Portable Water-Saver for New Trees | 6-Pack

We recently planted a lot of new trees. I hate spraying trees with a sprinkler or hose as there is so much waste with the over spray. These are great, I fill each one once a week from a rain barrel. It is hot and dry season here in the PNW and these seem to be just what all my trees needed to survive the season. I have tried the tree rings you fill With water and a drip line. These have worked better for me and are way easier to fill than those tree ring inner tubes.

We have bought a few new trees and had them planted farther out away from the house so finding a way to water them without stringing 150 ft of Hose was a challenge. This watering system solved our problem we were able to go out and fill the buckets and not have to worry about stringing hoses all over the place. They're very durable the size was perfect and the trees are being watered at the appropriate rate and the appropriate amount of water without a lot of fuss. This was probably one of our better buys.

These work pretty much as expected. However I wish you had the ability to close the valve at the bottom until the bucket is full. You almost have to fill a different 5 gallon bucket with water and dump it in. Otherwise the water seeps into the ground as fast as you pour it in.

These buckets are easy to install and use. Best of all they can be used for several years.

A couple of weeks ago I had three 15' trees planted in a berm in my backyard, along with a significant amount of new shrubs and flowers. Initially, I tried the "let a hose run slowly for 15 minutes" approach for watering the trees. That was time-consuming and ineffective. I bought this system and I've been very happy with it. For my two new Heritage River Birch trees, they do well following the provided instructions of two five gallon waterings once a week. For my Marmo Maple, it seems to need four buckets a week to avoid seeing wilting while it tries to get rooted. The soil is clay where we live but the buckets empty within several minutes. I also water a new 5' Serviceberry bush and Orchid Tree using this system, but with half filled buckets. With the length of the hollow stakes that take the water underground, I'm much more confident that the water is getting down deeply, which is important in encouraging a strong root base.