Plant husbandry – Receptacle for growing medium – Specific container material
Patent
1997-10-27
2000-01-25
Carone, Michael J.
Plant husbandry
Receptacle for growing medium
Specific container material
47 657, A01G 902
Patent
active
060166282
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates to a planting bag filled with planting substrate, in which pot plants and in particular balcony plants thrive. The planting bag can be filled with compost, peat, peat mixtures or other planting bases and substrates of any composition.
STATE OF THE ART
For stocking planting containers such as for example flower boxes which are located on balcony walls or balcony railings, it is known to fill suitable composts and similar planting substrates loosely into the flower boxes. Subsequently, the plants desired in each case are inserted into the compost. In particular the mess caused during filling the planting containers is quite considerable, which is most undesirable where balconies are concerned. The same mess is created again when the planting containers are emptied. In the case of annual plants, which are often used to make balconies look attractive, this is doubly unfavourable. Apart from the mess created, there is also a weight problem. Compost is available on the market in relatively large packs. To the extent that these relatively large packs have to be carried to the respective planting containers, this is possible only with difficulty for elderly persons because of the weight. Furthermore, the quantity in the pack is not identical with the quantity required in each individual case and compost is therefore left over, which is uneconomical.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Starting out from this known state of the art, the object of the invention is to indicate an improved possibility for stocking planting containers, in particular flower boxes.
This invention is characterized by the features of the main claim. The invention starts out from the recognition that the abovementioned disadvantages can be avoided by using so-called planting bags, the inside of which is filled with the planting substrate required in each case, such as for example the corresponding compost, and the external sizes of which are adapted to the various flower boxes or other planting containers.
On the one hand, it is in each case necessary to purchase only the specific quantity of planting substrate necessary for filling the respective planting container and, on the other hand, the procedure of filling the planting container can be effected without great effort and in particular without making a mess because the planting bag purchased on the market merely has to be inserted into the appropriate flower box or other planting container.
According to the invention, the bag skin used for the planting bag has particularly poor transparency but allows air to circulate. Moreover, this skin is water-permeable from outside to inside but on the other hand it is more difficult for water to permeate from inside to outside. This bag skin therefore prevents rapid drying out of the compost, of the peat, of the peat mixture or of the other planting bases and substrates present in the bag. Drying out of the surface of the compost, which can often occur in flower boxes on relatively high balconies in particular, is not possible either because the compost is protected inside the skin.
As a result of the fact that the wind cannot affect the compost directly, it is also ensured, in addition to the drying out of the compost being prevented, that the compost cannot be blown out of the flower box. There is therefore no risk of soil then missing from the flower box or of a mess being caused by blown-out compost either.
For easier handling, a carrying handle can, according to an improvement of the invention, be firmly attached to the planting bag, the skin of which can consist of a suitable plastic foil. This handle can consist of the same material as the bag skin.
For insertion of the plants, a reclosable opening can be formed in the bag skin. This opening can, with a touch-and-close fastener for example, be closed as often as required. On the other hand, slits or holes can be cut into the upper side of the planting bag, through which the plants, seeds or cuttings can be inserted. The plants can grow out of the bag th
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Carone Michael J.
French III Fredrick T.
Lothar Dedden
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