Magic Seeder - any good?

[rita1]

hi i was just wondering if anyone has used a pro seeder or magic seeder, i am not very good at sowing seeds thinly, i saw one of these advertised and thought it might be a way to sow the seeds so i don't have to thin them out, hopefully they will disperse only one seed to my little pots.
anyone used these and did they work.

[wetwalnut]

Don't waste your money! I thought the same thing, it is useless, e.g carrot seed, sometimes it will drop 1 or2 then sometimes none. Poor product!

[Linnea]

Agree. have also tried the wolf garten seed sower and found that rubbish too

[lottie dolly]

Not the same as that,but i got a plastic thing from a reputable place for the same purpose,againd don't waist you money,a waste of time

[MarkHackwell]

Dont waste your money i thought it was a good idea with small flower seeds such as lobelia but then i found out the seeds would sometimes get stuck and like someone else said you sometimes get one, sometimes two and sometimes none atall.

[zazen999]

Just sow a pinch into small pots and transplant when they have 2 true leaves and you can grab hold of them.

[Hazel at the Hill]

I'm another in the 'No' camp, I'm afraid - if seed are so darn small that you cannot sow one from another individually, then a small pinch as Zaz says will do the trick. It you are bent on a sowing aid, use a piece of A4 with a crisp fold to channel the seeds.

Our own dear Jacob Marley commented when this subject came up previously that these seed sowers were the devil's very own. If I can find his exact words, I'll post 'em up - his phrasing really made me laugh!

[Two_Sheds]

i am not very good at sowing seeds thinly

An old trick is to mix them with a pinch of sand first

[Potstubsdustbins]

This must be a first.

They say ask two gardeners the same question and you'll get three answers. Yet here we are all in unison. Oh and me too I found the seed dropper I tried useless.

Potty

[veggiechicken]

When I remember, I use one of these. Its calibrated for ?6 dfferent seed sizes and does control the flow of the seeds somewhat. Not fool proof though

[Aberdeenplotter]

mix the seeds with wallpaper paste and sow them with a syringe. paste needs to be fungicide free. Never done it but sure I read that somewhere.

[Hazel at the Hill]

. Not fool proof though

That's what is going wrong here then!

[vegelady]

Magic Seeder - any good?

Hi, I always sow tiny seeds far too thickly and have been looking at the 'magic seeder' type of syringe which promises to sow one tiny seed at a time. Has anyone used these? Are they any good? Does anyone have any recommendations? I would like to try and sow in modules and reduce the amount of pricking out I always end up doing.
thank you

[Bren In Pots]

I've found an older link and they don't get much of a good right up :-

https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...der_70602.html

[nickdub]

various tricks to sowing seed thinly - I usually use a sheet of white paper with a crisp fold in it and tap it on my left hand while holding it with my right at a slight angle to the horizontal.

Other options include mixing the seed with dry sand before sowing or making a water based paste out of starch and stirring the seed in to that.