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US 2003/0140598 A1Published application
Method of containing a botanical item
AssigneeSouthpac Trust International, Inc.
InventorDonald E. Weder
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Abstract
A plant packaging system and method comprising a combination of a protective upper portion and a decorative lower portion having a base portion and a skirt portion for packaging a potted plant or a botanical item and a growing medium without a pot. The upper portion may be detachable from the lower portion of the sleeve. The lower portion may have a skirt portion which has a non-linear upper peripheral edge. The lower portion may be tapered and may have a gusset in the lower end.
Claims8
A method of containing a botanical item, comprising:
- providing a tubular sleeve initially having a flattened condition and having an upper end, a closed lower end, an inner peripheral surface, an outer peripheral surface and an inner retaining space defined by the inner peripheral surface and the tubular sleeve having a tapered shape and having a base portion and a skirt portion extending from the base portion, the skirt portion comprising a plurality of portions extending from the base portion;
- opening the tubular sleeve to expose the inner retaining space of the tubular sleeve;
- and
- disposing a botanical item or propagule and a cultivation material selected from the group consisting of soil, humus, perlite, vermiculite, sand, organic material, and inorganic material, into the inner retaining space of the tubular sleeve without a pot.
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A method of containing a botanical item, comprising:
- providing a tubular sleeve initially having a flattened condition and having a closed lower end having a gusset therein, an inner peripheral surface, an outer peripheral surface, and an inner retaining space defined by the inner peripheral surface and the tubular sleeve having a tapered shape and having a base portion and a skirt portion extending from the base portion, the skirt portion comprising a plurality of portions extending from the base portion;
- opening the tubular sleeve to expose the inner retaining space of the tubular sleeve;
- and
- disposing a botanical item or propagule and a cultivation material selected from the group consisting of soil, humus, perlite, vermiculite, sand, organic material, and inorganic material, into the inner retaining space of the tubular sleeve without a pot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.