Rural

Long-term results

Bundaberg fruit and vegetable grower Godfrey Priebe has a message for DELTA staff after using a 100mm conditioner for his irrigation crops for the past 10 years.

"It works so well there is no way I'm giving it back. In fact I wouldn't even sell it back to them if they asked me to," he says. Godfrey, who grows fruit and vegetables including tomatoes, capsicums, watermelons and zucchinis on three farms in Bundaberg district, says he believes the influence of his conditioner is improving his crops every year.

"It's still working, that's for sure. In fact we've just harvested capsicums in a spot I would never have dreamed of growing capsicums before because of the high salt content in the soil," he says. "Capsicums don't like high salinity and our irrigation water is up to 7200EC. Yet they did well! When we put capsicums in there about 10 years ago we lost the lot and I have never been game to do it again until now."

Godfrey says he hasn't needed to maintain the unit in the past decade. "I've never touched the magnetic unit. It's still sitting there where we threw it on 10 years ago. But it might come with me if I move," he says. Godfrey says his plants seem to thrive on the magnetically treated water and as a result they produce high-quality fruit.

• DELTA technology works on a philosophy of adaptation. DELTA Magnetic Water Conditioners change the molecular structure of saline water. While not reducing salinity levels, they allow water to be more accessible to plants and reduce the potential for plant damage.
• Magnetic water treatment is environmentally friendly, pollution and maintenance free, incurs no chemical, maintenance or energy costs and has a service life of more than 25 years. All DELTA products have a 100% money back guarantee.