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

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kg… so it’s quite affordable, especially since making a batch of seed bombs will only use 100 grams of it at a time. This easy bee garden activity is a lot of fun and yet another simple way you can help save the bees. To use them, toss in hard to reach areas (only in areas where you have permission to do so) or place them in your garden and water frequently for a few weeks until the clay washes away.

Take a tour through a magical pollinator garden located atop a multistory apartment building in the middle of Chicago. These bombs actually prefer being planted between October and February, but they’ll tolerate being planted after last frost as well. Update, May 18, 2023 : This story has been updated to emphasize that readers should not plant seed bombs in spaces they’re not authorized to access.I recommend air dry clay because it’s easily obtainable and I add my pressed flowers after the clay dries because some flowers can bleed color if you attach them while the clay is still drying.

Seed bombing private property other than yours can cause the destruction of property and it is illegally dumping.

These alternatives will also act as a binding agent, but they will not be as strong as clay when dried. Vermicompost, composted manure and guano, and post-ferment bokashi compost should be cut significantly with garden, leaf, or kitchen compost because they are SO strong. I’m using CA poppy seeds which are native for us (we live in southern CA) Materials: non-toxic air dry clay, native wildflower seeds (I’m using CA poppy seeds), organic potting soil/compost, pressed flowers (optional) Instructions: Roll a small amount of clay into a ball and roll it out flat. You want your mixture to resemble soft clay, so keep adding small amounts of water as needed, mixing well after each addition until the desired consistency is achieved. Even sunflowers perform well during the warm season but make sure you choose sunflowers that bees like.

In that same vein, while it may be tempting to throw them in a construction lot, it’s not the best idea. Personalized advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out. Combine this with native seeds, and you’re working directly with the local flora by throwing native wildflower seed bombs. The idea is that the ‘bombs’ can be lobbed over fences to abandoned land or down city gullies and grow into bee-attracting blooms or herbs.I also decided that children and chilli powder probably wasn't a good idea so left out that ingredient! You know, this is the most labor-intensive part of making seed balls, but it makes such a difference.

Pro tip: Purchasing seeds native to your region will help ensure the health of your environment and make the seeds more apt to sprout and bloom. If you care for them, you’ll be rewarded with delicious herbs, beautiful flowers and/or perennials that will come back year after year. Mix the seeds and compost together (if using 1 cup of compost, use 1 cup seeds; if using ½ cup compost, use ½ cup seeds, etc). Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. For a batch of bombs I mix up: 2 cups of flour, 1 cup of compost, 2 packets of wild flour seeds and a cup of water.

The remembrance poppy is the common field poppy, one of the first wildflowers to colonise disturbed ground or fallow cornfields. These easy to make DIY Seed Bombs are perfect small gifts (teacher appreciation, Mother’s Day, wedding favors,etc. Clay provides structural integrity when dry, moisture retention, improved matrix-seed contact, and cohesion to your seed balls. These are standards in the ceramics industry – high fire, low fire, and porcelain clay bodies are all fine.

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