Rooting tray
AssigneeBloomaker USA, Inc.
InventorJoep Paternostre
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Abstract
A rooting tray for supporting a plant, typically a bulbous plant, as it grows. The rooting tray includes a raised platform supported by a lower frame, and the raised platform defines one or more passageways that urge a direction of root growth of the plant below the raised platform. The raised platform is supported by a plurality of frame supports integrally formed around the periphery of the lower frame and raised outer frame. The raised platform also defines a plurality of pins extending above the raised platform. The rooting tray further includes one or more legs that elevate the lower frame above a base of a container to provide ample space for the roots to grow into and preferably entangle with other roots or around portions of the rooting tray.
Claims20
A device (10) for rooting a plant, the device comprising:
- a raised platform (12) supported above a lower frame (14), the raised platform (12) defining a passageway (38) formed by at least one sidewall surface (40) of a raised outer frame (22) and at least one sidewall surface (40) of at least one rib (21), and a plurality of pins (28) extending above the raised platform (12);
- wherein the plant is supported between the plurality of pins (28) and the passageway (38) urges a direction of root growth of the plant below the raised platform (12), and wherein the raised platform (12) and the lower frame (14) are offset.
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