Seed Dispensers
Lab Seed Dispensers
Manual seed dispensers that handle more than 120 seed types, including Arabidopsis thaliana, lettuce and onion, dispensing into trays, plates and tubes in about 45 seconds. Built for plant breeding, germination assays and DNA extraction.
45s
Per plate
120+
Seed types
9
Standard formats
See it in action
Watch how a LabTIE dispenser loads a full plate in about thirty seconds.
REVIEWS
What researchers say
5.0
"Ideal for fast filling of steel balls in 96 well format. Filling only a few rows is also possible. The dispenser is easy to use and any surplus of balls is easy to gather again."
Irma Straatman
Wageningen University Plant Research
5.0
"A tool that must not be missed in any laboratory. It solves the problem of manually dropping and missdropping beads into plates. What used to take minutes is now done in seconds."
Jasper de Joode
Axia Seeds
5.0
"We searched for a bead dispenser for 96 well plates for over ten years and struggled to find something reliable. What used to be tedious and time consuming is now done in a few seconds."
Tara Fourre
Johnson and Johnson
HOW IT WORKS
Fill, place, analyse or grow
1
Fill the reservoir
Pour your seeds into the dispenser body, above the mesh plate matched to your seed size
2
Place it on your plate or tray
Set the dispenser onto your plate, tray or petri dishes. The mesh plate aligns every position at once.
3
Slide once
One slider motion sows a single seed into every position in about 45 seconds.
4
Swap the mesh plate
Growing a different seed or format? Swap the mesh plate, like changing a pipette tip.
Compatibility
Custom requests
Example of Custom made dispensers:
96-PCR strip
6-Containers/Beakers
4 - 6 and 12 x 50mL centrifugeTubes
12 x 15mL centrifuge tubes
2mL GC autosamples Vials
Special and confidential canisters
Cutom made to your wishes?
Contact us at support@labtie.com
Precision Seed Dispensing for Plant Breeding and Germination Research
The Ultimate Seed Dispenser
LabTIE seed dispensers handle more than 120 seed types, including Arabidopsis thaliana, lettuce and onion, sowing into trays, plates and tubes in about 45 seconds. Used across plant breeding, germination assays and DNA extraction workflows, they place one seed into every position, run after run.
Why sowing seeds by hand falls short
Placing seeds into a plate or tray one at a time with tweezers is slow and easy to get wrong. Small seeds like Arabidopsis thaliana are easy to double up or miss entirely, and static can make them jump away from the well. As sample counts grow from a single tray to a full 96 or 384 well plate, manual sowing becomes the bottleneck before the germination assay even begins.
How a mesh plate seed dispenser works
A LabTIE seed dispenser uses an exchangeable mesh plate sized to your seed, from the smallest Arabidopsis seed up to larger seeds like lettuce or onion. You fill the reservoir, place the dispenser onto your plate, tray or petri dishes, and slide it once. Every position receives one seed in the same motion, in about 45 seconds for a full plate or tray.
Where seed dispensers are used
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Plant breeding and variety trials
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Germination and vitality assays
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Arabidopsis and other model organism research
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Seed counting and DNA extraction workflows
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Standard formats and custom builds
LabTIE offers seed dispensers for petri dishes, germination trays, and 45, 48, 96 and rectangular well formats, ready to buy directly. For containers outside those standards, our own tech division builds a custom mesh plate and converter around your exact tray, plate or tube rack.
Get the right dispenser for your lab
Whether you sow a single tray or run full plates daily, a LabTIE seed dispenser removes manual seed placement from your workflow and gives you a sowing you can trust, every time.