Seed ball

Cotton-fibres or liquefied paper are sometimes added to further protect the clay ball in particularly harsh habitats.

The technique for creating seed balls was rediscovered by Japanese natural farming pioneer Masanobu Fukuoka.

[1] The technique was also used, for instance, in ancient Egypt to repair farms after the annual spring flooding of the Nile.

Masanobu Fukuoka developed his technique during the period of the Second World War, while working in a Japanese government lab as a plant scientist on the mountainous island of Shikoku.

[5] They were tossed over fences onto empty lots in New York City in order to make the neighborhoods look better.