OLLAS ORIGIN N°3 - 3 liters - POTERIES JAMET
Capacity: 3 L
Diameter x Height: 17.5 x 28 cm
Irrigation diameter: 80 cm
Average battery life: 9 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 7 to 8 times faster than traditional watering, no time constraints.
- The largest irrigation surface areas, up to 3m per Olla, and the longest autonomy on the market, up to 38 days (Ollas No. 6, 7, 8 upon request).
- Maintenance-free, resistant to frost and limescale.
HEALTHIER PLANTS
- Homogeneous and deep root development.
- Gentle and regular irrigation from below. The roots naturally grow towards the Olla and draw water according to their needs.
- No water stress, constant irrigation.
- Improved health status.
- Reduction of fungal diseases like mildew.
- Nutrition with more minerals.
The Olla was described as the "Best irrigation system in the world" by Right Livelihood Award 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 only once, during installation. This helps to quickly initiate hydraulic conductivity in the Ollas's area of action.
- 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 apply mulch to optimize the Ollas's efficiency and limit evaporation.
- Fill the Ollas with water, water the surrounding soil, and place the Ollas lid on top.
- At the end of the season (during wintering), we recommend not filling the Ollas, except for citrus 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 technical specifications table), climatic 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 moist zone.
- Increase the Ollas volume for very dry climates, soil that promotes natural water drainage, and/or plants that require a lot of water.
- Decrease the Ollas volume for temperate climates, soil that retains water well, and plants that do not need much water.
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The story began in 1974 in Anjou, when Laurent’s father, 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 two master ceramists who remain faithful to his traditional artisanal techniques.
This mastery of family expertise, combined with Laurent’s creativity, allows Poteries Jamet to manufacture everything from Ollas, bee waterers, and Dolias (wine vats) to being among the last to design one-meter-diameter pots that can hold up to 350 liters (the “ponnes”), entirely built using the rope-coiling technique.
IN THE BEGINNING IS THE EARTH
Just as for a gardener, the secret begins with a deep knowledge of one’s soil. Laurent Jamet mixes three different types to take advantage of the suppleness of one, the mechanical resistance of the other, and above all, the porosity of the third.
These clays, abundant natural materials, come exclusively from French quarries and are free of any pollution.
A rare expertise that these artisans maintain within their small business.