1. Groasis Waterboxx® experiment at navy basis INS TRATA in Mumbai India

2. The basis is beautiful and well kept but watered daily with scarse ground water

3. Pieter Hoff explains Commander Dinesh Sing the function of the radicle roots

4. The present planting material is checked

5. A pot with a rooted cutting is opened

6. The roots are carefully taken out the soil

7. The roots are washed to be able to better check the presence of a radicle root

8. The radicle root is destroyed and regrows with a far thinner new root not capable to penetrate dry or rocky soil

9. Commander Singh decides to sow seeds in order to get perfect radicle roots

10. Pieter Hoff demonstrates how to make a planting place without destoying the capillary

11. The seed is soaked in water for 72 hours

12. In each opening that you see in the carton cartboard we put 2 seeds

13. Commander Singh understands the anti-evaporation function of the siphons

14. The seed is covered slightly if more than one germinates we cut the smallest away

15. The windprotectors are attached

16. The box is well covered with soil at the sides in order to prevent evaporation of the water below it

17. Spill 4 liters (1 gallon) in the center and 16 liters (4 gallons) in the box

18. R to L Mrs Singh, spouse of Comr Singh, Mr Mitul Shah CEO Neel Agrotech and Mr Vashitwa Mishra Gen Manr of Global Carbon Exchange

19. Mrs Singh plants the first Groasis Waterboxx® in India

20. Explanation

21. We put the seed in water if it sinks it is fertile if it floats it is sterile

22. Selecting and sowing the seed

23. Covering the sides of the Waterboxx®

24. Commander Singh prepares the next Waterboxx®

25. Putting the isolation plate inside the Waterboxx®

26. Putting the cover on top of the Waterboxx®

27. Pulling the wick through the opening in the bottom with a plier

28. Wick pulled with plier detail

29. Ready to plant

30. Commander Singh and his wife plant the second Groasis Waterboxx® in India

31. Taking care that the seeds are exactly below the openings of the carton cover

32 Putting the Waterboxx® in its place and the wick alongside the carton

33. Filling with water and ready to grow

34. Mrs Singh teaches Mr Jan Lindeman CEO of Indo-Dutch Consultancy how to plant

35. Sowing the seed

36. Three cm (one inch) deep

37. In order to not forget where you have sown, we put a straw

38. Concentrated assembling the Waterboxx®

39. Commander Singh and Mr Shah are enjoying seeing somebody else at work with +38°C

40. Carefully putting the Waterboxx® in the right place

41. Four liters through spilling in the center in order not to wash away the seeds

42. Sixteen liters in the Waterboxx® enough for the whole year

43. Mr and Mrs Dinesh Singh

44. Mr Mishwa also prepares a planting place and plants a Waterboxx®

45. Filling with water

46. After the planting we talk about the last details

47. The team happy with the first planting of the Groasis Waterboxx® in India

48. Groasis thanks Commander Dingh at INS TRATA for his kind help and interest to reforest India

49. The INS TRATA site seen from the Mumbay Bridge