By Markus Faigle | Volunteer Project Director
“The sad truth is: the seedballs didn’t work” is the opening line for this report.
In the beginning of the delayed 2021 rainy season it was encouraging, and everybody followed the development with great interest. The seedball shells broke and new baby trees show up all over in the landscape. We got very promising photos documenting the early success.”
But when the rain stopped, and the dry season started all the seedball baby trees died. This was very sad for us and our students are rather disappointed. It was hard to gather the ingredients for making the seedballs and unfortunately, we did not get the results we had hoped for.
Our founder’s feedback: “I met Mahandry, the person who taught us about the seed balls in our workshop (link?) in Ranomafana, way down south in the country where he lives and works. He told me that the seedballs will work well in humid areas like Ranomafana (and national park) or in areas that are not too dry. It could well be that the seedball technique is not compatible with our local climate.
This season he will start reforestation in ‘his’ village, where he grew up. As it so happens, lucky for us, this village is near Tsididy and our villages, so we can exchange ideas and learn from each other. The focus will be implementing a good old nursery with baby trees, and planting seedlings, instead of using the seedball method."
Some things just don't work out sometimes.
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