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Tree survival with the Eco Bag
The Eco Bag, an automatic tree watering system, is the key to tree survival in Australia’s harsh climate. It consists of a vinyl container which needs replenishing about once a month and is placed around the base of a newly planted tree and filled with water and soluble fertilizer. It then delivers water to the tree through a patented adjustable capillary wick device, which maintains a constant flow rate and ensures the tree will get the correct amount of water. The bags can be moved to other newly planted trees when the original host trees become self-sustaining.
“Growing trees in our climate is not a simple matter of plant and forget”, a company spokesperson said. “It takes about two years to get a tree established to the stage where it can survive without constant attention. Eco Bags have been successfully used during drought in a variety of locations where previously it has not been possible to establish trees”.
The Eco Bag holds approx 25 litres of water and its capillary wick can be adjusted to drip about one litre a day, which is sufficient to sustain most trees. It will reduce soil moisture evaporation, prevent weeds from growing around the plant competing for moisture and costs considerably less than other micro drip irrigation methods. The Eco Bag is a former winner of the Queensland Country Life’s Farm Inventor of the Year Award and is sold world wide, since 1990.
Contact Ron on FREE CALL 1800 638 628,
or visit: www.ecobag.net.