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Posted by karnina (My Page) on

Sun, Aug 29, 04 at 10:38

or only red clay?

has anyone experienced with seed balls?

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Posted by BelgianPupWA WA/Zone 8 (My Page) on
Sun, Aug 29, 04 at 14:49

Go to Seedballs & see what they say. For some reason, they say ONLY red or brown clay, & NOT grey or white.

I don't know the reasoning.

'Pup

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Posted by Terran z9 CA (My Page) on
Sun, Oct 10, 04 at 7:33

Hola Karnina,

I'm not positive about the reason to require red clay, but it may be related to Paramagnetism. I've included a link to Amazon that lists two works by Dr. Philip S. Callahan, ANCIENT MYSTERIES MODERN VISIONS the MAGNETIC LIFE of AGRICULTURE, and PARAMAGNETISM.

Terran

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Posted by Eric_in_Japan z8 Japan (My Page) on
Tue, Oct 12, 04 at 19:52

I seem to remember reading that Fukuoka said the red clay has a better balance of minerals and Ph than the gray clay. But I don't have my book in front of me right now. I made my balls out of red clay, worked great!
Eric

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Posted by karnina (My Page) on
Wed, Oct 13, 04 at 14:08

i ordered red clay from the ceramic supply store.
somehow they sent me brown powdered clay and when i called them to ask they said that after burning it the color of the clay becomes red.

i was very disappointed but gave it a try anyway and it seems to work just fine.
i made 2 kinds of seed balls: green manure and vegetables.

im waiting for the rains to start to throw all of the seed balls on the soil (i only checked out a few, just to see if anything sprouts..)

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Posted by urbanwild z7-8 VanBC (My Page) on
Fri, Oct 15, 04 at 18:32

"Redart" is a brand name for red clay. A potter at Granville Island brought me some from his studio. The link below is from my blog that shows what I did and what the results are so far.

I'm going to make seed balls to make a wildflower meadow on half of my lawn. The other half I will dedicate to a permaculture garden.

Here is a link that might be useful: My seedballs in action

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