Seed Ball Story

[BlueLotus108]

I guess there must be 9 Monsanto employees here.

[tracymao]

thanks, now I know what is a seed ball

[MrSeanrhimes]

que bonito !!! muchas gracias!!

[40ny]

Thanks, I learned something new today.

[DamianoDellaGrotta]

Hi! Nice video. Could you please write down what you put in the mixture at 17:50? My english isn't good and I'd like to be sure to understand. Thank you very much :)

[Kalatiso]

@DamianoDellaGrotta Ground red chilli pepper 

[DamianoDellaGrotta]

@Kalatiso Thank you!

[Kalatiso]

@DamianoDellaGrotta Your are welcome. Better late then never. Happy bombing.

[chitonstoner]

yeah you are the future my brothers!!!!

long live fufkuoka!!

[chocolatefountainpro]

You got balls! Thanks for helping us make the world a little greener.

[bford63]

Outstanding. Thanks!

[highskilledsibby]

@themightyscythe I grow vegetables this way. I have two front yard gardens and simply mix tomatoe, cucumber, cale, dill, parsley, lupin and pea (for nitrogen) and nasturtium seeds in bowl. Mix it with some clay soil and some compost from my garden and throw it in the landscape. I also mix some flower seeds without special purpose in it. Works great for me. I only use bamboo sticks (from my garden) to support tomatoes and let the cucumbers crawl where they want.

[lookatthewholething]

I thought with these seed balls maybe it was a new idea that I came up with but after doing an internet search, guess not. What do I know? Just had another silly thought though. I wonder if you could make them consistent and strong enough to shoot out of a paintball gun for easy dispersal or maybe a similar method. Not all paint balls use CO2 for you global warming worriers. Anyway, just a thought. Maybe a silly idea. Great video BTW. Is there any advantage adding biochar to the mix?

[TheNaturalfarmer]

@TheNaturalfarmer Ok this is my first post. Jim you OWN. I liked your video very much and im glad more and more people are taking on Fukuoka's advice. I was planning to plant my garden with seed balls and this is the best video so far!

Keep on planting seed balls!

[joekane1979]

There is a saying i dont know if you guys heard this before but it goes alittle something like this. "We did not inherid the earth from our parents but actually barrowed it from our kids" Live by that and we would not have so much bull. "El mundo no es dado de los padres anosotros si no prestado de nuestros hijos"

[mecksi]

thank you so much for uploading this video. best from berlin.

mecksi

[PakaNoHida]

@themightyscythe

I know a bunch of people whom have done this, and continue to.

[moabsafari]

I beg to differ! Have you ever been to the Great Salt Lake Valley (Utah)? I live here and enjoy the greenery that is found all over this valley. For those who don't know, the Mormon pioneers came here in the mid 1800s and that relatively small number of people accomplished an amazing feat. When they walked into this valley there was only a few scattered trees. Yes, there are pictures to prove it. Now it's easy to forget we live in a desert. May seem like it takes a long time, it doesn't.

[GraemeOfCawdor]

Can you upload a diy video or document on how to make the rotary drum?

[blastergas]

If you have property you can't visit often, you can incorporate this with other permaculture techniques to maintain your growth of annuals (which need to be replanted every year).

Or if you're a hunter (not my thing btw) planting good forage foods can attract wildlife, or maintain a healthy heard.

Sometimes people need selfish reasons to do the right thing.

[kidscobre]

mm buen video alguien lo tiene con subtitulos

en español por favor

[PakaNoHida]

Just because people do it doesn't mean it is the right way. Look at modern agriculture practices and how the oil companies have a stranglehold on them, and in return, the rest of us. This is trying to change all that for the betterment of all mankind, and more importantly, all "Earthkind".

[PakaNoHida]

I would rather have a new healthy plant over a clone any day.

[skyrubies]

"after they are dried and hardened they will shrink and protect the seeds inside... protected from erosion and predators as much as possible. the seeds are already planted. no further cultivation is required. 3-5 inches of rain required to dissolve the balls and start germination. helps growth in depleted soil."

[888zzz]

These harmonious alternatives make obvious how destructive our ways are.

[fatturdburger]

Thnak you, great vid!!

I just thought mabey a good catapult used in a sensible manor would b a good way 2 cover more distance with less work.

[minsiluraim]

Maravilhoso!!!

Vamos colocar a idéia em prática!

[holonauta]

How can I get the seeds?

Thanks

[dustyloup]

go to a local greenhouse and ask for native plant seeds.

[PakaNoHida]

make sure you use heirloom seeds, and not hybrids. Hybrid seeds are not good for you or the planet.

[gaiautube]

Thankyou so much for the detailed inspiration and how to. This is the highest use of You TUBE! let the seeding and restoration begin and sustain until we've restored the forest landscape.

[wnieke]

Wow - this was inspiring! It is an incredible adventure to study the earth's open secrets...

[lexinaut]

Thanks for providing this video. My cousin Larry Korn wrote the introduction to the One Straw Revolution years ago. It's great to see this insightful method of healing the earth spread to so many places and for so many purposes.

[Vakterialergenika]

I'm going to try it out!!!!!

[Slacktive]

I am builing a best of Permaculture playlist. Please have a look!

[bopn]

B E A U T I F U L

[wolfostrophe17]

interesting. I wonder about the repellant. If catnip is a repellant, is it perhaps possible to boil catnip in water then use that water for making the seed balls?

[singsonghio]

la semina delle balls va fatto camminando come i gamberi.Ciao

[loveyourGod108]

can one grow vegetables that way?and is so what combinations?

[jojo808]

I'm sure like any other plant Yes. Now what combinations is a great question for a permacuturist . It's said here that nature will 'weed out' the improper seeds. Take a look online to see what foodplants grow readily in your zone.

[chaska108]

thanks for the video responce, very good info, we hope to look for funding to make mkassive seed ball air drops here in the andes to slow down the melting of our beautiful snow capped peaks, thank you

[TonyKaku]

Good stuff. Thank you.

[hugEguy610]

I'm glad that besides showing how to make seedballs by hand, you also showed how to make them in large quantities using the rotary drum. One hundred per hour by hand vs. forty thousand a day using the drum! Thank you!

[jaimehuesos]

Great job folks. Make as many as you can.

[Salamandra09]

We can help them, you know...