Βiodegradable organic Growboxx® plant cocoon

Part of the Groasis Ecological Water Saving Technology

Check the video how it works here

The Growboxx® plant cocoon is a safe biodegradable planting technology – developed since 2012 – that enables to plant a tree alone, or in combination with shrubs, flowers or vegetables. You can use the Growboxx® plant cocoon in hot, dry or eroded areas. One year after planting the tree grows independently and does not need irrigation. The Growboxx® plant cocoon is made of recycled paper, mixed with growth stimulating organic material. After half a year the box starts to decompose and functions as fertilizer for the tree. The box has no wick, instead the bottom of the box functions as a capillary separation between the water and the soil. This way the quantity of given water depends on the humidity of the soil. Together with the box you can use the biodegradable or polypropylene Growsafe plant protector.

With a Growboxx® plant cocoon you can plant a tree in the middle of the box in the soil. It has 4 seed pockets in which you can either plant a little plant or sow a seed. The 4 seeds or plants will root hydroponically in the water. After half a year they will penetrate the degrading bottom of the box and establish in the soil. The Growboxx® plant cocoon has a siphon that collects rain and can be used for a refill.. You can use the Growboxx® for 3 different purposes:

• 1 Productive tree in the middle to plant orchards, e.g. vines, olives, etc.
• 1 Productive tree in the middle of the box with 4 vegetables in the seed pockets for planting hydroponically growing vegetables. The vegetables will produce up to 20 kilos which the rural family can sell in the market to make money or eat them. After one year, all costs of the box, the productive tree and the vegetable seeds are paid by the vegetables production. So within a year the family has paid its investment in the productive tree that starts to produce fruits, medicines, oils or wood.
• 5 Trees and plants for ecosystem restoration purposes – this offers the opportunity to plant one tree and 4 bushes and/or wildflowers in order to create colonizing micro-ecosystems of pioneer plants to reforest the area. With only 100 Growboxxes the client can plant 500 pioneer plants per hectare, saving enormous amounts of costs compared to traditional methods.

The Groasis Growboxx® plant cocoon

Transparent view of Growboxx® plant cocoon with tree not combined with vegetables or plants or bushes

Transparent view of Growboxx® plant cocoon with tree combined with vegetables or plants or bushes

Prosopis (Mezquite) in the middle of the soil for carbon production, and Yucca vegetable (Cassava) growing in seed pocket

Yucca vegetable (Cassava) has grown hydroponically and its roots are already on the bottom of the Growboxx® – after app. 6 months the roots penetrate the bottom of the box and establish in the soil.

Growboxx® plant cocoon with tree tomato (= Tamarillo = Cyphomandra betacea) in combination with lettuce (Lactuca sativa)