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.
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.
I get tons of rain where I live, so I just throw down bokashi and cover with leaf mold. 2-3 days later there is a beautiful layer of mycelium under the mulch. I can see how fertile your soil is under the plants canopy, you have worked the land very well!
@@hiroyopoetker nice, I see similar results broad-casting IMO with mulch. The seed balls contain my inoculant and all companion plants in one including my cover crop so it really works nice for my food forest. Btw I wish we had lots of rain… it’s been almost 200 days between rainfall in north county San Diego. The challenges of growing a jungle in a desert. Microbes and mulch, and some shade tree of course. Cheers..
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
@@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.
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.
new subscriber, I love it. Another great idea is to do seed bombs to reforest areas, with native species
@@varalta.floresta Thanks for joining. yes indeed! I promote them for that very purpose in clear cut zones and burn zones.
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.
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.
AI bots running, I don’t even need my own analytics to make timestamps. lol
@@rogueregenerativeagriculture it’s just something I like to do to videos I watch. Not a bot but thanks for the video
@@Crypto.Vantage ok to be pc, “AI software” thanks for the stamps.
awesome awesome !
I need to find some red clay! n
I get tons of rain where I live, so I just throw down bokashi and cover with leaf mold.
2-3 days later there is a beautiful layer of mycelium under the mulch.
I can see how fertile your soil is under the plants canopy, you have worked the land very well!
@@hiroyopoetker nice, I see similar results broad-casting IMO with mulch. The seed balls contain my inoculant and all companion plants in one including my cover crop so it really works nice for my food forest. Btw I wish we had lots of rain… it’s been almost 200 days between rainfall in north county San Diego. The challenges of growing a jungle in a desert. Microbes and mulch, and some shade tree of course. Cheers..
I am very interested to see the results after 30 and 60 days.
Cool!
Thank you for sharing this! What season do you spread the seed balls? And how?
@@Joelwilly57 your welcome, a good time to distribute is right before the rainy season. If you have harsh winters then late spring.
@@rogueregenerativeagriculture thank you I live in Northern California so I’m going to get some made ASAP. Again thanks for sharing the knowledge 🙏🏽!
@@Joelwilly57 Nice .. I spent over a decade growing in Humboldt county.
So much suchness here
@@nathanielgraham622 ok 👌. the approach works and there is a reason behind everything.
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
@@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.
@@rogueregenerativeagricultureexcellent project synopsis; would fit well in the description section, hehe.
Good work! 👍
@@davidmgilbreath noted, will do..
@@rogueregenerativeagriculture was just a suggestion boss, but glad you liked it. 😅
@@davidmgilbreath I appreciate the feedback, explaining the “why” is important and not just assuming people understand their value.
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.
somebody has to put seedballs on a barren area and plant the same number of seeds in an adjacent control area and see which one does better