Plant husbandry – Water culture – apparatus or method
Patent
1977-09-27
1979-12-25
Eickholt, E. H.
Plant husbandry
Water culture, apparatus or method
47 66, 47 73, 47 79, 47 80, A01G 3100
Patent
active
041798465
ABSTRACT:
There are disclosed several features of a container of particulate plant-growing material, and a supporting member surrounding the container, to be used with or combined with a container of plant-sustaining liquid such as water or a hydroponic solution. In one form, the liquid container is incorporated in the supporting member itself. In another form of the disclosed horticultural device, the supporting member is open at its bottom and rests on a tray of liquid. In a distinctive form, the supporting member and the first container are removably received as a closure in the mouth of a second container of plant-sustaining liquid.
Roots of a growing plant project through the bottom and sides of the first-mentioned container and downward through an air-space, then into the liquid, uniting the plant and the first container. To special advantage the first container is a pot made of peat moss or other fibrous material having interstices for penetrating roots, the material of the pot yielding to accommodate thickening of the roots.
In one form, the liquid container is suspended by means secured to an upper portion of the container, extending upward to hang-up means. A loop holds the plant stem near the suspension means to prevent the plant from toppling.
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