Fighting deforestation using seedballs

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4 жыл бұрын

Kenya’s forest cover is below 10% but efforts are being steered to reach that mark.
But by the pace at which conventional tree planting takes place, perhaps it will take years to reach that level
To solve this, Teddy Kinyanjui founded Seedballs Kenya in a bid to fight deforestation in the country.
So how does seedballs technology work? Follow us as we unravel the science behind this worthy cause.
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Пікірлер: 35

@td2926 3 жыл бұрын

Great initiative but would be wonderful if they increased the biodiversity of the seeds.

@samcalven12 9 ай бұрын

They do use different seeds

@filipposrodgertsakiris4283 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent initiative! Spreading seeds covered with clay to reforest burned areas has been a centuries old tradition in Greece. The clay protects the seed from being eaten by birds. However a way of protecting the young plants from goats and other grass-eating animals has still not be found.

@rmshivo 2 жыл бұрын

it is still a faster, cheaper way of reafforestation than the traditional methods

@ianmiles2505 Жыл бұрын

Lock the goddamned goats up. Why leave them to roam. They are destructive.

@KiranBollu Жыл бұрын

Collect dates seeds and directly throw on sides of roads, they will grow into date palm trees. You know dates seeds have high germination rate, all the seeds will grow into palm trees .Please spread this idea on your channel.Thank you.

@borincod 2 ай бұрын

the project started in 2016. Can we see anywhere pictures of this hard labor results?? 8 years should be enough for these trees to be visible from the air and from the space. The organizers would have brandished this progress already. suspicious

@xxxranger25262728 2 жыл бұрын

Seedballs are really part of the solution. Good luck!

@pkay_ 4 жыл бұрын

Salute

@TheDennisgrass 3 жыл бұрын

America had Johnny Appleseed Kenya needs a Johny Acaciaseed

@gitanshusinghal1373 3 жыл бұрын

god bless u

@yatendrakumar2373 4 жыл бұрын

Great 👍

@whothewho82 Ай бұрын

I’m so interested in this concept!

@cegesl4521 2 жыл бұрын

Well done

@narendranadreddychintalapu2916 3 жыл бұрын

Good job

@siddharthgaming7152 4 ай бұрын

Excellent

@cheesus8594 3 жыл бұрын

And what about showing an actual forest of young trees grown from such seedballs?

@cocofresh6974 21 күн бұрын

Yeah this is what I wanted to see

@NaturallyNaomi 2 жыл бұрын

more seedbombs more more more!

@rayburnveary2931 Жыл бұрын

Do the seeds germinate without moisture? I've been experimenting with making seed balls using old newspaper

@innerengineering3396 2 жыл бұрын

Only if there was a machine to plant these seedballs properly fast at scale and water these seedballs once in while. Maybe if the seedball was made by adding manure of local species like goats and cows, they may not eat it. #savesoil

@timothytikker3834 Жыл бұрын

The whole point of seed balls is that they _don't_ require planting into the ground. If seeds are simply scattered onto the ground bare, once there is rainfall, they will germinate... but the trouble is quite simply that most bare seeds will have before that been eaten by birds, mice, insects etc. So the seed ball protects the seed from being eaten before it can germinate, while allowing water to soak into the ball so that germination and initial growth can take place. Also, even the driest deserts have rainfall, and when rain does occur, the seeds retain enough water that, once they take root, they hold water in the soil, and as that evaporates that leads to more rain. As seed ball and natural farming advocate Masanobu Fukuoka observed "rain doesn't come from the sky, it comes from the ground." So, once the seed balls are scattered, they initiate a cycle that leads to more and more rain over time. The beauty of the seed ball technique is its efficiency: the balls can simply be scattered by hand, or even better by airplane, rather than having to be laboriously planted.