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-=== Seed balls (土団子,土だんご, Tsuchi Dango Earth Dumpling) ===+=== Seedballs (土団子,土だんご, Tsuchi Dango Earth Dumpling) ===
  
 A natural farming technique developed by Masanobu Fukuoka, and loved by children everywhere. A natural farming technique developed by Masanobu Fukuoka, and loved by children everywhere.
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 == What seeds should I use? == == What seeds should I use? ==
  
-This depends for what purpose you're using the seedbals. For a small ecosystem in one ball, choose a mixture of 2-3 grasses, 2-3 flowering plants, 2-3 shrubs, 1-2 ground covers (clover is an excellent nitrogen fixer), 1-2 bushes, 1-2 small trees, that can form a plant guild. Preferably look for seeds that are endangered, edible by humans/animals, loved by bees and butterflies, good for keeping the water levels appropriate for other plants, are able to control pests, purify air and are not overly invasive. If you are planning to throw balls onto roofs, or close to buildings avoid trees and bushes, as well as plants with deep roots. Best is to choose plants that can help each other grow, such as companion plants or [[plant_guilds]].+This depends for what purpose you're using the seedballs. For a small ecosystem in one ball, choose a mixture of 2-3 grasses, 2-3 flowering plants, 2-3 shrubs, 1-2 ground covers (clover is an excellent nitrogen fixer), 1-2 bushes, 1-2 small trees, that can form a plant guild. Preferably look for seeds that are endangered, edible by humans/animals, loved by bees and butterflies, good for keeping the water levels appropriate for other plants, are able to control pests, purify air and are not overly invasive. If you are planning to throw balls onto roofs, or close to buildings avoid trees and bushes, as well as plants with deep roots. Best is to choose plants that can help each other grow, such as companion plants or [[plant_guilds]].
  
  
 Variations: Variations:
   * http://sites.google.com/site/onseedballs/seedball-recipe   * http://sites.google.com/site/onseedballs/seedball-recipe
 +  * [[http://inhabitat.com/2010/06/14/seed-sprouting-flower-grenades-explode-in-the-uk/|seedball handgranades]]
  
 See also;: [[guerrilla gardening]], [[plant_guilds]] and [[project groworld]], [[project_groworld_adelaide]] [[project_groworld_bristol]] See also;: [[guerrilla gardening]], [[plant_guilds]] and [[project groworld]], [[project_groworld_adelaide]] [[project_groworld_bristol]]
  

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