Plant husbandry – Receptacle for growing medium – Hanging support
Patent
1981-11-03
1983-09-20
Burr, Edgar S.
Plant husbandry
Receptacle for growing medium
Hanging support
47 81, 47 83, A01G 2500
Patent
active
044047673
ABSTRACT:
A plant growing apparatus for growing plants having a tube for a rooting medium and openings in the tube for plants grown in the rooting medium to pass therethrough. First and second end members cooperate with open ends of the tube and have openings therein communicating with the rooting medium. One end member has a reservoir to contain water at an essentially constant level, and a support member extends between the two end members to locate them relative to each other. A flexible web extending from the tube is secured to the support member and restrains the tube against excessive relative movement. A wick extends between the end members and is disposed generally adjacent a side of the tube which is adjacent the web and the support member. In one embodiment, the plants pass generally radially outwardly through openings spaced along a side wall of the tube. In another embodiment, the tube can be partially cut in approximately diametrical planes, the cuts avoiding severing the wick so that adjacent portions of the tube can be swung laterally relative to each other to provide faces to receive the plants which can then pass generally axially from the adjacent portions of the tube. In this latter arrangement the plants also can be watered using conventional spraying, and thus the wick can be omitted.
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Burr Edgar S.
Wiecking David A.
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