Patent ID: 8491223

Claim:
A water-collecting container for extending along an area to be watered and being received in the ground, comprising: an internal transverse double partition wall that divides the container into container compartments, the two walls of the double partition wall extending from a base portion of the container up to at least half an effective height (H) of the container, and a liquid-sucking wick along an outside of the container that is connected to internal liquid-receiving spaces of the container at a mutual distance (A) from each other as seen along a length (L) of the container, wherein the wick is arranged to extend through openings on an upper side of the container to base portions of the container at an area of a respective partition wall on each side of the same, and an active suction capacity of the wick between container compartments is interrupted in order to prevent water transportation by the wick between the container compartments.