Assembly of a package and plant bulbs arranged therein, and a method for cultivating plant bulbs
AssigneeBoomkwekerij Van Der Starre B.V.
InventorHuibert Van Der Starre
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Abstract
An assembly includes a package for plant bulbs, including a holder with a base and side walls, wherein at least two plant bulbs are accommodated in a row, wherein the height of the holder corresponds to at least the height of the plants bulbs, the holder being filled with a substrate surrounding the plant bulbs and the base of the holder, the holder being provided with a number of openings, wherein the number and the size of the openings is such that the development of roots is facilitated, wherein the holder has a removable cover, wherein the side walls extend substantially above the height of the plant bulbs and that the substrate is introduced thoroughly over the height of the plant bulbs.
Claims15
An assembly comprising a package for plant bulbs comprising a holder with a base and side walls, wherein at least two plant bulbs are accommodated in a row, wherein the height of the holder corresponds to at least the height of the plant bulbs, the holder being filled with a substrate surrounding the plant bulbs and the base of the holder being provided with a number of openings, wherein the number and the size of the openings is such that the development of roots is facilitated, wherein a removable cover is provided on said holder, wherein the side walls extend substantially above the height of the plant bulbs and in that said substrate is provided continuously over the height of said plant bulbs.
A combination comprising a number of packages for bulbs, wherein each package comprises a holder with a base and side walls, wherein at least two plant bulbs are accommodated in a row, wherein the height of the holder corresponds to at least the height of the plant bulbs, the holder being filled with a substrate surrounding the plant bulbs and the base of the holder being provided with a number of openings, wherein the number and the size of the openings is such that the development of roots is facilitated, wherein a removable cover is provided on said holder, wherein the side walls extend substantially above the height of the plant bulbs and in that said substrate is provided continuously over the height of said plant bulbs, wherein each of said packages is provided with coupling means for coupling with another of said packages.
A method for the cultivation of plant bulbs, comprising the provision of a holder filled with plant bulbs, wherein the holder is filled with substrate over the plant bulbs and the holder is provided with a base through which roots can grow, the placement of said holder onto a rooting surface and the rooting of said plant bulbs from said holder on said surface, wherein said holders are removed from said rooting surface after cultivation of said plant bulbs.
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