Teeny Tiny Tool To Transplant

[Greatgardens]

I've wanted a good transplant tool to remove little plants without pulling the soil off their roots. So I made one. Nothing fancy, but made from an old potato peeler and a re-purposed handle from a pen knife. Flattened and sharpened the tip slightly. Works well.

[KarenO]

excellent idea. that would work much better than my nail file
KarenO

[JohnJones]

Great idea. My go to little tool this year has been a small Swiss Army Knife. Very handy with the tiny tweezers, toothpick and tip of the nail file.

[peppero]

That gives me an idea. I think I can use a spoon and grind the sides to the desired width.

Jon

[maxjohnson]

You should copyright it. And trademark the name too.

[Gardeneer]

Excellent !
There are many things that one can use ; tea spoon, small plastic spoon, back of some spoons. But this is the best.
I use a small butter knife too.

[Father'sDaughter]

Great looking little gadget!

I usually go with a demitasse spoon.

[Worth1]

Two what I call case knives the ones you get with your silverware/flatware slid down both sides of the cell and pulled out.
Not really concerned about disturbing roots on a young tomato plant.
Worth

[kayrobbins]

I love this idea. The next time I am at Dollar Tree I need to pick up a peeler so I can have one of these. I wish I had seem this when I was transplanting all of my tomatoes and peppers this month.

[Rajun Gardener]

I just transplanted 109 seedlings and there's no way I would take the time to use a tool to pull the plants out of 6 paks. I let them dry a little, squeeze the cell and push up while pulling the seedling out. I also have peppers in a dishpan as a community flat and I'll use a fork for those.

I guess it depends on how comfortable you are handling seedlings.

[JLJ_]

Something I find useful when working with very small seedlings is the cuticle tool from a manicure kit -- sharp enough to work around or lift a tiny plant, not sharp enough to easily hurt one.

[Greatgardens]

That cuticle tool looks very interesting.
-GG

[bitterwort]

I find the plastic citrus peelers, like the ones shown [I got a different brand from a grocery store], very handy for getting plants out of plugs and manipulating small seedlings.
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