A remnant of our lab days, the Scoopula is a favorite for working with seeds and seedlings. That's a trademarked name for a very simple stainless steel tool designed for moving small quantities of solids around in a lab. We've been seed repackagers for the NARGS exchange for many years, which involves a lot of fishing seeds out of envelopes or statically charged plastic bags, moving them around on plates, dividing/counting,filling envelops, and a lot more cleaning than it should, and we both find Scoopulas invaluable for all of that. Also very handy in planting seeds or popping individual seedlings out of community pots. Decent stainless, I've never seen rust on one, even after years in the greenhouse. Glassines vs. kraft paper envelopes. I use a lot of both and keep both on hand, but prefer glassines, especially for small seed and definitely for things like orchid seed or pollinia, where kraft paper seems actually inimical (except maybe for storing an entire pod for a few days). The glassines are lighter, thinner, and so easier to store especially for things like the orchid seed/pollinia, which need to be stored refrigerated. Steve On 9/20/2021 11:27 AM, Jane McGary via pbs wrote: > A bit easier than the tiny funnel Gastil describes is filling the > glassines with a demitasse spoon. My set of stainless-steel flatware > came with half a dozen of those, which I've never used in a cup of > coffee but they're great for seeds. > > Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA > > On 9/20/2021 8:48 AM, M Gastil-Buhl via pbs wrote: >> These are the ones I use: >> 1 3/4 x 2 3/4 Open End Envelopes - Glassine >> currently costing less than a dime each. >> I see larger orders are cheaper per envelope but 250 will last me years. >> These are a bit narrow for filling. I make a tiny funnel out of a >> piece of >> paper to fill them. >> >> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>