Original upload date: Sun, 07 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Wed, 01 Dec 2021 23:15:11 GMT
The first ever trials of using acacia tree seeds pelleted in a special nutrient rich mix of biochar to aerial seed degraded dryland forests and improve biodiversity in areas suffering from overgrazing
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, fires, charcoal burning etc. in Africa.
At only about 1 shilling per tree - this has the potential to radically reduce the cost of landscape scale reafforestation in Africa.
This is a short shot of the first speed and altitude trials above an old quarry and some fallow farm land near Ethi. At 100 knots and 1,500ft the spread is about 1 seed ball per 20sq meters at 30knots and 200ft the spread is about 1 seed ball per 2sq meters when dispersed by hand.
Many thanks to our wonderful partners, Chardust Ltd. (http://www.chardust.com/) and Tropic Air Kenya for enabling this trial to happen. For more information please visit our facebook site here https://www.facebook.com/BiocharSeedballs/ and website http://www.seedballskenya.com/home/4592985892 and for further info on aerial seeding our blog page here http://treeseedlist.blogspot.co.ke/2016/06/aerial-tree-seeding-for-forest.html
