Estate Management Dr. Karl Friedrich Flick
(Austria)
Fresh power for bonsais 
The vast estates of the German billionaire Dr. Karl Friedrich Flick are situated in Styria. They cover an area of 13,000 hectares. The Flick Forest and Estate is the largest private forest enterprise in Austria. For many years the forest manager Maternus Lackner fought against pipe corrosion in the estate-owned buildings. “In some of our older houses we had massive problems caused by rust in the old iron pipes, and we had tried everything to get it under control. The use of chemicals brought little result. As a trial we installed a water revitaliser in one of these houses. Three or four weeks later we realised there were no more red markings in the toilets. After two months the rust problem had disappeared. In another wooden house we had the same problem, but to a larger extent. There were thick crusts of iron deposits. It took four to five months, but then the rust was gone. If we turn on the water tap today, the water comes out clear and clean, not red-coloured as before.”
For Maternus Lackner things have come full circle with his hobby. “I have always had trouble propagating bonsai trees. For a year now, they have been thriving as never before.” Für Maternus Lackner schließt sich der Kreis der Wasserbelebung bei seinem Hobby: „Ich hatte immer Probleme, meine Bonsai-Bäume durchzubringen, seit einem Jahr gedeihen sie wie noch nie." | 