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Dry Water?
Unique Method To Irrigate
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From a news story by
CNN San Francisco Reporter Don Knapp
August 2004
Sonoma County , California
In Sonoma County, California, growers are planting grapevines a new
way. As they plant the vines, they add a package of water called DRiWATER.
This method of planting grapevines along with the water supply saves
time and work. It gives the plant enough water to keep growing. The
workers can go on to other chores.
DRiWATER is a package of jelled water. It melts slowly, watering the
plant for two or three months.
The inventor, Harold Jensen, tried for a long time to get the right
recipe. He and his family worked nights and weekends testing different
formulas. Jensen finally found the right formula and patented it.
What are the ingredients in DRiWATER? It is made up of 97.85% water,
2% vegetable gum, and .15% aluminum sulfate. When the DRiWATER is planted
in the soil, the water is released as bacteria eat the jell.
Buchanan Vineyard Services has bought ten thousand packages of DRiWATER.
They will plant the jelled water with their new grapevines.
What about countries like Egypt that have large deserts? Maybe DRiWATER
will help grow trees in the desert. Two million trees have been planted
near a town in the Sahara Desert. Two quarts were planted with each
tree. The tree must live on the water for months until its roots touch
ground water.
Harold Jensen hopes to see forests spring up in the deserts. This is
the reason that he invented DRiWATER. Seedlings, DRiWATER, and desert
may be the perfect fit.
Followup notes
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