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Pricking Out: (8) The Technique.

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How do I prick out my seedlings?

Pricking Out: (8) The Technique.

You have pre-soaked the filled trays with fungicide and have set your work place up for your personal comfort, now you are ready for pricking out!
The tool sold for pricking out is called a dibber. In practice a pencil or sharpened split cane is eminently more suitable.
(A) Gently lever the seedlings out of the seed tray with the pencil.
(B) Lift an individual seedling by the leaf using the thumb and forefinger.(Avoid touching the easily damaged stem).
(C) Make a hole in the compost surface with the pencil, just deep and wide enough to take the seedling's roots.
(D) Transfer the seedling into the hole.(The seed leaves should be level with the compost surface).
(E) Firm in gently using the pencil.
(F) Repeat till the tray is complete.
(G) Write and attach a label and move the completed tray to where it will be grown on.
(H) Lightly water the seedlings in using a watering can with a fine rose.

   

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