Plant husbandry – Plant irrigators and/or fertilizers – apparatus or method
Patent
1987-11-23
1989-07-04
Hafer, Robert A.
Plant husbandry
Plant irrigators and/or fertilizers, apparatus or method
47 79, 47 80, A01G 2700
Patent
active
048437581
ABSTRACT:
A spike shaped for driving into the soil, has a vertical tube having an upturned lower portion terminating in an upwardly port. The spike has an element for connection with a water supply. It has a closer mounted at the top and its lower end adjacent the port, and restricting the port upon expanding caused by the moisture in the soil. The closer is made of wood cut across the grain in a tree limb. In a modified form, water is supplied by a jar mounted on the pot in which the plant is located. A plurality of devices may be used for a plurality of plants, supplied with water from branches of a common water line, and the device responding and controlling individually.
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patent: 3512712 (1970-05-01), Benesch
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patent: 4153380 (1979-05-01), Hartman
patent: 4739789 (1988-04-01), Hamilton
Gallagher Paul H.
Hafer Robert A.
Rooney Kevin G.
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