Ideas For Green India: What are Seed Balls?

Do you want to make your surroundings greener and cleaner? Do you want to help India restore its forests? How about doing all of it and have fun too? Making and planting seed balls could be the answer!

Seed balls or seed bombs are seeds placed in the middle of a ball which consists of soil, dung and compost. One should only use native or endemic species in order to maintain local eco-balance in the region. The best time to plant seed balls is before the rainy season commences or during the monsoon.

There are various ways of how seed balls have been deployed in India. Communities and NGOs organize workshops for people to come together and make seed balls. Governments are experimenting with drone-aided afforestation and people use them as return gifts during weddings! Try making seed balls today for a greener future!