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Means for testing and treatment of soil in which a plant is growing

US4126417A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 11, 1975
Grant dateNov 21, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 11, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T436/173076
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A testing and treatment kit, a soil testing device and a procedure adapted for the home owner, especially for raising plants in containers. A stick having a pH-testing coating on one side and a nitrate-testing coating on the other side, the coatings changing colors during testing and being juxtaposed to colored sections for matching purposes to determine pH and nitrate levels. The ket including color-coded nitrate-increasing and acid-increasing pills, as well as color-coded fungicide and insecticide pills. The colored sections having indicia indicating the numbers of nitrate and acid pills to be added to a given quantity of water to produce solutions used in watering the soil properly correcting nitrate and acid soil conditions.

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