Welcome to Deeweed - Innovative weed management solutions.
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An Industry-wide Problem
Existing weed control methods were not working well in our nursery.. Labour and herbicide costs were adding up fast. We searched everywhere for solutions - how to save time and money, reduce chemical use and optimise the growth and performance of our plants. We quickly realised we were not alone, weeds are a costly problem in horticultural industries around the world.
So we got our team together to design a solution.
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Our Solution
Meet our product: The ‘Potheadᵀᴹ’, an innovative weed management solution. It consists of an elegantly shaped plastic lid, applied in two overlapping parts that fit snugly to the rim of the pot, preventing light from reaching the growing media surface. The Potheadᵀᴹ has been shown to reduce reliance on herbicides, break weed seed germination cycles, reduce labour costs of weeding and spraying, improve nursery hygiene, improve water efficiency and moderate temperature.
Reuse again and again and recycle at the end of their long life.
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Grower trials and testimonials
The Potheadᵀᴹ has been thoroughly tested and improved in collaboration with growers around the world. The latest models have been fine-tuned for optimised fit and ease of use. Dozens of once-sceptical nursery managers who have trialled them now sng their praise and are moving their production to integrate PotHeads, and have saved significant labour, herbicide and water costs. Potheadsᵀᴹ are a long term investment in your nursery that will save you money.
Contact us for samples and testimonials- we strongly encourage you to do your own trials.
“Weed control costs the Australian agricultural industry over $3.5 - 4.5 billion per year.”
(Cacho et al., 2007)
Get the PotHeadᵀᴹ for your nursery today - Save time, reduce herbicide use, save water and eliminate weeds
What type of pots can I use the PotHeadᵀᴹ with?
PotHeadsᵀᴹ are currently designed to suit the most common Garden City Plastics’ varieties of pots.
PotHeadsᵀᴹ are commercially available to suit P140, P140D, P200SLTL, P250STTL and P300ST pots. We are steadily building our range to cover common pot sizes used in the Australian horticultural industry. In the future we plan to have designs which will suit international markets.
Design, manufacture and supply
We can design custom PotHeadsᵀᴹ on request. Our engineering and design team can create 3D printed prototypes based on CAD models, which are then developed into injection moulding tools.
For more information, please contact our engineering and design team via our Contact page.