OLLAS ORIGIN N°5 - 9 liters - POTERIES JAMET
Capacity: 9 L
Diameter x Height: 25.5 x 37 cm
Irrigation diameter: 160 cm
Average battery life: 13 days
The use of Ollas (or Oyas) pottery is an ancestral technique of underground irrigation, very water efficient, suitable for all gardens and plantations.
The Ollas Jamet ORIGIN® ceramic is buried and filled with water up to the neck to irrigate the plants placed around it. The walls, with their specific porosity, will gently let water escape which will be absorbed by the roots. No more water stress, you will save 50 to 75% water depending on the soil.
No more leaking plastic watering systems and electronic timers that don't work!
A natural system full of this ancient wisdom, which sought as much the economy of resources as of human energy.
Laurent Jamet, heir to a long family tradition of potters, only works the clay by hand. Except for grinding and mixing the earth, there is no machine in the workshop.
Raw earth extracted from 100% French quarries.
Handcrafted in Anjou, France.
- Water: 50 to 75% savings depending on the soil and plant type. 100% of the water is used to moisten the soil, with no evaporation. Use with good mulch.
- Time: Watering is 7 to 8 times faster than traditional watering, with no time constraints.
- The largest irrigation surfaces, up to 3m per Olla, and the longest autonomy on the market, up to 38 days (Ollas N° 6, 7, 8 on request).
- Zero maintenance, frost and limescale resistant.
HEALTHIER PLANTS
- Homogeneous and deep root development.
- Gentle, regular irrigation from below. Roots naturally grow toward the Olla and draw water according to their needs.
- No water stress, constant irrigation.
- Improved health status.
- Reduction in fungal diseases like mildew.
- Nutrition with more minerals.
The Olla has been described as the "Best irrigation system in the world" by alternative Nobel Prize winner Bill Mollison, one of the founders of contemporary Permaculture.
OLLAS JAMET ORIGIN® A NATURAL SYSTEM, 100% ecological product with high environmental value.
- Wet the hole and water the soil around it, as you would for a plant. Do this once, only during installation. This helps to quickly initiate the water conductivity of the Ollas's action zone.
- Place the Ollas in the center and bury it up to the neck.
- Recommendations: Place a mixture of soil and compost around the Ollas, and use mulch to optimize the Ollas's efficiency and limit evaporation.
- Fill the Ollas with water, water the soil around it, and place the Ollas lid.
- At the end of the season (during the wintering period), we advise against filling the Ollas, except for citrus trees and plants kept indoors.
- Positioning: The spacing between the Ollas and the plants to be irrigated depends on the size of the Ollas, its radius of action (see specifications table), climate conditions, and soil type.
- Example: for a medium-sized N° 4 Ollas, the spacing varies between 50 cm (sandy soil) and 80 cm (clay soil) and up to 2.5 meters for creeping crops.
- Keep in mind that roots always grow toward the damp zone.
- Increase the volume of the Ollas for a very dry climate, soil that promotes natural water runoff, and/or plants that require a lot of water.
- Decrease the volume of the Ollas for a temperate climate, soil that retains water, and plants that do not need much water.
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The story began in 1974 in Anjou, when Laurent’s father, the son of a tile factory worker in the Puy de Dôme, founded Poteries Jamet.
In this family business, Laurent Jamet works with a small team, including his wife, his sister, and 2 master ceramists dedicated to his traditional artisanal techniques.
This mastery of family expertise, combined with Laurent’s creativity, allows Poteries Jamet to manufacture Ollas, bee waterers, and Dolias (wine vats), while also being among the last to design pots one meter in diameter capable of holding up to 350 liters ("ponnes"), entirely coil-built.
IN THE BEGINNING IS THE EARTH
Just as with a gardener, the secret begins with a good knowledge of one’s soil. Laurent Jamet mixes three different types to benefit from the flexibility of one, the mechanical resistance of another, and above all, the porosity of the third.
These clays, abundant natural materials, come exclusively from French quarries and are free from any pollution.
A rare expertise that these artisans maintain within their small business.