Well green trees with GreenWell watersavers

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Greenwell watersavers are ideal for looking after newly planted specimen trees.

As our hunger for ‘instant’, more mature gardens develops, garden architects and landscape designers are including larger, more mature specimen trees within their planting schemes. These larger planted trees give make a new garden design look mature, almost instantly.

Careful planting of a mature tree is essential to its survival. Ensuring the soil conditions are right, its aspect is perfect and providing the correct nutrients to ensure it gets a great start.

Regular watering is really important to provide the stress-free environment for a newly planted specimen tree or shrub to thrive. Buy Irrigation’s GreenWell water reservoir allows you to do this more effectively and efficiently, by providing a quick and inexpensive method to apply concentrated water to trees and shrubs.

Greenwell is a water-retaining reservoir that is easily installed around the base of the tree. When watering the tree, the Greenwell reservoir is filled, so concentrating the water to the all-important plant root zone and preventing water run-off.

Developed in Australia, the Greenwell watersaver has been awarded the Smart Approved Watermark, Australia’s water conservation label for products which help save water: http://www.smartwatermark.info

The Greenwell watersaver is installed simply (and very speedily!). The Greenwell unit holds 26 litres of water, and can be moved from tree to tree by unzipping the watertight seal. Greenwell is ideally suited to trees positioned on sloping sites.

Greenwell watersaver reservoirs are great for:

1. Keeping grass away from tree trunks, preventing damage to the tree from mowers or strimmers.

2. Retaining mulches placed near the base of the specimen tree.

3. Ensuring that applied fertilizer gets directly to the tree root zone, with as little wastage as possible.

Greenwell is also great for commercial landscape schemes and local authority planting.

The Greenwell watersaver can also be used with Buy Irrigation’s Deep Drip watering stakes, further enhancing the efficiency of watering as the water is not only retained around the root zone surface, it is fed directly to the roots via the deep drip stakes.

Water water everywhere…and not a drop to irrigate.

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Full to the brim…are rain soaked summers the future?

According to recent news, here in the UK we’ve just had the second wettest year on record. Seems a long time since those water bans were put in place earlier in 2012, doesn’t it?

Rusty barbeques and sodden vegetable patches all over Britain attest what a lousy summer we enjoyed, and the rainfall we endured was exceptionally heavy and prolonged. Now, climate experts tell us that we should expect this type of pattern to continue into the future. Woop.

Lovely weather for ducks (and swans). Not so great for plants and turf though.

Is this the end for the UK irrigation industry? Are the 100 plus (wild guess there) UK irrigation companies ready to shut the doors and move to warmer climes? I think not. I believe that most will see the climate situation as an opportunity for increased business in challenging times. Adapt and survive, as they say.

While we may see heavier, more frequent heavy downpours of rain throughout summer and winter periods, we will still get warm summers when golf courses, sports fields, plants and lawns require water at specific times during dry periods.

Cancelled games, postponed matches. 2012 rainfall played havoc with sports pitches.

You could argue that a heavy deluge of rain (where most of the water runs off the land into ditches and rivers) is not effective at irrigating the ground, as the soil just can’t physically accept the water quick enough for it to do any good. So, we could therefore assume that more irrigation is required…maybe a little simplistic, but I suspect it contains more than a shred of truth.

Whether we get these high volumes of rainfall or not, water is one of the planet’s most valuable commodities, as the drought situation earlier in 2012 testified. It therefore suggests that if we can store rapid-falling rain for use during a drought, or during dry periods, then we can be self-sufficient. This is absolutely true, however the storage of water can be very expensive because of the quantities required for long-term irrigation purposes.

A bowling green, for instance, or any area of fine turf lawn of a similar size could need a very conservative estimate of 20 cubic meters (4400 gallons) of water for just 1 week of watering (and that’s just half the quantity recommended by turf professionals). That’s a tank measuring 5m long x 2m high x 2m wide…just for 1 week’s water at half a full application.

The same scenario applies to planting areas. Just think how long your water butt lasts if you are using it every day to water your plants or vegetables.

Anyone for golf? Don’t forget to bring your snorkel.

Golf courses, especially, need masses of water to irrigate the course. An 18 hole course could require 250 cubic meters (55000 gallons) just to water the greens over a week in the hottest part of the summer. That’s a very large and expensive storage requirement for any period of time in drought, and to maximise the collected rainfall.

Right now, the challenge for professional irrigation advisors and installers is give the client an irrigation system which, contrary to opinion, will still be valid and useful in the future. An irrigation system which makes the best use of natural resources (the free water falling from the sky), while keeping costs at economic levels. More importantly, to design an irrigation system that uses that water as efficiently as possible, without wastage.

Underground water storage tanks could help you deliver water efficiently.

Irrigation equipment manufacturers are currently investing millions in the quest to provide the latest highly efficient controllers, sensors and delivery equipment, proven and tested around the globe, to make the best use of the water available.

In summary, even if we continue to get more rainfall, there will be times of the year when you will need to water your garden…golf course…bowling green. So, if you do decide on a system, think about storage of surplus water and remember you’ll need a large storage capacity for long term use, (usually bigger than you think). Don’t consider this storage without thinking about a highly efficient irrigation system. The more efficient the system the longer this storage will last.

Finally, seek professional advice (mine, preferably!). If you don’t feel as though you are getting the right answers, or your needs are not fully covered, try someone else (like me!).

Save your trees (and save the expense of having to plant new ones)!

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Buy Irrigation: Deep drip tree watering is simple and effective.

Attention all Landscapers/Garden Designers and buyers of expensive trees and shrubs!
We have just introduced a great product into our irrigation range. Do you, or your clients, invest large sums of money on planting high quality trees? If the anwer’s ‘yes’, then a small investment in these Deep Drip tree watering stakes will pay dividends – now and in the future.

Buy Irrigation: Deep drip tree watering stakes are available in 3 sizes for all sizes of tree.

Deep Drip tree watering stakes help you to water and fertilize your trees, shrubs and plants at the root, where it really counts. The Deep Drip tree and plant watering system saturates the ground allowing the roots to grow deep and strong. Water goes where it is needed, at the root. The soil is better aerated with oxygen, and your trees avoid horizontal growth of their roots, which results in exposed roots.

Buy Irrigation: Deep drip tree watering stakes can be used with a drip line.

Buy Irrigation: Deep drip tree watering stakes can be used with a hosepipe.

Deep Drip tree watering stakes also assist water conservation.  The tree watering stake takes water immediately, deep underground, resulting in shorter watering periods. That means little wastage. So that the tree watering you do is both responsible and effective.

Buy Irrigation: Deep drip tree watering stakes are suitable for every size of tree.

The Deep Drip System is designed to work with a garden hose, flood irrigation, with a dripper, and/or in conjunction with your automatic watering system. A standard micro tube fits through the cap of the Deep Drip Stake. Liquid Fertilizer can also be added into the shaft of the stake to direct nutrients to the root zone.

Inserting a drip emitter into a deep drip tree watering stake.

The stakes are constructed of recyclable ABS plastic providing a long lasting and strong product. Multiple holes in the bottom half of the stake, covered by a mesh filter, allow water to flow out and keeps dirt from getting in and clogging the tube. The UV-protected cap acts as a protective, reinforced cover when hammering the tree irrigation stake into the ground. It also keeps rocks and leaves from entering the shaft of the stake and holds the micro tube securely in place. The cap protects the emitter head from squirrels and other animals.

Positioning the deep drip tree watering stake is fast and simple.

Buy Irrigation recommend positioning the tree watering stake beneath the outer edge of the tree’s canopy. With two holes at the top of the upper shaft, you can remove and replace the unit. Just insert a screwdriver in the holes, gently twist left and right, then pull up. The Deep Drip tree watering system is incredibly easy to use. Trees and shrubs are more effectively watered, deep at the roots where it matters.

The RHS recommend planting trees between October and April. The inclusion of a Deep Drip tree watering stake will assist in maintaining the health of the tree during those critical early stages of growth.

See the RHS page about planting new trees for further planting information

To purchase deep drip watering stakes, in a choice of 3 sizes suitable for all tree sizes, visit www.buyirrigation.co.uk