Masanobu Fukuoka Makes Seed Balls

[EarthshipSweden]

Can this be found translated to english anywhere?

[EKOSMUNiDAD]

...OOO... O ...OOO...

[vidaripollen]

what an inspiration he was.his one straw revolution did stir many a heart.

[erasmusherzen]

I don't know how to hyperlink but 14:19

[various8]

Using this method along with other Natural Farming techniques, Fukuoka san was able to produce 590kg (1300lbs) of winter grain (barley or wheat) and 22 bushels of rice per quarter acre of land. Moreover, these techniques require the labour of just two people working a few weeks a year to attain the crop. There is no plowing, no weeding, no application of biocides in any form, and no fertilising

[MrBiejos]

@various8 Beautiful

Fukuoka san is my Hero!!!

[various8]

Mix one part seeds with one part dry compost.Next, add one part dry clay andmix.Then spray in water a little at a time and mix it together until you have just enough water to hold everything together without crumbling.After that, form the mixture into balls 2~3 cm in diameter.Finally, dry the balls for later use.Once dried, the balls are ready to be spread over land that you want to plant. When the rains come, the seeds will germinate.

[various8]

To make them, simply select the seeds to be used - thick-skinned seeds will need to be scarified, and some seeds need heat or cold to bring them out of dormancy. Legumes will require inoculant if they are to fix nitrogen. Also, for species that can benefit from mycorrhizal relationships, adding the spores of mycorrhizal fungi such as the genus Glomus and/or Rhizopogon, species Gigaspora margarita, and/or Pisolithus tinctorus would be beneficial, though not necessary.

[Ceci974]

what is the white... on the hormigonera?



[NusunusuChris]

@themightyscythe

Hi again. The other book, The Natural Way of Farming is much more comprehensive. It has a subtitle - The theory and practice of Green Philosophy. There is some detail about seedball preparation on p. 176. Fukuoka uses his training as a scientist to describe his farming method so it's likely much more informative than One Straw Rev. He writes in a very human way too, so it's very easy to read. Amazon might be another place to look for it. Also seedballsdotcom for seedball info.

[NusunusuChris]

@themightyscythe

Hi there! Fukuoka books from abebooksdotcom. There's two; One Straw Revolution and The Natural Way of Farming. I read the second one. In all my life, I've read two books that felt like I was drinking pure, clear water as I was reading. The Natural Way of Farming was one. In case you'r einterested, the other was Power versus Force by David Hawkins.

Fukuoka was a living Buddha. Luckily for us we are living Buddhas too!

[SYLVANITA96]

hi!!! ill like to konw, what kind of ingredents used... and something about the results

[guanyuu]

福岡正信指導年輕人做黏土丸子。前半段是純手工的，9:36秒開­始是用圓錐形的水泥攪拌機製作。

影片中一開始可以看到，他們準備了非常多樣的種子混和在一起。然­後將黏土塊敲成粉，接著開始混和種子與黏土粉。然後開始噴上細細­的水珠，用手攪拌，慢慢地，丸子就成型。

影片後半部是機器攪拌，原理大致與手工的一樣。

[mmmshody]

He is one of my heros

[michikotm]

It's pitty that the picture here is so unclear, I even a japanese cannot make out how this is really carried out. hmm..... , hard..... But, thanks for sharing this, anyway.

[EbolaV1rus]

Seed balls: (Tsuchi Dango Earth Dumpling) consist of mixing one measure of seeds for next season's crop with 3 measures of compost and 5 measures of red clay, 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.

[JZacharyFenner]

@EbolaV1rus Thank you

[MurderDrunkie]

Masanobu Fukuoka's book One Straw Revolution can be found for free on a bunch of torrent sites, for those who are interested.

[nuihofaah]

Masanobu Fukuoka died to 8.16 for the senility. I am sad.

[53Aubergine]

making the seed balls isnt the hard part. the part you cant gather from just watching is the seed mixtures he uses. he said there are better mixes than others.

[Noz7777]

I read a 'One Straw Revolution' a long time ago - it talks about this technique.

[clavaque]

Great video! Can you explain a little more? Like, the ingredients used, for example. Thank you for sharing it. :)

[catfishbones]

This is the old master at work. Watch many times and learn.