Red Clay Powder for Seed Balls and Seed Bombs (1000g)

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By planting native species, you’re able to continue to support all of these relationships and networks,” says Andrea Kramer, director of restoration ecology and conservation scientist at the Chicago Botanic Garden. These marble-sized balls have resurfaced on platforms such as Instagram and TikTok, where guerrilla gardeners use them to promote urban biodiversity by adding vegetation in neglected areas. Use the time while your seed bombs are drying to decorate favor pouches, using rubber stamps and an ink pad.

One important caveat before you make seed bombs and spread seed bombs: avoid at all costs using seeds from species that are invasive to your locality. If you’re doing the same, make sure you use a glue that is biodegradable— You can make an easy homemade biodegradable glue by mixing equal parts flour or cornstarch and water. If you are adding decorative dried flower petals to the outside, you’ll attach them now to the side facing up by pressing them into the clay. I mean… anyone can chuck a few seeds in some clay and take photos, but the important thing about a seed bomb is that it actually facilitates the growth of the seeds inside. That’s correct–rats, white footed mice, brown mice, chipmunks, rabbits, squirrels, many birds and their predators are attracted to seed balls/bombs.Seed balls have been a recognised technique for successful germination of strong plants for millennia. When the seed bomb is thrown into a suitable landscape, rain will cause the seeds to germinate and sprout inside the ball.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. It’s extremely easy to make seed bombs in bulk and you can get it done with very few ingredients regardless of which method you choose.For every purchase you make with us, 20% of the profit facilitates the planting of trees on agriculturally poor land in Cumbria. Millie is making some combination seed balls using Cosmos sulphureus (Orange cosmos) and Alyssum seeds. Below I’ve outlined what I did to create my own seed bombs (which are all sprouting nicely) using easily sourced materials in the UK. If clay is scarce in their immediate vicinity, they may source from lakes, ponds, seasides, or even local streams. The clay will have no seeds, and helps the environment by putting the clay to a green end, rather than landfilling it.