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Luke I use a fork instead of a spoon. It needs to be plastic like your spoon, and the great thing is it lets me loosen the soil and gently lift my seedlings with very little or no root damage. I often wait longer than I should to transplant to bigger pots so the fork works best for me and the seedlings. I do use the spoon to make a hole for the seedling and to gently press the soil around the plants before watering them. Thanks for another fine video, Luke. Bless you and yours.
I use spoons and forks when gardening. I’ve only got pots and it’s so much easier than the usual hand tools. X
My mama always warned me, "spooning leads to forking".
@@Soapocolypse true that x
@@Soapocolypse mama knows best. Lol
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If roots do become tangled, a little dip in a cup of water will help separate them easily.
Side note: I love the colors of the background veggie mural!
Thank you!
Chopsticks work easier and cause less damage but starting in trays is great because you can pick your strongest plants to transplant.🌺🤗🇺🇸❤️
Chopsticks are awesome! The only problem is that my dog usually steals them 😂
My gardening cutlery is stainless steel & includes: teaspoon, serving spoon, fork, serrated steak knife, stainless steel & wooden chopsticks.
I have used this method quite often when starting seeds in ground. It works well but for me, I have noticed that the seedlings I move, grow slower than the ones I have left alone.
I start my seedlings in 2x3" zip lock bags. When the seedlings are ready to transplant, I cut the bag down one side and peel back the bag. This year I have had good success growing vegetables indoors with stand-up quart and gallon sized zip lock bags.
This is a fantastic idea
Love that opening... lol 😆
I am ALWAYS so EXCITED to see a notification that you posted a new video! Thank you for all you do to help educate everyone and in keeping it simple and inexpensive 🙂💞 I've been watching your videos since you and Mrs. MI were bulk planting onion seeds in your house.
I did this with beets. Started them in the house to transplant in the fall. Worked pretty good.
Thanks Luke!I have a mess of dragon fruit cacti(seeds I bought from you&I believe every seed germinated&sprouted...lol)&want to separate them but was reluctant.Now,I have a plan&less worried about root damage.Thanks again!
That intro 😂😂😂😂😅😅😅
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He’s soooo original and funny.
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I have used a similar approach in the past. I plant 2-3 seeds in each pot then I used a long letter opener to pry the seedlings out and separate them into individual pots. Very high success rate.
I've used forks instead of spoons. Then can shake soil off to separate
Good Morning Luke! From Eastern Washington!
Morning!
I prefer to use a fork as the tines tend to loosen up the dirt better around the roots without breaking or damaging them. I also use them in small tray pots.
Oh that was a fast Luke! ( pause's video ) ok so ( web) Lithops is a genus of succulent plants in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. Members of the genus are native to southern Africa. ( ok watching! ) He mentions this! Damping off is a horticultural disease or condition, caused by several different pathogens that kill or weaken seeds or seedlings before or after they germinate. It is most prevalent in wet and cool conditions.
That opening line! Oh my gosh! I am sold.
Good idea! Later this week, it is supposed to get down to 5 degrees here. I plan to start planting some seedlings to put under my grow lights after that super cold day passes.
One time years I was visiting the local nursery in our Idaho town; the workers were using sharpened pencils to separate roots of thickly sown plants. I have used this method for over 50 years and it works great! 23 JAN 2024
I agree that those cacti 🌵 potting mixes don’t have enough sand for drainage! Great video.
I've got lithop seeds and will start them soon. I'm just finishing my other spring plants first. I also need to pot up some dragon fruit seedlings, so I will also use this video as an instructional to get that done! Thanks Luke! This has been a big help for me!
I've done this before! I didn't know it was called 'spooning' though 😆.
I do this when I've started 3 seeds per cell {as insurance} and they all sprout but I don't want to snip any off and kill them. So instead I spoon them out into their own containers. Most of them do just fine after that 🙂.
Great tip with the additional sand
Glad it was helpful!
This video came just at the right time. Thank you!
I use a pencil with the sharpened in to remove a pepper or tomato seedling from the seeding mix to the seedling tray. I use the eraser end to push them into the seedling cell. I seldom lose any of them.
This method is very helpful for us at this stage. Thanks again for another helpful video!!
Hi Luke, I hope you have an awesome birthday this year.🎂🎉🎊
I always looked for multiple seedlings per cell at the nursery. I can turn a six pack of tomatoes/peppers/eggplants and end up with at least 12-16 healthy transplants...for those that purchase their starts :) Works for lettuce/squash/cukes too!
I do the same with bushes. I look for pot with the most stems. Then take a bread surrated knife and seperate them into single bushes! It works great. Saves alot of money too when you are filling in a space. Never had any die. Been doing that for YEARS.
Hi Luke, I really enjoy the new episodes because you get to the point right away for people like me that have little time. Keep up the good work.
This is great! I'm planning to plant a full bed of peas and onions and this should be helpful.
Also, thanks Luke for your endless positivity and encouragement. It's such a comfort and inspiration!
I like how you're alot more chilled out now in you're videos! U seem relaxed
I tried this out along with the winter sowing method in water jugs. I started with spinach seeds and it looked like the plants were dying at first, when I put them in their pots. They're definitely growing after being stressed for a few days. I like the water jug method.
I'm so loving your channel. You are so helpful and Truthful!! You're such a an inspiration 😊
Thank you so much!!
You're most welcome!!
Thanks for the information on the seed starting method and the info on cactus soil mix. I'm just getting into having succulents and cactus and know drainage is an issues... I'll add more sand from now on!
I've been doing this method for years, but you have given so much information I have not heard! I learned a lot. Thanks, Luke!
Thank you! Small space, but lots of seeds to start. This technique will definitely help 😊
But if I don't have enough room to start them separately under light, how am I going to have more room now that I've moved them to separate pots?
Love how you lay it out there! Glad I found ya👍
I’ve used a plastic fork or a skewer and had really good luck. Thank you for all of the great info you share!!
Thank you Luke!
The issue I have is that you said this is a great method if you have limited space and/or light. But when you spoon them out, you now have a ton of seedlings that need space and light. What am I missing?
Doing it this way you only transplant the seeds that sprout. If you put one seed in each pot, some may not germinate. If you put 2-3 in each pot you will have to thin them. You might still have some that don't make it but most of them will
love your wall mural!
I am going to have to do this pretty soon with some of my seedlings when I transfer them to a hydroponic set-up.
Interesting, thanks for teaching about this method. Count me in as one who's never heard of it before. :)
Hi Luke,
I started to broadcast seeds that are tiny Snapdraggons, petunias, and poppies I have better luck when I let them get bigger than using a ice tea spoon have a tiny tub of water to separate them. I bought small cacti pots, and 50 pots fit into a 10x20 tray. Last year I had 2 18 inch pots I let the self-sown petunias grow till they flowered then separated then my neighbor's yard looked great. every year you learn something new. Forgot to mention I have purchased 5x5 insert trays 8 fit into a 10x20 tray.
Thank you!
Tip #1 is a very good point.
I've used a fork in a similar manner for years. You can use the tines to tease apart entangled roots if necessary. Unlike at least one other commenter, mine is a regular stainless steel table fork and works just fine.
Thank you for clarification (was always worried that method would result in tangled roots.now i know when to separate). I recently scraped a bunch of birds eye chilli seeds from fresh chillis into a half size rectangular takeaway container with potting mix and see how it went. Lots of them sprouted growing but slowly showing first set of leaves. Going to separate them soon as i can seen long roots forming...
Good morning!
Yep, I bulk seed starting with most of my stuff. Tomatoes, onions and peppers are easy. I don't bulk sew brassicas.
We often don't realize how much abuse some of these seedlings can take. When I was a kid in the 60's there weren't garden centers like now and we mail ordered our plants. They came bare rooted in the mail and we immediately planted them. We got tomato's, peppers and cabbage this way and had good success with them.
This looks like what I did with my Foxgloves and Delphinium last year since the seeds were so small I could barely see them! I might try this with some more different types of seedlings!
Thanks for this tip!
I use perlite instead of sand. Lighter pots.
I do this method quite a bit. Works for me
Useful information.
Luke, you completely changed my gardening game. Previously I would only get 50% germination rate from the seeds from big box stores but last year when I switched over to seeds from MIgardener I had 100% germination and too many plants. 😊
Awe that’s awesome! Thats what I love to hear.
I'd like to see this with tomatoes. Thanks for the video!
Luke is there a chance of covering Elephant ear Plants this year? Storage over winter if not planted/ transplanting/ propagation tricks & general care. ( Saving up to buy Trifecta! Everyone needs to look into this! ) His seeds are $2
A cheaper Ear type plant is Eddoes can be found at the grocery store generally under 50 cents each
Does anyone know why new pepper types can be stabilized after x amount of generations, but this is not true with hybrid tomatoes? Thanks!
Hey Luke!
Been following you for years.
So funny I just got into lithops two weeks ago and I'm JUST seeing this post😅.
While I know this isn't about lithops, I need to know how hard it was to get them going from seed? Where did you get the Seed from?
I'm not sure if that's an appropriate soil for them as seedlings, but you really want a more rocky mix for bigger lithops. They say 90% rock/grit (jack's gritty mix is what's usually recommended, and easiest to get), with 10% cacti soil. They are super temperamental with water, I'm sure you know all this... But I'm hoping those babies will do well for you in that mix... I have no personal experience yet and I'm learning as I go. Would love to see updates (good or bad!) on the baby lithops! 😁
I use this technique due to limited space. My favorite tool for handling small seedlings is a Widger. It's the best.
How does this technique help with limited space? They are still being moved to individual pots very early on. One still needs adequate room for every individual pot, whether started in the pot or transplanted to the pot a few days later. It saves space for what, 7 days? I'd rather use paper towels and Ziploc as I can clearly see every single seed as it first begins to sprout.
Ohhh I will have to look that up.
I've used my fingers and the tip of a hand shovel to do this to rows of seeds instead of thinning them. Never realized other people do something similar. I've always seen people thin out the plants. But I don't want to lose the plant. So I gently loosen the soil enough to get the plant out and move it where others didn't grow.
Good information. I only wish you had used plants with leaves like radishes or etc to see the formation of the true leaves.
Thank you for the tip !
You bet!
Chopsticks work well for separating also
I do this intentionally with tomato. Young leggy seedlings mean I have more space to grow roots by planting stem deep.
Neat have try it
Coolest and most beautiful seeds I've ever seen! 😍💖
I know right!?
Luke, I learn so much from your videos. This is pretty much how I start my onions. I still use seed trays, but I start them with a generous pinch of seeds per cell, and separate them later. I never thought to do it with other plants. I will definitely be trying it this spring. Thanks so much!
At what point do you transplant the onion seedlings? Thanks.
@@michellewelch6013 I transplant when they are about an eighth of an inch or so, just big enough to handle. Since they grow at different rates, some may be a little bigger or smaller.
Do you sanitize the sand before mixing w potting soil?
🫨.. omg.. hey Luke .. are those 'Living Stones' that you are replanting???..
Now there's a plant I would Love a tutorial for.. lol..
I have some.. & I've managed to keep most of them alive, tho I have half the number of plants that I started with.. 😊
Love the content mi. Let's work on getting your audio just a bit louder tho.
I've been doing it this way for several years now. I have two sizes of tablespoons.
My main tip is to go slow like you’re excavating something precious try not to get impatient and tear the roots
Are you gonna sell lithops seeds at your store? 😮 That would be awesome! I would definitely buy some.
Great tip I just started seeds in starting tray's not doing the block making tool did not like it . I am placing seeds and thinning than doing the spoon or fork method
This works better for very small seedings like tobacco, foxgloves, lettuce, and claytonia. You can scoop out the roots and all without causing any damage.
Off topic but can you share a reputable place to buy Lithop seeds? Checked your site but didn't find them. Thank you!
I am renting a house and I want to plant some vegetables but I cannot do in the ground can you suggest a space-saving easy planting
Luke that intro literally killed me 😂🤣
Gotta laugh a little bit every once in a while.
With marigolds, I use a fork and they come up very easily. So far, I haven't killed many marigolds by moving them around that way. The spoon would probably be less damaging though, so I may try that for something else...lettuce, maybe?
I do that when multiple seeds sprout and I want to save the extra ones.
Water heavy - scoop carefully.
I never thought at almost 70 years old a young man would teach me about spooning.😂
That’s funny…I always use a spoon. I use a spoon because I don’t own a seedling remover, like on Gardeners Supply. The poor man’s seedling remover. Lol
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I use a tooth pick! no losses!
Well that video title made me laugh. I do similar using a pencil but usually to get extra seedlings out of individual cells.
Also known as “pricking out” another ha ha moment!
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Strange, I never saw him actually scoop a seedling and place it in the new pot
The lithops are strange looking seedlings. I do show it if you watch back.
I don't think we're afraid, I just think we can't afford it. I'm already giving you all my seed money. I can't afford to plant in clumps. lol!
that intro 🤣😂
I’d like to see prison mike pop up and do an intro one of these days 🥸😎
Maybe we will! Vegetable gardening in the clink!
I think thr brits call this "pricking out"
Points for opening with a dad joke.
I do something very similar. I don't use a spoon, but instead use either a fruit fork (a small metal utensil with long 2 long parallel tines) or a pair of fine tipped chopsticks. If you are very well-versed with chopsticks and can pick up a bite of rice easily with them, you'll have no trouble using them to gently and safely divide seedlings. I transplant things that it says never to transplant like carrots all of the time with little to no casualties.