Plant husbandry – Plant irrigators and/or fertilizers – apparatus or method
Patent
1998-06-12
2000-10-31
Carone, Michael J.
Plant husbandry
Plant irrigators and/or fertilizers, apparatus or method
A01G 2900
Patent
active
061384089
ABSTRACT:
A system and method are provided for controllably delivering water from a moisturizing agent to plant tissue. The angled insertion end of a delivery tube is placed in the soil in close proximity to the root system of a plant. An insert containing moisturizing agent is opened at an end to expose the moisturizing agent and then placed through the receiving end of the delivery tube and into the hollow bore thereof. A cap is then removably placed over the receiving end to seal the insert within the hollow bore of the delivery tube, thereby reducing loss of moisture to evaporation and preventing foreign matter or insects from migrating into the tube. An exhausted insert is replaced by removing the cap, withdrawing the empty insert, and placing a new insert within the hollow bore of the delivery tube. Alternatively, moisturizing agent can be directly injected into the delivery tube, for example, from a tank or canister. The size of the insert and the moisturizing agent surface area that is exposed to the soil determine the amount of water provided to a plant, and the length of time over which this water is provided. A small amount of food grade preservative can be added to the moisturizing agent to further control the liquefaction rate by retarding bacterial action.
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DriWater.TM. Product Information.
"A New Kind of Drip Irrigation" Land and Water, pp. 48-49, Jan./Feb. 1998.
Jensen Harold
Paternoster Joseph
Carone Michael J.
Driwater, Inc.
Gellner Jeffrey L.
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