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RickCorey said:For "pricking out" seedlings and untangling them, I use a cocktail fork (not sure what it is properly called: "shrimp-cocktail-fork"?) and also a dinner fork where I cut off one tine and bent the other three around to make a "cradle" for seedlings.

Goodwill and Salvation Army have lots of things a gardener can use.

I've read that coarse vermiculite is the easiest thing to untangle seedling roots from.

I basically just pulled the clump out of the plug, held it over a paper towel and they just fell apart in my hand. Then I stuck my finger into the dirt, seeded a couple in each hole, dumped any excess dirt from the paper towel on top of them, then poured a little water on them, and set them aside. The next day, they were all standing at attention trying to find the light.