-By Vijayender JS

Content of the seed ball

● What is seed ball ?
● Which seed can work ?
● How to make seed ball ?
 What is seed ball ?
● Seed ball is a spear shaped ball which conists
of seed or seeds (one type or different types)
incore, along with combination of fertilizer
(natural–dry cow dung) and locally available
soil.
Prosses of making seed balls
1.collect seeds
2.select good quality
agricultural soil.
3. dry cow dung
4.wet cow dung
5.stone sheet or
smooth surphase.
6.mixing vessals
7.water
8.hand gloves
 How To Make Seed Balls ?
● STEP
1:ingredients
STEP 2:Mixing ingredients
First, mix seed mixed with dry compost.

Then, add clay to the above mix. Blend everything

together well. Next, mix water onto the mixture while
stirring. Spray just enough water to allow the mixture
to stick/bind together.

Take a pinch of the finished mixture and roll (in the

palm of your hand) into penny-sized round balls.
Step 3:-drying
● Put seed balls in the sun to dry completely for a
day or two.
● Use used paper, cardboard, straw, etc for
storage

Step 4:-skattering
● Broadcast seed balls onto area to be vegetated.
● Water or wait for rain to allow seeds to germinate.
● A minimum application seeks a scatter density of at
least 10 seed balls per square meter, to establish
trigger points from which the vegetation can spread.
 STEP 4: SCATTERING

A Gun to fire seed ball can be used where there is

entry restriction

● Deforestation
● Global warming
● Air pollution
STEP 5:
RESULT ● With rainfall the clay coating
melts and the seeds germinate
where the ball has landed.
● The seed balls will stay put until
the seedlings have a chance to put
down roots.
● The seed balls will absorb
moisture from the ground, the
dew and the rain and will sprout
when conditions are right.
● Many seeds will grow from a
single seed ball and the plant
most suited to the
microconditions of that site will
prevail.
 SEED BALLS PROTECT SEEDS FROM

1.Winds…which blow them away

2.Birds and rodents…which eat them
3.Hot sun…which bakes their vitality out
4.Excessive rain…which carries them off