Ashley looked around, wondering if it would be okay if he just held it above his head and stood on his toes. But he was pretty sure that still wouldn't be five feet, which was just embarrassing. It looked like it was mostly only the girls who had to stand on stools, so he really didn't want to have to. Still, the thing had to be dropped from a certain height, or it might not work. Pressing his lips together in determination, trying to seem nonchalant and cool about the whole thing, he went to get a stool and climb up onto it, crouching down since he wasn't so far under five feet that he'd have to stand upright on the stool to reach it.
Once he figured he was holding the seed at the height he'd seen the professor demonstrate, he dropped it, making sure the seed opened and bloomed properly before immediately climbing down, trying hard to pretend he and the stool had absolutely nothing to do with one another.