Seed ball

Seed ball

Seed balls (土団子,土だんご,Tsuchi Dango {Earth Dumpling}) consist of mixing the seed for next season's crop with clay, compost, and sometimes manure then formed into small balls. Much less seed is used than in conventional growing, resulting in fewer plants which are smaller but stronger with a higher yield.

It is an ancient technique that was re-introduced by Masanobu Fukuoka.

ee also

*Masanobu Fukuoka
*Guerrilla Gardening
*seed bombing

External links

* [http://www.pathtofreedom.com/pathproject/gardening/seedballs.shtml Making Seed Balls]
* [http://www.tve.org/ho/doc.cfm?aid=1401&lang=English Making Hay with Clay - Greece]
* [http://permaculturetokyo.blogspot.com/2006/10/seed-balls.html How to make seed balls, their use in India, and interesting potentials for their use.]
* [http://www.heavypetal.ca/archives/2007/03/a_brief_history_of_the_seed_ba.html The who-what-how of seedballs]
* [http://www.seedball.com How to make seedballs]


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