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Sowing begonia seeds
My OH has a packet of begonia seeds to sow however these things are
tiny, I mean unbeleivably tiny. Are there any tricks anyone can suggest that will make it easier to evenly sow these things? TIA |
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Sowing begonia seeds
"JB" wrote in message ... My OH has a packet of begonia seeds to sow however these things are tiny, I mean unbeleivably tiny. Are there any tricks anyone can suggest that will make it easier to evenly sow these things? TIA Mix the seeds with fine dry sand, fill an old salt pot with the resulting mix, and sprinkle the seed trays with it. Steve |
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Sowing begonia seeds
"JB" wrote in message ... My OH has a packet of begonia seeds to sow however these things are tiny, I mean unbeleivably tiny. Are there any tricks anyone can suggest that will make it easier to evenly sow these things? TIA One of the normal tricks is to dilute the seed with very fine sand and then sow the mixture. I have never done this . I prefer to take a small pinch of the seed and broadcast them from a height. I am sure there must be other methods. |
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Sowing begonia seeds
Rupert wrote: One of the normal tricks is to dilute the seed with very fine sand and then sow the mixture. I have never done this . ) I prefer to take a small pinch of the seed and broadcast them from a height. And does this work? I am sure there must be other methods. Like what?! |
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Sowing begonia seeds
"La Puce" wrote in message oups.com... Rupert wrote: One of the normal tricks is to dilute the seed with very fine sand and then sow the mixture. I have never done this . I prefer to take a small pinch of the seed and broadcast them from a height. And does this work? Works for me just fine but I suppose it does require a degree of skill. Perhaps you should stick with the sand method. I am sure there must be other methods. Like what?! I thought you or someone else would suggest something but FWIW there are seed dispensers and gel dispersion methods. |
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Sowing begonia seeds
Rupert wrote: Works for me just fine but I suppose it does require a degree of skill. Perhaps you should stick with the sand method. I have tiny nimble fingers and sow everything regardless of size from my hand with my fingers. I don't need gadgets, gel, dispensers, potion nor do I need to google to let me know how to do it. My grand dad told me everything I need to know ) |
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