Balanced botanical growth container

USRE30657E · kind E · reissue

Assignee

• Simco Holdings, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Stanley I. Mason, Jr. · Weston, US
• James E. Richardson · Weston, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 31, 1977
• Grant date: Jun 30, 1981
• Expiry date: May 31, 1997

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A low cost, readily assembled container suitable for germinating seeds and supporting plant growth under balanced growth conditions includes a plastic base containing an integral series of germinating/root control means and a series of channels including means for regulating water/gas transmission, and a separate soil containment means which can be assembled in some of the channels thereby defining a container for the soil. The invention also includes methods of germinating seeds and growing plants using the container of the invention.