seeds Removing Seedlings from Propagator?

[I_love_peppers]

Hi all,

I'm transferring a couple of seedlings from my propagator, specifically a Hydrofarm CK64060 Hot House, to bigger pots and I'm wondering how to do this safely. How should I actually remove the plant and not damage it in the process? I can't grab the chile seedling by the stem right? I was planning on watering the soil and using a table knife to loosen the sides, but then how should I slide the seedling out?

Any advice would be appreciated!

Thanks so much!!

 

[RedtailForester]

I normally saturate the soil and use a good ol' ice cream sundae spoon to scoop the little guys out. I think Justaguy came up with a pretty unique method in his growlog. At least with my method, you get to eat the sundae first and then keep the spoon

 

[Burning Colon]

what kind of plug or started containers are you using? my mini, heated greenhouse came with 9 plug container. for my soil plants i just squeeze all sides of the plug, then push from the bottom upward and remove the cylinder shaped core and put that into a fixed coir container. then fill the coir container with my soil mixture. i leave the plant in the coir container and depending on the type of plant, i may leave it in the greenhouse with added humidity(i live in a very dry climate). annuum types get put on the window ledge in another tray.

if i am moving seedlings that are not in soil, those targeted for my dwc, they are already in rockwool and i just move the rockwool plug into a homemade container(yogurt cup) and into the dwc slot it goes.

good luck.

 

[I_love_peppers]

I normally saturate the soil and use a good ol' ice cream sundae spoon to scoop the little guys out. I think Justaguy came up with a pretty unique method in his growlog. At least with my method, you get to eat the sundae first and then keep the spoon

Yep, that's what I'm going to do! Thanks so much.

 

[I_love_peppers]

what kind of plug or started containers are you using? my mini, heated greenhouse came with 9 plug container. for my soil plants i just squeeze all sides of the plug, then push from the bottom upward and remove the cylinder shaped core and put that into a fixed coir container. then fill the coir container with my soil mixture. i leave the plant in the coir container and depending on the type of plant, i may leave it in the greenhouse with added humidity(i live in a very dry climate). annuum types get put on the window ledge in another tray.

if i am moving seedlings that are not in soil, those targeted for my dwc, they are already in rockwool and i just move the rockwool plug into a homemade container(yogurt cup) and into the dwc slot it goes.

good luck.

Thanks for your reply. I don't think I'd be able to squeeze the sides of my hydrofarm propagator... sounds like you have a better setup than I do!

 

[Justaguy]

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