Plant husbandry – Receptacle for growing medium – Irrigator
Patent
1980-07-23
1983-08-09
Eickholt, E. H.
Plant husbandry
Receptacle for growing medium
Irrigator
A01G 2500
Patent
active
043971148
ABSTRACT:
A horizontal water reservoir pipe includes plant support riser pipes spaced along its length, each of which contain a growing medium in a mesh tube, extending into the water in the water pipe. The riser pipes are corrugated and provide air circulation from the atmosphere along the corrugations and between the mesh tube and the riser pipe. The growing medium may be Hasselfors peat or any other medium which has large and small pores with enough pores of large enough size to limit the saturation capillary fringe from the water table to a small fraction of the height of the growing medium and enough pores of small enough size to hold sufficient moisture in the root zone to provide abundant water for seed and plant growth. The growing medium is in communication with the atmosphere to provide for continuous entry of oxygen and escape of carbon dioxide to provide abundant oxygen for seed and plant growth.
An alternate application of the plant support riser pipes is in swamp land wherein the swamp water is the water pipe or reservoir.
A trough of plant life can be supported by the riser tubes with moisture being wicked to the growing medium in the trough by the growing medium.
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Eickholt E. H.
Skaife, Trustee Margaret R.
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