Only if there was a machine to plant these seedballs properly fast at scale and water these seedballs once in while. Maybe if the seedball was made by adding manure of local species like goats and cows, they may not eat it. #savesoil
The whole point of seed balls is that they _don't_ require planting into the ground. If seeds are simply scattered onto the ground bare, once there is rainfall, they will germinate... but the trouble is quite simply that most bare seeds will have before that been eaten by birds, mice, insects etc. So the seed ball protects the seed from being eaten before it can germinate, while allowing water to soak into the ball so that germination and initial growth can take place. Also, even the driest deserts have rainfall, and when rain does occur, the seeds retain enough water that, once they take root, they hold water in the soil, and as that evaporates that leads to more rain. As seed ball and natural farming advocate Masanobu Fukuoka observed "rain doesn't come from the sky, it comes from the ground." So, once the seed balls are scattered, they initiate a cycle that leads to more and more rain over time. The beauty of the seed ball technique is its efficiency: the balls can simply be scattered by hand, or even better by airplane, rather than having to be laboriously planted.
thank you as Kenyan
Thank you for doing this work and sharing your work. So valuable! With Gratitude and Appreciation!
thank u for sharing❤
Very unique. Thanks for recommending.
Let’s do this !
amazing! thanks so much for this Nelly!
Only if there was a machine to plant these seedballs properly fast at scale and water these seedballs once in while. Maybe if the seedball was made by adding manure of local species like goats and cows, they may not eat it. #savesoil
The whole point of seed balls is that they _don't_ require planting into the ground. If seeds are simply scattered onto the ground bare, once there is rainfall, they will germinate... but the trouble is quite simply that most bare seeds will have before that been eaten by birds, mice, insects etc. So the seed ball protects the seed from being eaten before it can germinate, while allowing water to soak into the ball so that germination and initial growth can take place. Also, even the driest deserts have rainfall, and when rain does occur, the seeds retain enough water that, once they take root, they hold water in the soil, and as that evaporates that leads to more rain. As seed ball and natural farming advocate Masanobu Fukuoka observed "rain doesn't come from the sky, it comes from the ground." So, once the seed balls are scattered, they initiate a cycle that leads to more and more rain over time. The beauty of the seed ball technique is its efficiency: the balls can simply be scattered by hand, or even better by airplane, rather than having to be laboriously planted.
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Can I buy them. I need like 300 to 500