Water Reservoirs
Give young trees a good start with water reservoirs: a water storage capacity that ensures water and nutrients reach the roots directly.
Give young trees a good start with water reservoirs: a water storage capacity that ensures water and nutrients reach the roots directly.
In urban areas, dry soil often leads to growth problems in young trees. To prevent a decline in vitality in newly planted trees, water reservoirs provide an effective solution. Water reservoirs ensure concentrated water delivery directly to the root zone, which is essential for the healthy development and growth of young trees in urban environments.
After 3 years, water reservoirs have usually fulfilled their most important task: they have given the young tree a good start to grow into a mature, functional tree. After this, the used water reservoirs can be returned for plastic waste recycling or reused for new plantings. Unfortunately, when returned as plastic waste, the used water reservoirs often end up in the general waste container and are incinerated. This is a huge waste, as the used reservoirs are still perfectly suitable to be processed into new products.
To prevent this waste, at GreenMax we offer our customers in the Netherlands a sustainable and unique option to have used water reservoirs collected free of charge by our own transporters. The used reservoirs are recycled into a new product. This way, we have complete oversight of the recycling process from start to finish, ensuring a closed-loop system.
A water reservoir is 30 cm high. It is partially buried in the ground (up to 10 cm). This keeps the reservoir stable and effectively retains water in the area around the base of the tree trunk. The reservoir is sealed with double-sided tape or a coupling. After that, the reservoir is nailed or screwed to the tree stakes.
To secure water reservoirs, we offer various couplings available separately in the following types:
With a coupling profile, you can easily slide the reservoir in, ensuring it is properly sealed. The click coupling is secured in the ground with a pin, after which the reservoir is slid in and fastened with two wedges. For the edgefix-2, the reservoir is screwed to the flaps of the pegs, which are placed in the ground. By securing the reservoir with couplings, there is no water leakage, and drilling holes with nails and screws is unnecessary. This keeps the reservoir intact and highly reusable.
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