gator bag

[ronbutters at AOL.COM]

This came in a message on a neighborhood list serve--from a Durham NC city counsel member. It seems to refer to the practice of attaching canvas bags to the base of young trees. The bags are filled with water that then drips slowly onto the roots.

Is this new? Where does it come from?

THE QUOTE:

"I believe we are making progress on the tree issue. I just spoke with Alex Johnson, City Arborist and Dorthea Pierce of Keep Durham Beautiful. They recommend the low flow gator bag process to water the two damaged trees and hopefully they will be installed soon."
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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