Castellated chemically coated seedling box

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1988-09-19

1990-04-17

Hafer, Robert A.

Plant husbandry

Receptacle for growing medium

Method of using a plant receptacle

47 73, 47 77, A01G 902

Patent

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049168576

ABSTRACT:
A tree seedling container, constructed from expanded polystyrene, rectangular in shape and having cavities molded therein. The cavities are tapered from top to bottom and are open ended. The inner cavity walls are constructed in a castellated form having one or more raised portions extending vertically downwards the entire depth of the cavity. Grooved portions intersperse the raised castellated portions. Either one or the other of the grooved or raised portions is coated with a chemical to prune the lateral roots of a tree seedling which come into contact therewith.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4510712 (1985-04-01), Whitcomb
patent: 4753037 (1988-06-01), Whitcomb
patent: 4769946 (1988-09-01), de Groot
"Toppling in British Columbia's Lodgepole Pine Plantations: Significance, Cause and Prevention", The Forestry Chronicle, Oct. 1986, vol. 62, No. 5, pp. 433-439. (by A. N. Burdett et al.).

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