Method and container for growing transplantable plants
US7481025B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 28, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jan 27, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01G9/029
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus bounds and retains the medium in which a transplantable plant is grown, and promotes the production of lateral root tips by such a plant at all levels in the growth medium. The apparatus includes a sheet having a plurality of hollow protuberances formed with proximal protuberance openings that communicate with distal protuberance openings. The protuberances provide pathways that mimic the natural tendency of the plant roots, so as to decrease the likelihood of the root tips evading the protuberances and promote root-tip growth towards the distal protuberance openings whereby air-root pruning is assured.
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