What is it ?


Reel Gardening is a pre-fertilised seed strip that encases seeds in biodegradable paper.  The strips indicate the correct depth that the seeds should be buried with a coloured line and the seeds are placed at the correct distance apart from one another inside the strips. Each strip is colour coded e.g. Tomato is red, Beetroot is purple etc.  The paper strip is 3.5cm wide and is purchased in metre strips.  Each package has a specific amount of metres.

Instructions are printed on each strip in English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Sesotho, Sepedi, Setswana and Xhosa. Visual instructions are also printed. The strips are very easy to understand and can even be planted by children.

Reel Gardening tackles the expense encountered when starting ones own vegetable garden because  one generally needs to purchase fertiliser, compost and planting materials. Reel Gardening eradicates the unnecessary costs because when using Reel Gardening, all you need is water!

How does it work ?

With Reel Gardening you do not need to pre rake compost or fertiliser into the soil.

To plant Reel Gardening strips:

  1. Make a furrow in the turned and aerated soil using a small spade, stick or anything similar.
  2. Place the strip in the furrow so that the coloured area is visible above the soil and the white area is  buried. The dark black line indicates the position of the seed. In water scarce areas, water can be placed directly onto the seeds. This method can save up to 80% of water consumption when compared to traditional methods.
  3. Compact soil around the strip.
  4. Water frequently.

Reel Gardening is made up of biodegradable paper and a customised fertiliser that soaks up the water and creates a gel so that the seed remains constantly moist and therefore germination is more successful. Birds cannot eat the seeds out of the soil as they are protected by the paper, water cannot push the shallow seeds to the surface and the susceptibility to soil erosion is minimised.

The paper will decompose thus producing compost in the ground creating a warm and nurturing environment for the new plant.

Products

Reel Gardening currently manufactures ten vegetables.  The next element will be Herbs and following the success of our edible products, we will begin to produce flower strips.

Vegetables

Maize, Tomato, Onions, Green Beans, Spinach, Cabbage, Lettuce, Beetroot, Peas and Carrots.

Herbs

Basil, Rocket, Coriander, Parsley, Chives, Rosemary, Chilli, Oregano and Thyme.

Flowers

Lavender, Nasturtiums and Marigold