Seed ball
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Seed balls (土団子,土だんご, 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.[1] Much less seed is used than in conventional growing, resulting in fewer plants which are smaller but stronger with a higher yield. The technique is useful for seeding thin and compacted soils, and avoiding seed eaters.
It is an ancient ref.needed technique that was re-introduced by Masanobu Fukuoka, an advocate of "natural farming".
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- A website dedicated to seedballs
- Making Seed Balls
- Making Hay with Clay - Greece
- How to make seed balls, their use in India, and interesting potentials for their use.
- The who-what-how of seedballs
- How to make seedballs
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