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THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: TREES TO PLANT IN THE Bur Oak (Quercus marcocarpa) - This is a slow growing oak, which can be frustrating to many land owners. However, the other advantages of this tree outweigh the costs, in our opinion. This tree is more drought resistant than almost any other oak, and due to this fact can grow in the western Great Plains. This tree grows 80 feet high and upto
THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: CUSTOMER RESULTS OF The Groasis Waterboxx was originally designed to let people grow trees, but it can also be used to garden in drought, especially like the one gripping California right now. Crimson Sweet Watermelon growing with the Groasis Waterboxx PlantCocoon® in late June, 2015. This Waterboxx only has 3 wicks, and only needs refilling about one aweek.
THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: CAPILLARY WATER The soil is also dependent on capillary action, as it has many small pathways formed by microorganisms. This is the way in water is able to spread both laterally throughout the soil, as well as from deeper (where aquifers are present) to higher up. THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: GROWING TOMATOES IN You can see his results below: 16 weeks' growth of a tomato plant in Folsum, California, planted with the Waterboxx. This plant received no water after initial planting. Photos Courtesy of Tony Palumbo. Mr. Palumbo, by the end of 16 weeks of growth, had harvested 14 tomatoes, with 40 more tomatoes growing and new blossoms sprouting up. THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: GROW YOUR OWN LOCAL The Waterboxx funnels dew and rainwater to the roots of the growing tree, ensuring the roots reach deeper for water and allowing them to survive future droughts. In a Sahara planting trial, trees planted with the Groasis Waterboxx that received water only at planting had an 88% survival rate, versus only 11% survival for the trees wateredweekly.
THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: AUGUST 2015 Planting young trees and garden plants entered a new era when the Groasis Waterboxx PlantCocoon (or Waterboxx for short) was invented. The Waterboxx allows rain and dew to be harvested from the air, decreasing or eliminating the need for outside watering of plants in all but the driest climates. This blog will document the successes of using the Waterboxx to grow trees and garden THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: WHERE IS EARTH'S FRESH The Groasis Waterboxx pulls water from the air, funnels it to a reservoir using its unique lotus leaf inspired lid, and slowly distributes it to the soil beneath.This allows the tree roots to grow to deeper capillary water (also called soil moisture, where another 0.05% of all fresh water is stored), making them drought resistant once the Waterboxx is removed and reused. THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: OCEAN ACIDIFICATION It is believed that the ocean absorbs 30-40% of all carbon dioxide, and that the acidity of the oceans has increased 30% as well. This can have negative consequences for the many ocean creatures that pull other chemicals out of water. This ocean acidification also is slowing the growth of other organisms that pull calcium out of the water, like THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER Planting young trees and garden plants entered a new era when the Groasis Waterboxx PlantCocoon (or Waterboxx for short) was invented. The Waterboxx allows rain and dew to be harvested from the air, decreasing or eliminating the need for outside watering of plants in all but the driest climates. This blog will document the successes of using the Waterboxx to grow trees and garden GROWING GIANT SEQUOIA TREES FROM SEED So, to start off, we acquired 2000 more sequoia seeds from Myseeds.co, our preferred site.We expect again about a 10% germination rate, so perhaps around 200 trees. We plan to distribute these trees across the country for growth with the Waterboxx in THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: FRUIT TREES FOR A The Waterboxx is a rain and dew harvesting device that, once assembled and put in place, saves the gardener from watering the tree ever again. The Waterboxx can be removed and reused for up to ten years and ten different trees. The Waterboxx uses its lotus leaf inspired lid to channel water, from dew and rainfall, to the roots of a growing plant, while keeping several (four) gallons of water THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: NUT TREES FOR A The Mediterranean climate can be wonderful for those wishing to grow fruits and nuts due to its mild winters. However, the lack of summer rain can make establishing trees very difficult - that was until the advent of the Groasis Waterboxx - a self refilling water battery for trees that slowly irrigates the roots of the young plant. What nut trees grow best in a Mediterranean climate? THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: GROWING GRAPES WITHOUT The Groasis Waterboxx is an ingenious invention by a Dutchman named Pieter Hoff. The Waterboxx is a self-recharging water battery for trees - it collects dew water each night (and rain when it happens to fall), directs a small amount to the roots of a growing plant, in this case grape vines. The roots grow deep to underground water, and the THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: STOP WATERING YOUR … A summer's growth of a Waterboxx tomato - all without any watering after Waterboxx set up - even with less than 0.25 inches of rain and maximum temperatures of 106 degrees! This single Waterboxx tomato grew 56 tomatoes. In Sacramento County, 56 tomatoes were harvested from this one plant without any watering after planting. THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: CUSTOMER RESULTS OF The Groasis Waterboxx was originally designed to let people grow trees, but it can also be used to garden in drought, especially like the one gripping California right now. Crimson Sweet Watermelon growing with the Groasis Waterboxx PlantCocoon® in late June, 2015. This Waterboxx only has 3 wicks, and only needs refilling about one aweek.
THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: GROW BLACK KRIM TOMATOES On June 18, 2015, the Black Krim Tomato (left) has proven to be a prolific grower while the Chinese Five Color Pepper is just visible to the right. No water has been added to the soil or the Waterboxx since Waterboxx set up May 28. We did add 2 small Jobe's organic fertilizer spikes to the soil around the Waterboxx sheltering the plants on July THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: HOW THE WATERBOXX REDUCES Planting young trees and garden plants entered a new era when the Groasis Waterboxx PlantCocoon (or Waterboxx for short) was invented. The Waterboxx allows rain and dew to be harvested from the air, decreasing or eliminating the need for outside watering of THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: DO TREES REDUCE FLOODING The most obvious way trees to this is through the binding effect of their roots, turning soil into a type of reinforced dirt. As mentioned above, trees also slow water flows, which decreases erosion. The canopies of trees also decrease wind speed, another cause of erosion when the soil is dry or being plowed for agriculture. THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER Planting young trees and garden plants entered a new era when the Groasis Waterboxx PlantCocoon (or Waterboxx for short) was invented. The Waterboxx allows rain and dew to be harvested from the air, decreasing or eliminating the need for outside watering of plants in all but the driest climates. This blog will document the successes of using the Waterboxx to grow trees and garden GROWING GIANT SEQUOIA TREES FROM SEED So, to start off, we acquired 2000 more sequoia seeds from Myseeds.co, our preferred site.We expect again about a 10% germination rate, so perhaps around 200 trees. We plan to distribute these trees across the country for growth with the Waterboxx in THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: FRUIT TREES FOR A The Waterboxx is a rain and dew harvesting device that, once assembled and put in place, saves the gardener from watering the tree ever again. The Waterboxx can be removed and reused for up to ten years and ten different trees. The Waterboxx uses its lotus leaf inspired lid to channel water, from dew and rainfall, to the roots of a growing plant, while keeping several (four) gallons of water THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: NUT TREES FOR A The Mediterranean climate can be wonderful for those wishing to grow fruits and nuts due to its mild winters. However, the lack of summer rain can make establishing trees very difficult - that was until the advent of the Groasis Waterboxx - a self refilling water battery for trees that slowly irrigates the roots of the young plant. What nut trees grow best in a Mediterranean climate? THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: GROWING GRAPES WITHOUT The Groasis Waterboxx is an ingenious invention by a Dutchman named Pieter Hoff. The Waterboxx is a self-recharging water battery for trees - it collects dew water each night (and rain when it happens to fall), directs a small amount to the roots of a growing plant, in this case grape vines. The roots grow deep to underground water, and the THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: STOP WATERING YOUR … A summer's growth of a Waterboxx tomato - all without any watering after Waterboxx set up - even with less than 0.25 inches of rain and maximum temperatures of 106 degrees! This single Waterboxx tomato grew 56 tomatoes. In Sacramento County, 56 tomatoes were harvested from this one plant without any watering after planting. THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: CUSTOMER RESULTS OF The Groasis Waterboxx was originally designed to let people grow trees, but it can also be used to garden in drought, especially like the one gripping California right now. Crimson Sweet Watermelon growing with the Groasis Waterboxx PlantCocoon® in late June, 2015. This Waterboxx only has 3 wicks, and only needs refilling about one aweek.
THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: GROW BLACK KRIM TOMATOES On June 18, 2015, the Black Krim Tomato (left) has proven to be a prolific grower while the Chinese Five Color Pepper is just visible to the right. No water has been added to the soil or the Waterboxx since Waterboxx set up May 28. We did add 2 small Jobe's organic fertilizer spikes to the soil around the Waterboxx sheltering the plants on July THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: HOW THE WATERBOXX REDUCES Planting young trees and garden plants entered a new era when the Groasis Waterboxx PlantCocoon (or Waterboxx for short) was invented. The Waterboxx allows rain and dew to be harvested from the air, decreasing or eliminating the need for outside watering of THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: DO TREES REDUCE FLOODING The most obvious way trees to this is through the binding effect of their roots, turning soil into a type of reinforced dirt. As mentioned above, trees also slow water flows, which decreases erosion. The canopies of trees also decrease wind speed, another cause of erosion when the soil is dry or being plowed for agriculture. THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: TREES TO PLANT IN WEST TEXAS Planting trees in desert is difficult due to the high initial water need for newly transplanted trees. In areas with high water costs or rural lots with no running water, this has prevented most trees from being planted in dry West Texas, until the invention of the Groasis Waterboxx.The Waterboxx is a self refilling water battery for treesand other plants.
THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: SEQUOIA PROGRESS IN The lighter blue green color is indicative of new growth. The Sequoia after 6 weeks with the Waterboxx (approximately doubled in size in 6 weeks, after 2 years of slow growth). Again, the grass around the Groasis Waterboxx is dying back from lack of consistent rainfall. Again, the lighter blue green is new growth, and no brown is evident. THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: GROWING GRAPES WITHOUT The Groasis Waterboxx is an ingenious invention by a Dutchman named Pieter Hoff. The Waterboxx is a self-recharging water battery for trees - it collects dew water each night (and rain when it happens to fall), directs a small amount to the roots of a growing plant, in this case grape vines. The roots grow deep to underground water, and the THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: GROWING BUTTERNUT SQUASH We started our butternut squash indoors, and transplanted it into our raised bed garden on May 2. Like most Waterboxx crops in the raised bed, we will give this one four square feet in a 2' x 2' area. Our planting is seen below. After planting the squash and placing the white evaporation cover carefully around its stem, we placed the Waterboxx over the plant and carefully pulled the plant THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: WATER'S NEAR MIRACULOUS Planting young trees and garden plants entered a new era when the Groasis Waterboxx PlantCocoon (or Waterboxx for short) was invented. The Waterboxx allows rain and dew to be harvested from the air, decreasing or eliminating the need for outside watering of THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: HOW THE WATERBOXX REDUCES Planting young trees and garden plants entered a new era when the Groasis Waterboxx PlantCocoon (or Waterboxx for short) was invented. The Waterboxx allows rain and dew to be harvested from the air, decreasing or eliminating the need for outside watering of THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: GROW ACORN SQUASH WITH Our acorn squash continued to grow like wildfire with the Waterboxx providing consistent moisture. Even though the leaves began to cover the Waterboxx lid, the Waterboxx was still able to collect dew and rainwater by collecting run off from the leaves (similar to how the area under a tree eventually gets wet in a rainstorm after the water trickles through the leaves). THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: 2014 The U.S. has entered another cold snap, even before winter has officially begun. This, after the fact, that for much of the United States, the 2013-2014 winter was the coldest in recent memory. We are spending a great deal of money and non-renewable fossil fuels to heat our homes. This wasn't always the case. THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: GROWING PECAN TREES The pecan tree, Carya Illinoinensis, is of course the Texas state tree.This tree is large, stately, and can be very prolific in its nut production. There are varieties of pecan that are well suited for every part of Texas, seen below. THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER: WHERE IS EARTH'S FRESH The Groasis Waterboxx pulls water from the air, funnels it to a reservoir using its unique lotus leaf inspired lid, and slowly distributes it to the soil beneath.This allows the tree roots to grow to deeper capillary water (also called soil moisture, where another 0.05% of all fresh water is stored), making them drought resistant once the Waterboxx is removed and reused. THE ARID ARBORIST AND GARDENER Planting young trees and garden plants entered a new era when the Groasis Waterboxx PlantCocoon (or Waterboxx for short) was invented. The Waterboxx allows rain and dew to be harvested from the air, decreasing or eliminating the need for outside watering of plants in all but the driest climates. This blog will document the successes of using the Waterboxx to grow trees and garden plants without continuedwatering.
SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 2019 GROWING GARDEN GREENS WITHOUT WATERING Garden greens like kale, spinach, Swiss chard and even the humble lettuce are some of the healthiest foods possible. However, these are also some of the most expensive foods available, especially from higher end grocery stores. There is a deep contradiction in this - as many greens are now easy to grow with the Waterboxx. Some greens, like spinach and kale, will survive frosts and may even survive your whole winter unprotected (inside the Waterboxx), depending on sunlight and minimum temperature in your area. Growing greens prior to the Waterboxx was quite difficult due to two issues - competition from weeds and need for near continuous watering. The Waterboxx solves both of these issues. Weeds are kept from growing for 10 inches in all directions from your plant by the Waterboxx. Therefore, weeding is only an issue in areas of your garden not utilizing a Waterboxx. The Waterboxx also allows you to garden without watering ! The Waterboxx keeps the roots of the plants watered through an ingenious system of biomimicry, without any moving parts, as explained in the video below: What is more, the Waterboxx is able to catch some of the transpiration moisture released by the arching leaves of garden greens. Just like the Waterboxx lid, kale exhibits superhydrophobicity or ability to slick water off its surface; much of this is captured by the Waterboxx and reused. Just one Waterboxx, planted with kale, is usually enough to feed of family of kale fanatics. We prefer the Lacinato (also called dinosaur or Italian) kale variety. This kale lasted throughout a whole gardening season, with multiple cuttings, always regrowing until severe frost of December. What is more, the Waterboxx never received any manual watering after initialset up!
While kale is both cold and heat hardy, spinach is mainly quite cold hardy but doesn't do well in summer heat. However, the Waterboxx can still give you several months in the spring and fall (and depending on your climate - perhaps the summer) of healthy spinach with little to no watering after planting.
Waterboxx grown spinach - with the spinach leaves planted on a "soil castle" within the Waterboxx figure 8 central opening. Since spinach is much shorter than kale, it is best not to plant it even with the soil of your garden bed. The best way to plant spinach in the Waterboxx is to use a "soil castle" as we describe in our book, _The Waterboxx Gardener _ available on Amazon.com.
Lettuce can be grown through direct seeding as well in the Waterboxx garden, using a similar soil castle technique. As lettuce prefers cooler temperatures, the cooling and insulating effect of the self-refilling Waterboxx basin is an ideal "wet blanket" so to speak, around the stems and roots of the lettuce in summer heat. Lettuce growing on top of a soil castle with the Waterboxx lid Swiss chard is another delightful garden green to grow with the Waterboxx. This kale substitute is quite colorful and will add flare to many otherwise monochromatic meals. Swiss chard, with no manual watering since planting and Waterboxx set up, growing extremely tall (as a reference, the Waterboxx lid is almost 10 inches above the soil - so this chard is nearly 50 inchestall)
You can learn how to grow almost every garden green without watering after Waterboxx set up with our book _The Waterboxx Gardener: How to Mimic Nature, Stop Watering, and Start Enjoying Your Garden _available on Amazon.com. Start growing with the Waterboxxand start feeding
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2019 LEARN HOW TO GARDEN WITHOUT WATERING Gardening seems like a transcendent activity, and indeed it is. How else can you grow your own food, eat healthier, get exercise, commune with nature and spend time with your family than in the garden? For these reasons, we have seen many friends start their own gardens - usually raised beds - but by the end of the hot growing season, with the garden overwhelmed by weeds and needing frequent watering - the garden has been abandoned. What happened to cause these novice gardeners to give up their almost great hobby? For them, the work of gardening turned out to be more than the reward. If there had just been a way for them to grow with almost no watering or weeding, and to just focus on the health of the plant rather than daily maintenance, the garden might have continued. In _The Waterboxx Gardener: How to Mimic Nature, Stop Watering, and Start Enjoying Your Garden _ we discuss such a way. The Waterboxx is a brilliant invention from the Netherlands, designed to grow plants without continued watering. When applied to garden annuals, the Waterboxx can be used to garden without watering after Waterboxx set up, depending on rainfall amounts. Four inches of rain is all that is needed to completely refill the Waterboxx. The Waterboxx prevents weed growth for a radius of 10 inches around your desired garden plant. In _The Waterboxx Gardener _, we describe how to grow almost every garden plant you could want - tomatoes, eggplants, squash, pumpkins, flowers, greens like kale and lettuce, and beautiful flowers like gladioli and zinnias. The Waterboxx Gardener has unanimous five star reviewsas of this
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TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2018 GROW GARDEN KALE WITHOUT WATERING By now you may have discovered how easy it is to grow Waterboxxtomatoes and
Waterboxx melons
,
and you may tried using the Waterboxx to grow peppers - trying to beat our 361 chili peppers from a single Waterboxx without any watering afterplanting.
Less well known, however, is that the Waterboxx from Dew Harvest can be used directly to grow kale. Kale is well known for nutrition benefits - unfortunately it is also well priced for these - being several dollars a pound in most grocery stores. The Waterboxx allows you to grow your own kale, from late winter to late fall in most of the country, and likely without any watering after planting andWaterboxx set up.
Waterboxx grown kale -after several cuttings and with no water afterplanting
To start growing Waterboxx kale, first we must choose a variety. We recommend a tall heirloom variety to get the most produce - dinosaur kale. Dinosaur kale, also called Italian kale, Tuscan kale lacinato kale, or cavalo nero, it the variety of kale used in minestrone and ribollita. It has a mild flavor even if raised in hot temperatures (being from Tuscany), and was reportedly raised by Thomas Jefferson atMonticello.
We recommend starting the kale seeds in 3 inch wide peat pots about 4 weeks before you transplant them outside. We recommend regular potting soil in the peat pots, and about 10 seeds per peat pot. Water regularly and place in a sunny window. When the kale is about 8 inches tall, it is time to transplant outside. This can be really anytime of year the ground is not frozen and when there is sufficient sun - kale is a very hardy plant. Take an assembled Waterboxx, orient the central opening on an east west axis, and press the Waterboxx in to the soil to leave a soil relief. Remove the Waterboxx. At either end of the soil relief, remove some soil and place the kale containing peat pots. Water gently, and place the Waterboxx again, without using the white evaporation cover. Fill the Waterboxx with 4 gallons of clean water. Kale a few weeks after transplanting (and after several late snows - kale is VERY cold hardy) Believe it or not, this is likely all the work you will need to do for the kale, unless you have a _very dry_ growing season. Kale, just like the Waterboxx lid, exhibits superhydrophobicity, meaning it is very difficult for water to stick to kale. This, along with transpiration from the kale leaves themselves, means that the Waterboxx will likely stay at least partly filled from natural water sources. You don't need to do anything besides harvest kale before the leaves get too large for the Waterboxx lid. You can leave kale in place so long as it is still growing and hasn't frozen solid - in most places at least until December. Mild climates can support kale through the winter, but we recommend replanting each year in a different location. You will find kale is one of the easiest Waterboxx greensto
grow. You can learn how to grow greens like kale, lettuce, spinach, chard, collards as well as tomatoes, peppers, melons, and squash with our book, _The Waterboxx Gardener: How to Mimic Nature, Stop Watering, and Start Enjoying Your Garden _available here . Start to grow kale and many other plants in your garden without wateringthis year.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2018 START SAVING THE EARTH – START IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD What if a solution to climate change, worsening nutrition, and water scarcity could be grown in your own back yard? What if a simple but ingenious device allowed you to grow trees and garden plants with no water after planting? What if you could grow your own hyperlocal produce while caring for the environment? These are “What Ifs”no more :
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2017 HOW TO ASSEMBLE THE WATERBOXX FROM DEW HARVEST The Groasis Waterboxx is an incredible invention. It allows the growing of many garden plants, like peppers and tomatoes, with potentially no water added after planting. Two Parks Improved Whopper Hybrid Tomatoes - which together produced over 100 fruit without any watering after planting, with theWaterboxx.
Plants can grow astoundingly tall with the Waterboxx. Two cayenne (chili) peppers in a Waterboxx - which produced 361 full sized peppers without any water after planting thanks to theWaterboxx.
The Waterboxx ships with its different components stacked within each other, taking up far less space. This does mean that some assembly is required. So, how is the Waterboxx assembled? For most garden plants, we recommend an extra wick be inserted. For this, a 3/16 inch drill bit is required, as shown in the video below: The Waterboxx can be cleaned after each use and reused for up to 10 years. You can learn how to grow almost every garden plant with the Waterboxx - including tomatoes, peppers, squash, melons, eggplants, flowers, and greens like lettuce, kale, arugula and spinach with our book - _The Waterboxx Gardener: How to Mimic Nature, Stop Watering, and Start Enjoying Your Garden _ available on Amazon.com here.
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2017 GROWING A LIVING FOSSIL There is a tree that is currently endangered in the wild, was once thought to be completely extinct, is one of the fasting growing trees known with a maximum height of at least 200 feet, and that can grow in most of the continental United States. Is this a tree you would liketo plant?
This tree is the Dawn Redwood, _Metasequoia glyptostroboides_. This deciduous conifer (which has fine, soft needles that are shed in the winter and regrow in the spring) is an utter joy to plant and grow, and one of our favorite trees. In the 1940s, a Japanese scientist at Kyoto University described the Dawn Redwood as a fossil from the age of the dinosaurs (the Mesozoic era). Dr. Miki, the scientist, thought this tree was extinct. However, the same year Chinese officials in the province of Hubei came across living examples of the tree, growing in a few tiny groves in China. The fact that these were the same tree was soon realized. Due to the critically endangered status of the tree, the Harvard University Arboretum funded an expedition in the late 1940s to collect seeds from the original habitat. This expedition led to a craze for planting this tree in arboreta and landscapes settings around theworld.
The Dawn Redwood is in the same subfamily, Sequoioideae, as Coast Redwoods (like those growing on the American West Coast around San Francisco) and Giant Sequoias (originally from the California Sierra Nevada mountains but now grown worldwide). We had considered planting the Dawn Redwood for some time (after planting its cousin the Giant Sequoia) but we dithered. This was a mistake! The Dawn Redwood is beautiful, the fastest growing tree we have yet seen, and one of our new favorites. A problem with growing the Dawn Redwood is that it is only available in sapling (less than 24 inch tall) size. For most people used to planting 6 foot containerized (and therefore unhealthy) tree specimens from big box stores, this can be an adjustment. However - this is really an opportunity. The Dawn Redwood needs near constant moisture after planting until it is well established. This would be almost impossible to provide a 6 foot tall tree - the grower would need to water it twice daily in warm climates!. However, there is a device for growing sapling trees that doesn't require any effort after set up - called the Groasis Waterboxxfrom Dew Harvest!
The Waterboxx is a self refilling water battery for plants. It consists of a 15 liter water reservoir, that has a lotus leaf inspired lid that collects dew, transpiration moisture, and rainwater. The water is slowly released through a wick to the plant roots below. See a video of how the Waterboxx works here.
We planted a single Dawn Redwood with the Waterboxx and had the following amount of growth in just 101 days - without any supplemental water afterplanting.
We plant to leave the Waterboxx around the Dawn Redwood for one more growing season and then reuse the Waterboxx for other trees. As the Dawn Redwood grows in most of the continental United States, the Waterboxx may only need to be left in place for one growing season in sunnier climates (we are growing in Central Indiana) with faster growth. A preying mantis decided to spend the day on the growing Dawn Redwood (of its own accord - mantis was not moved for photo). The Dawn Redwood is a wonderful landscape tree, which will grow from zones 5-8 so long as water is available to its roots (after the Waterboxx is removed). It is extremely fast growing, with about 2 feet a year expected after the tree is established. It it intolerant of de-icing salt so should not be planted by roadways or sidewalks that receive salt. However, the Dawn Redwood does well in standing water and is excellent for planting by creeks or ponds. The Dawn Redwood is available as saplings from the Arbor DayFoundation here
or
from Giant-Sequoia.com here. If you
are truly adventurous, you can try to grow from seeds available here.
The Waterboxx is available in the United States from Dew Harvest, at our website here , www.dewharvest.com. Outside the United States it is available from Groasis.com If you would like to learn how to grow plants in your garden withoutwatering with the
Waterboxx, the best resource is the book _The Waterboxx Gardener: How to Mimic Nature, Stop Watering, and Start Enjoying Your Garden_ available here
on Amazon.com.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2017GROWING TOMATILLOES
The tomatilllo (_Physalis philadelphica) _is little known in American gardens. This flavorful fruit, also know as a Mexican Husk Tomato, is finally starting to get the recognition it deserves,however.
Tomatilloes are green or purple fruits that are used in salsa verde and other green sauces in Mexican cuisine. These fruits are excellent however, sliced and lightly roasted on almost any starchy food. Our favorite use is to slice them and place them on top of pizza (before baking), a recipe we call _Pizza Victoria. __
_ Tomatilloes will likely grow anywhere tomatoes grow (far north of Mexico). Our experience described below was at our test garden in central Indiana, hardly a balmy climate._
_ Tomatilloes can seem difficult to grow - and indeed they may be without the Waterboxx. Like most nightshade family plants, tomatilloes need very consistent watering. With raised bed gardening, it is very hard to keep consistent water to the roots of the plant. An ingenious gardening device, the Groasis Waterboxx, changes
that.
Two tomatillo plants growing in a Waterboxx in a raised bed. Without any supplemental watering, these two plants produced over 200fruit!
Tomatilloes must be grown from seed. There are many seed suppliers on line. Almost all of these seeds are heirloom, meaning you will not need to buy seed year after year but can just save and dry seed from your plants. The varieties that turn purple has more sweetness than the varieties that are green at maturity. We recommend the purple variety unless you are only interested in tart salsa verde. Tomatilloes, just like tomatoes, should be started indoors in a peat pot 6-8 weeks before last frost date. Once last frost date has passed, they are ready to be transplanted outside. To plant outside, first slightly moisten the soil and add any desired fertilizer. Then take an assembled Waterboxx with two wicks, press this down into the soil to leave an indentation. The raised dirt in the center should form a figure 8. You will plant one tomatillo at each corner of this figure 8. Remove the dirt, plant the tomatillo even with ground level (leaving the peat pot in place), place an evaporation cover and then place the Waterboxx carefully over the tomatillo plants. Your work is nowdone!
Three tomatilloes, about 2-3 days from maturity, in their husks (which look like alien pods from a science fiction movie) with the Waterboxx in the background. The tomatilloes will not need any more care, with the possible exception of staking if your plant gets large, between now and harvest. Tomatilloes are ready to harvest when the fruit is growing enough to burst out of its husk (or it the fruit falls from theplant).
A ripe tomatillo, grown without any watering after planting with theGroasis Waterboxx
You can learn more about the Waterboxx at DewHarvest.comor buy it here
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If you would like to learn how to grow plants without watering with the Waterboxx, the best resource is the book _The Waterboxx Gardener: How to Mimic Nature, Stop Watering, and Start Enjoying Your Garden_ available hereon Amazon.com.
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