Using planting tweezers

[bern]

Is it just me, or does anyone else find it really difficult planting with tweezers? I can't seem to do it without losing my grip on the plants!

 

[Mick.Dk]

Try laying the plant "backwards" along the tweezers, so the root-part is basically extending the points of the tweezers (about 1/2 a cm), when planting.
This should help you most with very small plants - but bigger plants can be handled this way, too.
Keep the squeesing at all time, when pressing plant into substrate - gentle "wiggle" to let surrounding substrate fall into place around the plant - and release pressure on tweezers, so they open, before pulling out in same direction as top of plant.

Sounds stupidly complicated, in writing.........but it's really just a matter of trying in practise.....
Not difficult at all

 

[bern]

Well, I feel ridiculous posting this! Are the tweezers supposed to be quite stiffly sprung, because I find I need quite a lot of pressure to keep them closed. That makes me a bit fearful that I'm doing it wrong and I'll damage the plants.

 

[alto]

Tweezers come in many variations - length, curve, shape of the planting tip, closing pressure ... this is the downside if you must buy them online, un-held; in-store you can find the one that fits your hand & feel ... then practise planting toothpicks or coarse threads or whathaveyou

I dislike strongly sprung tweezers, mine are very "soft" & smooth.

Feel the plants with your fingers first to suss out plant "strength"