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Re: seeds-digest Digest V97 #41

My pet instrument for handling very small seedlings is a plastic fork with
the two outside tines broken off. When they are really small and delicate,
a bamboo skewer takes the place of a pencil, and is really useful in moving
the plant from the mutilated fork to the planting media.

>From: JErnst209@aol.com
> I understand Gail's method, and I've often used fine sand myself.  My
> problem comes with transplanting -- how do you know when those small
> seedlings are ready to transplant.  And how do you actually do the
> transplanting on such tiny plants (the mechanics of it), what instruments
> do you use and what kind of medium to you put them into?  I always seem to
> bruise the seedlings and/or the roots and then I loose them immediately.
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