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Some seed producers have come up with pelletized seed to
help with this. Carrot and lettuce seeds are surrounded by a
coating that makes it easy to handle by hand or in automated
seeders. The coating dissolves once the seeds are watered.
This is a pretty good solution but so far it has unfortunately
only been applied to a few vegetables. Luckily, there are
some other solutions, though they all require some practice to
master.
Seed spoons are tiny spoons formed in bright yellow plastic.
You hold the seed in the cup of your hand, and use the other
hand to manipulate the spoon. If you pick the right size (it
comes with four sizes), every time you push the spoon into
the mass of seeds in your hand, you will pull it back out with
exactly one seed. Then you can easily put it where you wish.
These cost less than a packet of seeds and work well.
Another option is a “Dial Seed Sower.” This device holds
seeds in a reservoir and you regulate the rate at which seeds
leave the reservoir to slide down a slick slide by changing the
seed size on the dial and lightly shaking the device. Once you
get practiced at it, you can put exactly one seed of practically
any size exactly where you want it.
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