Plant husbandry – Coated or impregnated seed – method or apparatus
Patent
1997-03-14
2000-01-04
Lankford, Jr., Leon B.
Plant husbandry
Coated or impregnated seed, method or apparatus
47 56, 47 581, A01C 106
Patent
active
060096632
ABSTRACT:
This disclosure concerns affixing various seeds, such as grass seeds, to surfaces or cavities of specially manufactured fertilizer carriers formed into various shapes, e.g. star cross-sections, tri-lobe or multi-lobe profiles, or cup-like or similar cavity-containing shapes. This shape and the manner of manufacturing of the fertilizer provides grooves and cavities or areas to which the seed can be affixed to the fertilizer and protected against damage during shipping and handling. The fertilizer carrier also acts as a nutrient source for the seed while the seed is most vulnerable, i.e. during its emergence from the seed coat and the first few days after emergence. In an alternative construction, a carrier matrix formed of an organic polymer or proteinaceous compound is coated with seeds or other edible fragments to provide a food for birds.
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Lankford , Jr. Leon B.
MJM Technologies, L.L.P.
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