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Feb 11, 2011 5:46 PM CST
Name: Rick Corey
Everett WA 98204 (Zone 8a)
Sunset Zone 5. Koppen Csb. Eco 2f
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You can also cut a few inches off a clear soda straw and slit it lengthwise.
Cut it at a slant so the part opposite the slit is longer.

Wrap it around a chopstick or skinnier woden dowel, so the longer part sticks out around 1/8th inch to 1/4"..
(You can whittle the tip of a chopstick down to get it smaller, for smaller seeds.)

Scotch-tape that length of soda starw to the chopstick so the pointed end sticks out just a little, like a tiny shovel.
The chopstick blocks the back of the straw tighly so seeds don't get wedged in.

Scoop up 1-3 seeds. You can pour out controlled numbers of seeds by rotating it so the longest part is no longer lowermost.

Bigger dowels, or a pencil, could make a measuring spoon for bigger seeds.
A bamboo skewer and a coffee stirred are the right size for dust-like seeds, but I have never seen a clear coffee stirrer. (It helps to be able to see through the straw.)

The price is right!

Corey

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