This SA-created irrigation system cuts water usage by up to 70% - and is revolutionising orchards
Tree Hog can cut an orchard’s water consumption by up to 70%, with minimum savings starting at 50%, says its inventor Louis Loubser, a farmer in Robertson in the Western Cape.
The device is an injection-moulded plastic case with a micro sprinkler which encloses the base of a tree, and is designed to last up to eight years.
It combines the benefits of micro and drip irrigation.
It is backed by one of the UK’s largest fresh fruit suppliers, Primafruit, and over 40,000 units have been distributed.
“Tree Hog turns long hours of irrigating... into roughly twenty minutes,” Loubser told Business Insider South Africa. “It’s not difficult to do it, but you need to commit to it.”
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