Plant husbandry – Process
Patent
1995-10-10
1998-01-27
Fox, David T.
Plant husbandry
Process
47 46, A01G 1702, A01G 1706
Patent
active
057111090
ABSTRACT:
A method for raising plants which produce a crop on predetermined portions thereof, the method having steps of growing the plant in a growing medium in upstanding relation; and training the predetermined portions of the plant to grow along substantially discrete courses so that the predetermined portions are spaced from each other and from the growing medium so as to enhance the growth thereof and facilitate harvest of the crop. An apparatus for raising plants, such as grapevines and the like, each of which can be trained to grow at least one trunk, at least two cordons, a plurality of canes and a crop borne by the canes during a growing season and wherein the canes first grown in a first growing season do not produce a crop until a second growing season, the apparatus having a pair of first support members; a trellis structure mounting the first support members in spaced relation to each other above and individually laterally spaced relative to at least one of the plants grown in the earth and extending upwardly therefrom in upstanding relation; a pair of second support members; and trellis structure mounting the second pair of support members in spaced relation to each other above and individually laterally spaced relative the pair of first support members whereby at least two cordons can be trained individually to grow along the first support members and the canes produced by the two cordons can be trained individually to grow over and be supported by the second support members to produce the crop during a growing season.
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Fox David T.
Kimball Melissa L.
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