The presence of animals while using the Groasis Waterboxx

Animals and the Waterboxx

Water in dry areas attracts life. During the Groasis Waterboxx experiments we have found:

  • App. 2% of all the planted saplings and seeds are eaten by ants.
  • App. 1% of all the planted saplings and seeds are eaten by mice.
  • App. 0,2% of all the planted saplings and seeds are eaten by gophers.
  • App. 30% of all the installed Waterboxxes has frogs or toads below them after 2 months.
  • In one experiment (Whitewater Preserve California) we had 3 boxes destroyed by a black bear (Ursidae). After the destruction we did nothing and no more Waterboxxes were touched.
  • The soil under more than 90% of the Waterboxxes is drained by earthworms within a month after installing.
  • Under all the boxes, even if the soil is rocky, the soil changes rapidly into a soft soil caused by microbes and bacteria.
  • In 3 experiments, one in France and two in Spain, we had severe damage of wild boar. They want to drink the water from the Waterboxxes. In these places they broke them 100% open. There are 3 ways to protect your Waterboxxes if you have this problem:
  1. Put electric fencing around your planting place
  2. Put water at your planting place so that the animals can drink
  3. Use the effective solution against wild boar that I saw in India: a hanging shining lamp that is moving all the time through the wind.
Look at the video to see the solution against wild boars in India youtube mouseover