The dried clay acts as a protective casing from common seed predators (such as ants, mice and birds). When sufficient rain permeates the clay, the seeds inside begin to germinate - helped along by the nutrients and minerals contained within the balls. The chili powder continues to deter predators while the seed ball slowly degrades and the seeds sprout.
MAYA director and co-founder Dr. Emily Lambert says: Forms of seed balls have been used throughout history - even native North American tribes used them! Our seed balls are based on the design of Japanese natural farming innovator and monk Masanobu Fukuoka. Fukuoka demonstrated that with the labour of just two people working a few weeks a year, seed balls could produce high crop yields without the need for plowing, weeding, or the application of pesticides and fertiliser. Here at MAYA we wanted to adapt Fukuokas idea to help make creating wildflower gardens that much simpler
Co-founder Dr. Anna Evely talks about why SEEDBALL is such an important product for wildlife: Gardens are becoming one of the most important havens for wildlife - if we add up all of the land from UK gardens it would come to about 270,000 hectares, thats an area larger than all the designated National Nature Reserves combined!! Yet the flowers we plant in our gardens often have no pollen and nectar and so are unsuitable for bees and butterflies. At MAYA we have created a fun, and practical product to fill all those gardens with wildflowers and make them buzz with life!.
SEEDBALL is currently available to purchase in selected retail outlets and online at www.seedball.co.uk and cost 4.50 for a tin of 20 balls, the perfect amount for a wildflower border or pots of wildflowers. SEEDBALL is also available in bulk bags of 500g (40) for larger wildflower area creation.
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Notes:
Project MAYA was officially founded in May 2011, by a group of friends and environmental scientists in order to put ideas from research into practice, and help to create a sustainable society. MAYA activities are centered around four main areas: enterprise, research, campaigns and education.
The SEEDBALL product is a sustainably sourced and locally produced product! SEEDBALLS are hand rolled in North London and contain peat-free compost and flora-locale accredited wildflower seed. SEEDBALL tins are manufactured by the last tin maker of London and can be reused and recycled after use, seed ball labels are also printed in the UK.
SEEDBALL Website: www.seedball.co.uk
MAYA project: www.mayaproject.org
Photos available to download (more available on request):
The SEEDBALL range: https://www.dropbox.com/lightbox/home/SEEDBALL%20PRESS
An open SEEDBALL tin: https://www.dropbox.com/s/31fj3wsqg9epui6/Open%20SEEDBALL%20Tin.jpg
SEEDBALL creators Dr. Anna Evely (left of pic) and Dr. Emily Lambert (right of pic):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ldddvdvgnly5g0t/SEEDBALL%20creators%20Anna%20%26%20Emily.jpg
Dr. Emily Lambert
SEEDBALL
London
0044 208 4449906
Source:
Eco enterprise project MAYA launches innovative wildflower gardening product ‘SEEDBALL’
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