Plant husbandry – Water culture – apparatus or method – Porous support
Patent
1989-11-16
1990-08-21
Hafer, Robert A.
Plant husbandry
Water culture, apparatus or method
Porous support
47 9, A01G 3102
Patent
active
049495038
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a porous product for cultivating plants, comprising a matrix of mineral fibres which can be moistened with water, by material present in said porous product having a greater water retaining capacity than said mineral fibres which form said matrix and which can be moistened with water, of which preferably said material consists of flakes having a greater water retaining capacity and are accommodated therein over the whole height or only a portion of the height, and comprises mineral fibres that can be moistened with water, the density of which is at least 20, preferably 30, or more preferably 40 kg/m.sup.3 greater than the density of the mineral fibre matrix, and further to a method for manufacturing such a porous product.
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This is Rockwool, Supplement to the Grower, pp. 19-40, 11/1979.
Layered Lettuce Slope, The Grower, 4/1981.
Hafer Robert A.
Rockwool Lapinus B.V.
Rooney Kevin G.
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