I personally have not used that. The only time I use a mechanical seeder is when we are planting in the field and we have a contraption that hooks up to the tractor. I took a look at the Pro-Seeder and honestly I think it looks like an empty pen stuck in a baby nasal aspirator. Maybe you could just try an aspirator for $2. They make the kind that has a flip top opening for cleaning. That way if your seeds get sucked up in the bulb you could at least open it to get them out.
Karyn

Bob,

I've never used the Pro Seeder or anything like it. For tiny seeds, I use two small saucers and a toothpick. I sprinkle a few seeds out in one saucer and pick them up, one at a time, with a pointed tooth pick, moistened at the tip.

I touch the seed down on my growing medium and the little amount of water holding the seed is absorbed immediately, which releases the seed.

I dip the toothpick in the second small saucer, which contains a little water, and repeat the process. With a little practice it works quite well for small seeds, and costs next to nothing.

MM

The toothpick method I used for a long time, but I recently picked up a pair of wood chop sticks at the chinese resturant and that worked just as well. I put the seeds in a bright yellow old fiesta bowl so I can see them easy.
I also used a small metal spatula when I was sowing my lavendar. For the Astible I mixed with pre ever so light damp saw dust.

Thanks for the input.

I too think the thing looks like a baby aspirator.
It's the nozzels, that would have to make it work right.

I also use the toothpick method for small seeds. However, when they get down to the size of poppy or petunia, they seem to adhere to the end of the wetted toothpick, more than releasing to the growing medium.

And as far as using that for seed that is as fine as dust, for me, the toothpick method doesn't work at all.

I was hoping this contraption would maybe work. Thinking, that it is constructed so that the seed will not go into the squeeze bulb.

As I mentioned, if they do go past the nozzel, they are lost. I'm sure you know how surface tension can hold these smallest of seed to whatever they are on.

The garden supply that I was thinking of buying it from says (I contacted them) it will be fine. I'd rather though have opinions of someone who has actually tried it with begonias and the like, rather than depened on their customer service person and the description in the catalog, which states it "can" handle even dust-like seed.

A supply of toothpicks and a cup of water is lots cheaper than the $20 this will cost. --I'd could almost buy a good proprogation book with the savings.

If anyone has more ideas, I'd like to hear:

On either this seeder

or how do you handle, the sowing of dust-fine seed?

--the best I've been able to do is mix them with sand in a salt/pepper shaker and sprinkle that over the germinating medium.

I've found though, that even with that method, the sand usually covers the seed; then, germination fails since they can't get light.

Bob T

I have the pro seeder. It works very well. Mine came with three different diamter tips. I use it to plant petunias and other seeds. It's especially useful on very tiny seeds such as petunia. It works by suction. You can easily pick up and place individual seeds. It only places one seed at a time so if your doing a lot of seed it could take awhile.

I just got one this year and I'm so glad I did. It works really well, and I'm glad I'm not going to have to spend hours hunched over trying to thin out seedlings.

Deanna

What I can't figure out, call me stupid, which nozzles are for which size seed. They all the the same to me. Maybe a successful ProSeeder user could let me know what what.

Thanks so much!

Dale

It comes with instructions, and the booklet even has a list of different seeds, and which tip to use with which kind of seed (the tips are each a different color). I used it with my lobelia seeds, which are dust-like. It was great to be able to place each individual seed exactly where I wanted it so I wouldn't have clumps of seedlings all bunched together. I'm so glad I got it! I'll get years of use out of it.

Deanna

I am interested in getting a Pro seeder. Can you suggest the cheapest and best? Thank
We are now in the USA.