Coating seeds with natural ingredients like clay and compost saves seeds, labour and eases to planting. Also coated seeds establish faster than uncoated seeds.
Additionally seed treatment helps to protect seeds from insects and birds. Clay and compost are preferred coating materials since they allow the seed to continue breathing and stay alive while quickly absorbing water during the first rains. Furthermore seed coating.
Stages involved
For 1 kg of seed use 4kg of clay, 2kg of compost and 1 kg of ash, the coating materials should be in dust form.
Start by placing seeds in a basin, sprinkle some water to lightly moisten the seeds and add the powdered ingredients one at a time.
This should be followed by shaking the basin to easily coat the seeds while adding coating materials and little water at a time until all seeds are fully coated.
Lastly, place the coated seeds under sun on a tarpaulin to facilitate proper drying, you can sow coated seeds a day after or store the coated seeds properly in a bag.
