Seed bombs are currently used as one of the various means of sowing seeds by guerrilla gardeners. My “Seed Pill” is a new version of the seed bomb (a ball made of clay, compost and seeds). The seed pill combines the efficacy of the seed bomb with a cleaner, smaller and more discreet design.
I thought of doing this last year when I got home to melbourne (after living in London for 6 years, and most of that with Richard Reynolds), and found a bottle of empty capsules in my bathroom.
Do you add soil to the seed pill? And if so, what kind? And have you found a particular type of seed works best?
While its now autumn here for me, I’m keen to give it a crack this spring so will be watching your progress with interest!
Hello Meike,
To answer your question, I dry the soil out, to make sure that it doesn’t melt the capsule, then mix seeds into it, fill each capsule and voila! I use different seeds depending on what purpose I want to achieve. For something that will appear quickly, I use radish or mustard seeds, but for a bit more colour I’ll use wildflower seeds. What I often do is just mix the two and see what happens! Good luck!
Hi Guys,
I love this web site. I’ve been a guerilla gardener and seed bomber since the days of ‘Dig’ on Ch4, way back in the days.
I’d love to know what your recipes are and I can disseminate them through email and twitter.
Have you got a twitter page because if I’d know about this I would have come.
Keep up the good work.
Best,
George.
Hello George,
As I mentioned to Meike, the recipe is simple: vegetarian capsules (from any health food store), dried soil and seeds. I’ll be going on some other gardening walks and attending more events in the near future, so stay tuned!
As for my twitter page: http://twitter.com/vanessaharden
great vanessa – love your design contribution to the usually very dull world of garden accessories
AWE-some! We are going to do some levee-wide wildflower graffiti with these!