The technique has a high probability of generation if carried out scientifically, the officials added.
Sowing of seed balls has already started in the identified forest blocks in Jhansi forest division.
Seven to eight lakh seed balls will be sown in seven forest divisions of Bundelkhand region during the monsoon.
A seed ball is a 30g ball of soil and compost containing at least six seeds from locally grown trees. Up to 42 local species have been identified for the preparation of seed balls.
The two main requirements for high germination of seed balls are greater and longer retention of soil moisture in the places where they are planted and that the seed balls have sufficient nutrition to last for a longer period of germination, officials said.
Because Bundelkhand and Vindhya regions have hard soil and roots take time to penetrate deeply, high nutrition in the balls will last the seed and adventitious roots (small branching roots) until the main root (main root) develops. ).
During planting, at least 85 percent of the seed ball must be within the soil to allow germination.
Likewise, when making the seed balls, you have to make sure they are completely dry; Otherwise, the seed will germinate, even if it has the slightest amount of moisture or if it contracts fungus, before sowing.
The least liquid content, water and 'jeevamrut', should be used so that the seed balls dry quickly.
To absorb moisture from mud and compost, rice husk is also used.
The department has trained people to make and plant the material, officials said.
In Vindhya region, surface water runoff is high, so water retention in soil is less and soil productivity is also affected.
Because the water runoff rate is higher and the temperature is high, the soil is hard in the region.
The problem of stray cattle can be further aggravated if they graze on ground vegetation, leaving no mulch behind.
Germinating seed balls should be protected from stray livestock.
"We have seeds of three species, two of each, in the ball. This will help us raise multiple species in the same place if we take care of them," said principal chief conservator of the forest, Bundelkhand, K.K. Singh.
Sowing of seed balls has already started in the identified forest blocks in Jhansi forest division.
Seven to eight lakh seed balls will be sown in seven forest divisions of Bundelkhand region during the monsoon.
A seed ball is a 30g ball of soil and compost containing at least six seeds from locally grown trees. Up to 42 local species have been identified for the preparation of seed balls.
The two main requirements for high germination of seed balls are greater and longer retention of soil moisture in the places where they are planted and that the seed balls have sufficient nutrition to last for a longer period of germination, officials said.
Because Bundelkhand and Vindhya regions have hard soil and roots take time to penetrate deeply, high nutrition in the balls will last the seed and adventitious roots (small branching roots) until the main root (main root) develops. ).
During planting, at least 85 percent of the seed ball must be within the soil to allow germination.
Likewise, when making the seed balls, you have to make sure they are completely dry; Otherwise, the seed will germinate, even if it has the slightest amount of moisture or if it contracts fungus, before sowing.
The least liquid content, water and 'jeevamrut', should be used so that the seed balls dry quickly.
To absorb moisture from mud and compost, rice husk is also used.
The department has trained people to make and plant the material, officials said.
In Vindhya region, surface water runoff is high, so water retention in soil is less and soil productivity is also affected.
Because the water runoff rate is higher and the temperature is high, the soil is hard in the region.
The problem of stray cattle can be further aggravated if they graze on ground vegetation, leaving no mulch behind.
Germinating seed balls should be protected from stray livestock.
"We have seeds of three species, two of each, in the ball. This will help us raise multiple species in the same place if we take care of them," said principal chief conservator of the forest, Bundelkhand, K.K. Singh.
