{"id":5348,"date":"2014-09-09T13:25:41","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T17:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newprocontainers.com\/blog\/?p=5348"},"modified":"2026-03-15T20:03:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T00:03:17","slug":"subirrigation-best-interiorscape-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.newprocontainers.com\/blog\/subirrigation-best-interiorscape-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"Sub-irrigation: The Best Interiorscape Investment"},"content":{"rendered":"

For many of you, this will be an expanded version of the almost daily\u00a0postings I’ve been writing to the major interiorscape forums, Interiorscape.com\u00a0and GreenChat, for\u00a0many years.<\/p>\n

Now, the folks at NewPro Containers are giving me the opportunity to\u00a0expand on the topics, issues and questions we discuss on the fly each day online with regular blog posts on their revamped website. So let’s get down to the business of helping you grow and\u00a0manage your interiorscape business.<\/p>\n

Best Investment<\/h2>\n

Those of you who know me know that I’m very opinionated. My opinions are usually\u00a0based on three things: my thirty-five years of experience in the green industry, my own\u00a0research based on my biology and horticulture education, and the opinions and feedback of\u00a0the many knowledgeable, experienced, generous people in our industry with whom I speak\u00a0on a regular basis. And it’s my considered opinion that the best investment you can make in\u00a0the horticultural end of your interiorscape business is sub-irrigation.<\/p>\n

Over the years, I’ve\u00a0watched as the various sub-irrigation (\u201cself-watering\u201d) technologies have evolved, from the\u00a0earliest, primitive systems (wick-and-platform setups) through the more modern yet flawed\u00a0\u201cpassive\u201d drop-in systems such as\u00a0Jardinier<\/a>, Ollie Plant Sipper System<\/a>\u00a0(formerly known as Mona Plantsava) and Everlife and then evolving to the\u00a0present-day favorites, Lechuza<\/a> and Controlled Watering systems<\/a>, as well as an entirely new\u00a0take on this technology, the Joey Pouch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wick-and-Platform Systems<\/h2>\n

There’s no shame in a wick-and-platform system. The object of the game is to deliver\u00a0irrigation water to plants to supplement or replace traditional top-watering. This can be\u00a0anything as simple as strips of decay-resistant synthetic fabric (e.g.\u00a0“cap-mat”<\/a>) inserted up\u00a0into the drain holes in a nursery pot and a block of styrofoam board supporting the pot above\u00a0the water reservoir inside the watertight container, to proprietary products such as Sippers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Wick-Riser<\/a>

Wick-Riser System<\/p><\/div>\n

In fact, virtually every type of subirrigation system that’s ever been marketed operates on\u00a0some variation of the wick (capillary action). The pros of a wick subirrigation setup are low\u00a0cost, quick installation and changeouts, and customization; you can create a reservoir as\u00a0large as you like by placing the wick and riser inside of a watertight container. The cons\u00a0include constantly wet medium due to the wick’s inability to do anything beyond, well,\u00a0wicking water from the reservoir until none remains. This can be a problem for plants that\u00a0don’t like constantly \u201cwet feet\u201d. Another drawback is that large volumes of standing water\u00a0that become contaminated with organic runoff from growing media may eventually produce\u00a0foul odors and mold growth, two client concerns that must be top priorities when choosing a\u00a0subirrigation method. But for simple applications such as high-moisture-use plants (e.g. Spathiphyllum<\/em>), wick systems are elegant and cheap solutions.<\/p>\n

Drop-in Systems<\/h2>\n

The transitional designs for sub-irrigation (Ollie, Jardinier and Everlife) are all variations\u00a0on the theme of wicking, but they employ custom-designed hardware to achieve the effect.<\/p>\n

Ollie Plant Sipper System<\/h3>\n
\"Mona<\/a>

Mona Plant System (MPS)<\/p><\/div>\n

Ollie Plant Sipper Systems (formerly known as Mona Plant Systems) consist of interconnected modules or tanks that serve as water reservoirs. These are\u00a0particularly useful for bed plantings or large built-in planters and stand-alone containers that\u00a0will hold large specimen plants or densely-planted gardens. Water is wicked into the medium\u00a0from the tanks as the soil dries, making this a \u201cpassive\u201d sub-irrigation method similar to wicks.<\/p>\n

Jardinier<\/h3>\n

Jardinier subirrigation containers consist of a nearly watertight cylindrical container with a\u00a0wick platform and fill tube that drop inside, and into which the individual plants are planted.\u00a0Perlite is used as the wicking material, occupying the \u201ccapillary legs\u201d of the inner platform\u00a0below water level in the reservoir at the bottom of the container. There is a row of tiny\u00a0aeration holes located on an overhang just above this reservoir, allowing air into the medium\u00a0even when the reservoir is full.<\/p>\n

Everlife<\/h3>\n

Everlife works in an almost identical manner, but dispenses\u00a0with the perlite in the capillary legs in favor of whatever planting medium is used (I\u00a0personally adapted our Everlife inventory to the Jardinier setup, using perlite to prevent direct\u00a0contact of the medium with the water in the reservoir). Because the Everlife system was\u00a0essentially a sealed system when filled with water, the technician had to be very careful not\u00a0to \u201ctop off\u201d the reservoir before it was empty, or risk root rot due to waterlogging.<\/p>\n

Present Day Favorites<\/h2>\n

Fast-forward to 2014…we currently have at our disposal two very different\u00a0subirrigation technologies.<\/p>\n

Lechuza<\/h3>\n
\"Lechuza<\/a>

Lechuza Quadro All-on-one Set<\/p><\/div>\n

Lechuza<\/a>, a division of the Playmobil company in Germany,\u00a0manufactures stylish polyresin planters with a decided European look in various shapes,\u00a0heights, sizes and finishes that may be used as stand-alone decorative containers or outfitted\u00a0with the patented Lechuza subirrigation system. This method uses a finely ground aggregate\u00a0called Lechuza Pon as the wicking material at the interface between the planting medium\u00a0and the reservoir, and it includes a float gauge to assist the technician in determining when\u00a0to refill the reservoir, but it is essentially the same type of passive subirrigation system as\u00a0those discussed previously. Its main advantage is the integration of subirrigation with the\u00a0decorative planter, which can be a cost-saver for mid-priced interiorscape installations.<\/p>\n

Finally we come to what I consider the two most advanced techniques for subirrigating\u00a0plants. The Controlled Watering system from Tournesol Siteworks (originally known as\u00a0Natural Spring) consists of a series of self-contained \u201csmart\u201d subirrigation units whose\u00a0water-dispensing properties are controlled by a sensor built into each container. The walls\u00a0and floor of the container comprise the reservoir, and water is added through a fill port at the\u00a0top of the container, secured by a rubber stopper.<\/p>\n

Controlled Watering Systems<\/h3>\n
\"Controlled<\/a>

Controlled Watering System<\/p><\/div>\n

The sensor consists of a length of plastic\u00a0aquarium tubing running from a hole on the inside wall of the unit into the planting medium,\u00a0with a plug at the end that regulates the flow of water from the reservoir by means of\u00a0vacuum pressure. When the tip is wet, it effectively stops the flow of air into the space\u00a0above the water in the sealed reservoir; when it dries, vacuum is broken and water is\u00a0released through tiny weep-holes inside the bottom of the unit, wetting the medium until it\u00a0reaches the sensor tip (by capillary action, of course), which absorbs the moisture and again\u00a0\u201cshuts off\u201d the flow of water to the medium by means of the vacuum pressure effect. While\u00a0this system has a pronounced learning curve and must be rigorously supervised during the\u00a0training period for each technician, it is, when properly installed and maintained, probably the\u00a0single best method for growing, maintaining and reducing the costs of replacing plants in\u00a0almost any light conditions you will encounter.<\/p>\n

Joey Pouch<\/h3>\n

And last but certainly not least is the newest member of the toolkit, the Joey Pouch,\u00a0marketed by TOPsiders, Inc. When Barb Helfman sent me some samples of this product to\u00a0try, I was understandably skeptical. When she told me to wrap the rootball of my \u201cguinea\u00a0pig\u201d plants in this thin sheet of gray, porous foam material and then fill my decorative\u00a0cachepot halfway with water, I thought she was kidding! Everything I’d ever learned about\u00a0root physiology and plant pathology told me that my poor little Stromanthe<\/em> ‘Triostar’ would\u00a0become a blob of rotten mush within a week or two, but to my astonishment, it has\u00a0flourished in that same \u201cpouch\u201d for almost three years now, right on my desk at the nursery.\u00a0This technology is a by-product of research done for the aerospace industry and takes\u00a0advantage of the material’s unique property of nearly perfect aeration and drainage, allowing\u00a0the plant’s roots to be submerged in water yet grow and thrive almost indefinitely. Truly a\u00a0modern engineering marvel!<\/p>\n

The many benefits of Sub-irrigation<\/h2>\n

The benefits of subirrigation are myriad: longer maintenance intervals for plants on the\u00a0systems; dramatically lower plant failure and replacement rates; significantly improved plant\u00a0health, performance and aesthetic quality; and fewer worries about service access problems\u00a0to plants installed in conference rooms, executive offices and hot, sunny locations that used\u00a0to take a high toll on our plant inventories. The costs are not insignificant; a Controlled\u00a0Watering Insert may cost as much as the plant that you install in it. However, subirrigation\u00a0should not be looked at as a cost center so much as an investment in time-savings, plant\u00a0savings and client satisfaction with lush, long-lived plants. Especially for smaller ‘scapers with\u00a0limited personnel assets, this appropriate technology can be the best partner your\u00a0interiorscape business will ever have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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