I remember my dad having a lot of difficulty with those small seeds. His eventual technique was to make a furrow, lay mushroom compost in it (an extremely fine compost), sprinkle seeds, and then lay down more mushroom compost. Not too bad, but I guess it does require a special compost. (But maybe you could screen soil to achieve a similar product? I have no idea.)
Beans and corn and sunflower are also a classic for the kindergarten "let's grow a plant" exercise. Extremely dependable, easy for kids to handle, very vigorous and visible seedling.
I wonder if there's also something about it being easy to distinguish the crop seedlings from the weeds at a glance.
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Date: 2022-06-12 01:40 am (UTC)Beans and corn and sunflower are also a classic for the kindergarten "let's grow a plant" exercise. Extremely dependable, easy for kids to handle, very vigorous and visible seedling.
I wonder if there's also something about it being easy to distinguish the crop seedlings from the weeds at a glance.