut edge one at a time.

Try it over a big sheet of paper several times so you can get the feel for
moving your hand along as you tap, spacing the seeds in the furrow.

If you've got seeds left to store, tap the seeds back down into the bottom of
the packet, fold it in half crosswise, and apply a couple strips of scotch
tape to the top. You can now store the seed packet standing on the new
fold in a file box in the bottom of the refrigerator.

If all this verbiage makes no sense, go to: http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/24184799 for photos.

Kay



Thank you!