IMO Seed Balls (Seed Bombs). Making & Applying

In this Episode I run through the whole process for making Seed Balls Using Leaf Mold IMO (Inoculant). I share the Seed Mix I'm using w/ Nitrogen fixing legumes for support plants in the food forest and apply and document the germination progress.
Why make seed balls?
Yes you could plant the seeds alone, but the germination rate won’t be the same by broadcasting alone. Seed bombs are pre-planted. By making seed balls you are adding an inoculant together with the seeds forming symbiotic relationships from the get-go. Plants grow better in community’s and this is a way to create community’s from the very inception of sowing seeds, in planting companion crops together and equally distributing consortiums. These are a few reasons to make seed balls.
Recipe:
Materials:
1 Part Seed Mix
3 Parts Leaf Mold IMO (or IMO3, IMO4, or Bio-active Compost)
5 Parts Red Clay
2 Parts clean water
(dechlorinated)

[@rvhill69]

If you want to do this on a larger scale. Use a cement mixer and five gallon buckets, a hand full people can do a good size area, pretty fast. Each person just throw a small hand full every couple of feet.

[@nathanielgraham622]

So much suchness here

[@Crypto.Vantage]

00:06 Seed balls are an effective way for broadcasting seeds and microbial inoculant.
01:23 Creating seed balls is a fun and community-building activity.
02:42 Preparing and sifting raw clay for seed balls
04:29 Seed balls are versatile and easy to make.
06:29 Use red clay for seed balls for high mineral content.
08:22 Seed balls have vast potential to grow forests.
10:47 Seed balls provide diversity and symbiotic relationships in ecosystems
13:12 Seed balls are effective in germinating seeds and promoting plant growth.
Crafted by Merlin AI.

[@rogueregenerativeagriculture]

AI bots running, I don’t even need my own analytics to make timestamps. lol

[@Crypto.Vantage]

@@rogueregenerativeagriculture it’s just something I like to do to videos I watch. Not a bot but thanks for the video

[@Omegawerewolfx]

I am very interested to see the results after 30 and 60 days.

[@az55544]

The success rate of seed balls has always been questionable. They need ideal conditions. Back in 1989, I dispersed what a previous gardener had created. Threw them on random hillsides, worked ground, garden beds. It was a waste of time.
So many of these Fukuoka, permaculture and Steiner methods and concepts are just folksey.
Intentionally plant your expensive seed in your human created habitat.

[@TheFabledSCP7000]

Why do you make the balls? You can just plant them which is much easier
The balls are made for dissemination like airdropping on to a forest devastated by wildfire or for guerilla gardening
You could have just planted the seeds
Balls

[@rogueregenerativeagriculture]

@@TheFabledSCP7000 Yes you could plant the seeds alone but the germination rate won’t be the same by broadcasting. Seed bombs are pre-planted. By making seed balls you are adding an inoculant together with the seeds forming symbiotic relationships from the get-go. Consistency in planting companion crops together and equally distributing consortiums. These are a few reasons to make seed balls.

[@davidmgilbreath]

@@rogueregenerativeagricultureexcellent project synopsis; would fit well in the description section, hehe.
Good work! 👍

[@rogueregenerativeagriculture]

@@davidmgilbreath noted, will do..

[@davidmgilbreath]

@@rogueregenerativeagriculture was just a suggestion boss, but glad you liked it. 😅

[@rogueregenerativeagriculture]

@@davidmgilbreath I appreciate the feedback, explaining the “why” is important and not just assuming people understand their value.