Plant-growing system and plant-growing method

Details Plant-growing system and plant-growing method Plant-growing system and plant-growing method

1996-09-18

1998-06-09

Ricci, John A.

Plant husbandry

Receptacle for growing medium

Specific container material

47 667, A01G 902

Patent

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057618470

ABSTRACT:
A plant-growing system includes a covering material filled with a substrate for growing plants. The covering material has a bag form or a tubular form and is made of a water-impermeable resin sheet of woven or nonwoven fabric having a basis weight of 20 to 100 g/m.sup.2, a visible-ray reflectance of more than 60%, and an air-permeability of 10 to 200 sec/100 cc. Thus, the substrate does not suffer oxygen shortage, thereby promoting healthy growth of plant roots. Excellent air-permeability prevents an excessive rise in moisture and temperature within the plant-growing system. Further, since excess water is drained from the substrate to maintain a constant water level within the substrate, watering is easy to perform, and excess watering does not cause root rot. In a plant-growing method, the plant-growing system is placed on a ground surface while the covering material is held by a metallic part at its bottom as well as at its both side walls or single side wall. Thus, the metallic part keeps the covering material in shape. Further, the plant-growing system may be placed on a ridge formed on ground, whereby water contained in the covering material is divided by the ridge such that water is held along a lower section of each slope of the ridge. Thus, the plant-growing system can be placed stably on an unflat ground.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4299056 (1981-11-01), Towning
patent: 5241783 (1993-09-01), Krueger
patent: 5309673 (1994-05-01), Stover et al.
patent: 5355622 (1994-10-01), Isabelle et al.

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