Plant growing material
AssigneeNetherlandse Organisatie voor toegepast- natuurweten schappelijk Onderzoek TNO
InventorsRene van der Meulen, Davy de Witt, Albert van Duijn
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Abstract
A growing material for plants comprising a coherent substrate material for including and therein roots of a plant to be supported by the substrate material, wherein in the substrate, locally, provisions (4) have been embedded which are manufactured from a material impenetrable by roots and are, at least partly, surrounded by material penetrable by roots, thereby forming, locally, embedded, in the substrate for the roots, a layer in the form of a porous net-shaped or sieve-shaped barrier so that during growing the roots are forced to deflect and bend through the porous net-shaped or sieve-shaped barrier, thereby spreading over the substrate material in an optimal manner and growing roots therein more intensively.
Claims14
A growing material for plants comprising a coherent substrate material penetrable by roots for including and surrounding therein roots of a plant to be supported by the substrate material, characterized in that, locally, in the substrate, provisions have been embedded which are manufactured from a material impenetrable by roots, and, at least partly, are surrounded by material penetrable by roots, thereby forming, locally, embedded in the substrate for the roots, a layer in the form of a porous net-shaped or sieve-shaped barrier.
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