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bower · February 5, 2019

I would sprinkle the dry seeds on top of your moist potting mix. Even if you do get multiple plants per cell, they will take awhile get large enough to crowd each other, and when they do, separate and pot them up if you want to make the maximum number of plants.

Fine seeds in water will not disperse evenly, and they'll stick to your spoon, so more likely to lose seeds and/or to spread them unevenly if wetted first. I have ended up with wet seeds stuck to my fingers and to each other, and no way to put them where intended, no joke it's way harder to handle them wet.

February 5, 2019	#2
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,793	I would sprinkle the dry seeds on top of your moist potting mix. Even if you do get multiple plants per cell, they will take awhile get large enough to crowd each other, and when they do, separate and pot them up if you want to make the maximum number of plants. Fine seeds in water will not disperse evenly, and they'll stick to your spoon, so more likely to lose seeds and/or to spread them unevenly if wetted first. I have ended up with wet seeds stuck to my fingers and to each other, and no way to put them where intended, no joke it's way harder to handle them wet.