Polymerized soil with growing plant and method of making and pac

Details Polymerized soil with growing plant and method of making and pac Polymerized soil with growing plant and method of making and pac

1975-08-11

1977-07-12

Bagwill, Robert E.

Plant husbandry

Receptacle for growing medium

With shipment package

47 67, 47 71, 47 74, 47 83, 71 64A, 260 25R, A01G 902

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040345084

ABSTRACT:
A polymerized soil plug with a growing plant molded therein comprising a body of spongy open-celled hydrophilic polymer, a growing plant having the roots thereof in the body of spongy polymer and having the stalk thereof extending outwardly from one surface, and a quantity of particles of soil mix distributed throughout the body of spongy polymer, a quantity of synthetic organic plastic resin being reacted in situ to form the body spongy open-celled hydrophilic polymer binding the particles of soil mix therein and into a plug and binding the roots in the plug, the soil mix comprising from about 20% to about 80% by dry weight of the soil plug, the roots being distributed substantially uniformly throughout the adjacent portions of the plug and the stalk being intimately surrounded by the plug; the method of making such a soil plug is also disclosed as well as a package for retail sale of the soil plugs with growing plants therein; also disclosed are hangers and a plaque for receiving the soil plugs.

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