Plant husbandry – Cover – shade – or screen – Lath or slat type
Patent
1990-05-01
1991-10-22
Scherbel, David A.
Plant husbandry
Cover, shade, or screen
Lath or slat type
47 9, 47 32, A01G 1302
Patent
active
050583174
ABSTRACT:
A mulch collar for installation around a stem of a plant. The mulch collar comprises a web of relatively thin, pliable material having an opening for accommodating the stem of the plant and a slit extending from the opening to a peripheral edge of the web. An elongate flexible member formed into a ring is attached to the web, and has first and second ends adjacent to one another. The ring is attached to the web so that the opening through the web is located within the ring, and so that the first and second edges of the slit meet the ring proximate the first and second ends of the flexible member, respectively, and are thus adjacent to one another. The collar may be installed about a plant by spreading the first and second ends of the flexible member apart so as to form a gap intermediate the first and second edges of the slit, and pulling the collar around the plant so that the stem of the plant passes through the gap and into the opening in the web. The ends of the flexible member are then released so that the ends return to a position adjacent to one another, returning the first and second edges of the slit to the position adjacent to one another so as to close the gap in the web. A portion of the collar may be bent upwardly to form a screen for shading the plant.
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Downs Joanne C.
Scherbel David A.
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