Excess water shedding and root shaping plant container

Details Excess water shedding and root shaping plant container Excess water shedding and root shaping plant container

1996-04-03

1998-08-04

Carone, Michael J.

Plant husbandry

Receptacle for growing medium

For transplanting

47 656, A01G 2302

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057876410

ABSTRACT:
An improved plant container (10) having a protrusion (20) with plates (42) is disclosed. A typical protrusion is shaped like the frustum of a cone. It is situated centrally at the bottom of the container. This arrangement creates an annular soil receiving space whose vertical cross section is roughly W-shaped. The plates are thin imperforate members placed radially between the protrusion wall (22) and container wall (12) (i.e. in the notches of the `W`). This placement partitions the aforesaid space into open topped noncommunicating wedge shaped compartments (40).
A plant grown in such a container obtains several benefits:

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