Plant husbandry – Process
Patent
1987-12-29
1990-07-17
DeMille, Danton D.
Plant husbandry
Process
47 56, A01C 104
Patent
active
049412825
ABSTRACT:
An improved method of manufacturing and propagating wildflower sod mats, suitable for outdoor or indoor propagation. The improvement comprises a sod mat which is formed of a sheet or sheets of porous synthetic material, a layer of planting medium and viable wildflower seeds, so that upon germination, the root mass of the seeds intermesh with the porous synthetic material, forming the sod mat. In such form, the sod mat may be cut is economical and easily transported or stored for eventual planting. Thus the consumer is provided with an established sod mat, with viable germinated seedlings.
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