Plant husbandry – Miscellaneous
Patent
1997-10-03
2000-05-09
Poon, Peter M.
Plant husbandry
Miscellaneous
47 485CR, 47 80, 73 73, G01N 502
Patent
active
060586478
ABSTRACT:
The combination of a growing medium for a horticultural product, a horticultural product within the growing medium, and a sensor having a body made up of a porous material that changes in physical appearance with a change in the amount of moisture retained by the porous material. In an operative state, the first part of the sensor body resides within the growing medium and a second part of the body remains visible to allow a user to ascertain through the appearance of the second part of the sensor the amount of moisture in the growing medium.
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PCT/EP85/00559 (International Application).
Nelson Judith A.
Poon Peter M.
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