Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
047073000 | For transplanting | 10 |
20090038219 | Tree Balling Method, System, and Wire Basket Used Therein - A tree balling system automates the current tree balling method and greatly reduces strenuous physical labor. A novel wire basket having projections with hooks is provided for securing the earth ball of a plant for transplantation. Wrapping and tensioning a tensile member around these hooks encloses the projections around the earth ball. A balling station is also disclosed which has a stand for supporting and rotating the wire basket and plant. The balling station includes a tensile member guide and a tensioning component. The balling station is preferably located on a transportable vehicle and is equipped with unloading features for discharging the wrapped earth ball. A powered tensioning device tightens the wire basket around the earth ball. A hook forming device is also disclosed wherein the hook forming device can modify conventional wire baskets. | 02-12-2009 |
20090205250 | Method For Repotting Plants, As Well As A Planting Head And An Apparatus Provided With A Planting Head - Method for repotting plants wherein a rootball is moved from a first rootball container to a second rootball container using a planting head. The planting head has legs which legs are provided with pins which may be in a first retracted position and in a second extended position, wherein
| 08-20-2009 |
20090255179 | Plant retainer for retaining a plant for growth from the side or bottom of a planter - A planter for growing a transplantable plant includes a container having a sidewall and a bottom and further includes a retainer member for retaining a plant which has been transplanted within the container through the sidewall or bottom thereof. The retainer member defines an expandable opening which is movable between expanded and normally-collapsed conditions so that by urging a plant root system end-first against the retainer member, the expandable opening is moved to an expanded condition to permit the root system to pass through the expandable opening into the container interior. Upon passage of the root system through the expandable opening, the expandable opening is permitted to return toward its normally-collapsed condition about the stem of the plant to thereby prevent the withdrawal of the root system of the plant from the container interior through the plant retainer. | 10-15-2009 |
20120291350 | PLANT CONTAINER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A transplantable plant container assembly is provided for containing a growing medium for a plant that significantly promotes air root pruning. The container assembly includes a container device that includes a sidewall support and a bottom support collectively defining an interior cavity. The sidewall support is comprised of a lattice framework defining a plurality of spaced apertures that extend from an interior wall to an exterior wall thereof. A relatively thin, moisture absorbent liner material is disposed adjacent to the lattice framework. The liner material is sufficiently penetrable to enable root penetration therethrough, by the plant, at the apertures. However, the liner material must also have sufficient structural integrity, when moist, to bound the growing medium and moisture across the spaced apertures of the lattice framework when contained in the interior cavity. | 11-22-2012 |
20130232871 | PLANT CONTAINER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A bounding system for a transplantable plant including a bounding apparatus and a support tray. The bounding apparatus includes a sheet-like sidewall framework defining a plurality of elongated, spaced sidewall apertures, and a bottom support having a support surface area. The bottom support is includes a sheet-like bottom framework defining a plurality of spaced bottom wall apertures. The bounding system includes a support tray comprised of a relatively solid sheet material, and having a tray top portion and a surrounding sidewall. The tray top portion defines an opening therethrough that is formed and dimensioned for supportive receipt of the bounding apparatus therein such that the bottom support thereof is vertically oriented at least at a sufficient distance above the ground to promote and encourage air root pruning of the transplantable plant proximate the bottom support. The surrounding sidewall and the sidewall framework defines a humidifying airspace therebetween in a manner reducing rapid dry-down. | 09-12-2013 |
20140366444 | PROPAGATION CONTAINER FOR PLANTS AND PROPAGATION PLATE HAVING SEVERAL SUCH PROPAGATION CONTAINERS - The present disclosure relates to a propagation container comprising a circumferential wall, which bounds at least two cavities arranged next to one another, each cavity having a center longitudinal axis and the cavities being open to each other along part of the lateral circumferential surface thereof, wherein each cavity has an upper access opening and a bottom, between which upper access opening and bottom of each cavity run at least two retaining ribs that extend substantially vertically and are spaced from each other in the circumferential direction, which retaining ribs protrude radially from the circumferential wall into the associated cavity and define a cylindrical or conical frustrum-shaped accommodating opening centered at the center longitudinal axis of the associated cavity, and the mutual distance of the center longitudinal axes is dimensioned in such a way that the lateral circumferential surfaces of the accommodating openings touch or overlap. | 12-18-2014 |
047074000 | Biodegradable | 2 |
20090272033 | BIODEGRADABLE SEED GERMINATING PODS FOR SEEDLINGS - The present invention relates to a “BIODEGRADABLE GERMINATING PODS FOR SEEDLINGS”, having a main body formed by a tray or individual tubular pods having conical or other geometrical shape, and a sleeve with a passing hole in its lower end; the tubular pods have longitudinal guiding crevices or tracks; their upper end has a circular rim and its underside functions as a base for resting the tubular pod on the tray. The top section of the tray has several cavities placed equidistantly from each other, forming several tubular pods in its lower section, which are provided with passing holes. The body of the tubular pods itself consists of 20 to 70% cellulose, 5 to 20% calcium carbonate, 30 to 70% calcium sulfate, and the following micronutrients which are added according to the deficiency of such nutrients in the area where the seedlings will be planted: 0.001 to 15% Copper (Cu), 0.001 to 15% Zinc (Zn), 0.001 to 15% Magnesium (MG), 0.001 to 15% Iron (Fe), 0.001 to 15% Sulfur (S), 0.001 to 10% Boro (B), 0.001 to 10% Sodium (Na), 0.001 to 10% Manganese (Mn), 0.001 to 5% Molybdenum (Mo), 0.001 to 5% Cobalt (Co); micronutrients are added in the proportion of up to 5% for vegetable seedlings, up to 10% for fruit tree seedlings, and up to 15% for reforestation seedlings. | 11-05-2009 |
20140250783 | BIODEGRADABLE PLANT CONTAINER - A biodegradable container including a base, at least one sidewall extending from the base and comprising an inner surface and an opposite outer surface, at least a portion of the base and the at least one side wall is formed from seaweed, and a biodegradable polymer coating applied to at least a portion of the base and the at least one sidewall. | 09-11-2014 |
047077000 | Seedling | 1 |
20080250711 | Method for Cultivating Plants as Well as a Culture Medium - A method for cultivating plants, wherein use is made of a multitude of cells, each comprising a container having a cylindrical or frustoconical inner side wall, which container is open at the upper side, wherein the containers are filled with a growth substrate containing a seed, and wherein a layer of powder is applied to the inner side walls of the containers before the growth substrates are placed in the containers. | 10-16-2008 |
047078000 | Mesh | 1 |
20130125460 | SUBSTRATE INTENDED TO ACT AS A CULTIVATION SUPPORT AND USE FOR THE PREPARATION IN PARTICULAR OF SPORT SURFACES - A culture support substrate comprising: a first part, making up the backbone of the substrate and representing more than 70% of the total volume of the substrate, composed of particles P | 05-23-2013 |