Whooo, I don't envy you that thinning job in the egg cartons, Pea. My daughter makes 'seed tape' for me for the very small, fine seeds. She uses cheap single-ply toilet paper and it works wonderfully. Each cell gets about an inch of seed tape with maybe 3 seeds, so enough to be sure you get at least one to germinate, but not so many that they're crowded together.