Fighting deforestation using seedballs

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: 36

  • @borincod
    @borincod3 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

  • @KiranBollu
    @KiranBollu2 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.

  • @filipposrodgertsakiris4283
    @filipposrodgertsakiris42833 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

    @rmshivo

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ianmiles2505

    @ianmiles2505

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @xxxranger25262728
    @xxxranger252627282 жыл бұрын

    Seedballs are really part of the solution. Good luck!

  • @dj_noizzy
    @dj_noizzy4 жыл бұрын

    Salute

  • @td2926
    @td29263 жыл бұрын

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

  • @samcalven12

    @samcalven12

    10 ай бұрын

    They do use different seeds

  • @rajskop

    @rajskop

    18 сағат бұрын

    indigenous plants have higher chance of survival

  • @TheDennisgrass
    @TheDennisgrass3 жыл бұрын

    America had Johnny Appleseed Kenya needs a Johny Acaciaseed

  • @whothewho82
    @whothewho822 ай бұрын

    I’m so interested in this concept!

  • @NaturallyNaomi
    @NaturallyNaomi2 жыл бұрын

    more seedbombs more more more!

  • @cheesus8594
    @cheesus85943 жыл бұрын

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

  • @cocofresh6974

    @cocofresh6974

    Ай бұрын

    Yeah this is what I wanted to see

  • @yatendrakumar2373
    @yatendrakumar23734 жыл бұрын

    Great 👍

  • @cegesl4521
    @cegesl45212 жыл бұрын

    Well done

  • @narendranadreddychintalapu2916
    @narendranadreddychintalapu29163 жыл бұрын

    Good job

  • @siddharthgaming7152
    @siddharthgaming71525 ай бұрын

    Excellent

  • @gitanshusinghal1373
    @gitanshusinghal13733 жыл бұрын

    god bless u

  • @fullbullforex110
    @fullbullforex110Ай бұрын

    Any results. Plz . share

  • @jesus.christis.lord.foreve899
    @jesus.christis.lord.foreve899 Жыл бұрын

    i almost cried . it's the opposite of chemtrails ♥︎ how very very beautiful ~ thank you !

  • @rayburnveary2931
    @rayburnveary2931 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @innerengineering3396
    @innerengineering33962 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

    @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.

  • @herbacioushempcanada679
    @herbacioushempcanada6793 жыл бұрын

    Excellent! I have made seed bombs! Free the seed, feed the people!

  • @quantumthinker3248

    @quantumthinker3248

    3 жыл бұрын

    We can build an amazing world

  • @mcjoecylbril6261
    @mcjoecylbril62613 ай бұрын

    hello watching this just now. any update on the kenyan presidents promise ? has it been met this 2022? this is as of 2024

  • @NgarachuMuiu
    @NgarachuMuiu Жыл бұрын

    How can I get some seeds

  • @moisesmariano4760
    @moisesmariano47602 жыл бұрын

    💚

  • @abushahzain9662
    @abushahzain96623 жыл бұрын

    Could anybody tell me the composition of clay, charcoal and composit?

  • @bschandar17

    @bschandar17

    2 жыл бұрын

    I live in India, please guide us in proper way in making these seed balls.

  • @ritikkashyap9045
    @ritikkashyap9045 Жыл бұрын

    बचपन में सीख लिया था बहुत पहले

  • @mavericktr1
    @mavericktr13 жыл бұрын

    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇹🇷

  • @ianmiles2505
    @ianmiles2505 Жыл бұрын

    You must stop the goats and the burning and chopping and destruction otherwise its pointless.