I recently grew a garden of certified organic seeds from California in Thailand along the Mekong River. I bordered off a 10 foot by 5 foot space to throw my seed balls and let them sit for 2 months with out watering. As an experiment to see what has survived and what got eradicated by the local species, it has been rewarding. I have been cataloging my discoveries by comparing un-planted seeds to the new seeds now recovered and can say that there is a distinguishable change is the structures of those new seeds. Truly amazing!

The root systems have an incredible population of spores like I have never seen with these plants normally grown in the states. Gets me thinking about how to create the same circumstances in the states, using only seed balls and allowing mother nature to do the rest.

I personally don't believe in tilling and in most locations (like zone 4) will not water. Companion gardening is key and observation to see how plants communicate with one another is just as valuable.

Just wanted to report my findings.

Anyone have similar experiences?

Thanks.