It was set up at the Myplant & Garden last month and immediately received an innovation honor during the show . The product in question is Lite - Cubes of Lite - Soil . These new cubes playact as water accumulators and are claimed to improve any case of soil , increasing water storage capacity and preventing filth compression . Lite - Cubes in the soil ( left ) , and cress green without Lite - Cubes in the soil ( right ) grow much better with the Lite - Cubes than without them , as the root depend for the water - filled Lite - Cubes to anchor themselves there .
These cubes are ideal for nurseries " , says Maximilian Geppert Marketing and Communication Manager at the company . " They can simply be added to the ground in the woof container ( about 5 % -10 % vol ) . The cubes are large enough to preserve their property while have the correct dimension for their manipulation in plant potting machines . The seedling will have enough urine to start developing , since they are fit with an ideal environment from the first here and now . When using the Lite - Cubes , the rate of rejection of seedling will be low and it makes tree propagation easier and safer . "
The cubes are available in different material ; wood fiber , PLA , or polypropylene . " The regular hexahedron made of wood fiber and the ones made of PLA are both biodegradable , but the wood fiber will degrade in one twelvemonth and the PLA in 5 - 10 years . "
Lite - Cubes is a Modern addition to the Lite - Drain series of Lite - Soil . This series consists of different aeration and irrigation system suitable for tree diagram nurseries and landscape . " The intersection in this serial are the sustainable solution for modern effective and intelligent greening and irrigation . " The Lite - Cubes comes the closest to their existing product Lite - Strips ( a water storage close to the roots ) , but is smaller in size of it and therefore more suitable for smaller scale . ' The Lite - Strips are mostly used for lawn irrigation and Lite - Cubes are more suitable to be used in a small container . "
Lite - Strips and Lite - Cubes with sand . However , combined , Lite - Strips and Lite - Cubes are also ideal for sand slit drainage , excuse Geppert . " Simply meld into the sand , they increase the drain capacity and allow for an improved aeration and drainage of the treated lawn . It is a new program that we will present at the demopark fair in Germany ( June 23 - 25 , 2019 ) . "
For more informationLite - Soil GmbHMaximilian GeppertEmail:[email protected]Neustiftgasse 94A-1070 WienF +43 1 5227310www.lite-soil.com
