WHY DOES THE TAG ON MY TREEGATOR® ORIGINAL STATE
THAT IT HOLDS 20 GALLONS?
The amount of water a Treegator® Original is able to hold is dictated by the size of the tree it is used on, as well as the setup (i.e. single bag or double bag setup).
A Treegator® Original can be used to water trees with a trunk caliper of 1" (single bag setup) to 8" (double bag setup).
Taking into account all possible setup configurations, the quantity of water a single Treegator® Original bag can hold averages out to 20 gallons (75.705 liters).
WHY DOESN'T A TREEGATOR® BAG NEED TO BE FILLED EVERY DAY
A Treegator® Slow Relese Watering Bag delivers water deep below the soil surface with no run-off - every time.
This means that there is now a high concentration of moisture within the entire soil profile that your new tree or shrub can feed from - potentially for several days.
And, after a deep watering application, allowing the soil to begin to dry out will help encourages deep root growth.
Keeping the soil too moist for too long, or poor drainage at the planting site, can remove the oxygen available to the roots from within the soil and kill a tree or shrub.
Q.: What are the top 5 casuses of tree death? Insects?… Disease?… Weather?
A.: NONE OF THE ABOVE.
The reality is that the top 5 causes of tree death are the result of things
people do. Things like: soil compaction, underwatering, overwatering, vandalism, and the number one cause - planting the wrong tree - account for more tree deaths than all insect and disease-related tree deaths
combined.
