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OwnerJustin Baker RIES, Matthew Jordan ODLINinventors
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A method of using a floating substrate for cultivating a target product includes providing a naturally occurring material, and forming the naturally occurring material into a substrate. The substrate is deployed into a body of water. The substrate can be pre-seeded with a target product and/or can be configured attract the target product present in the body of water after being deployed. The substrate is allowed to transition from a first configuration to a second configuration when an amount of biomass accumulation of the target product is at least a threshold amount of biomass accumulation. In some instances, a buoyancy of the substrate in the first configuration may be greater than a threshold buoyancy and a buoyancy of the substrate in the second configuration may be less than the threshold buoyancy, thereby allowing the substrate and the target product to sink to a bottom of the body of water.
A method, comprising:
A method, comprising:
The method of claim 21, wherein a buoyancy of the substrate in the first configuration is greater than a threshold buoyancy and a buoyancy of the substrate in the second configuration is less than the threshold buoyancy.
The method of claim 21, wherein the naturally occurring material is at least one of an agricultural waste product or a forest waste product.
The method of claim 21, wherein the naturally occurring material is at least one of grasses, wood chips, hog fuel, corn cobs, coconut shells, coconut fibers, hemp, jute, compost, xanthum gum, agar, alginate, limestone (CaCO3), dolomite (MgCa(CO3)2), dolostone, magnesite (MgCO3), lime (CaO), slaked or hydrated lime (Ca(OH)2), brucite (Mg(OH)2), magnesium oxide (MgO), pumice, alkaline mafic rock, alkaline ultramafic rock, metal silicate minerals, metal oxides, carbonates, mycelium, salts, compressed gas, or combinations thereof.
The method of claim 21, wherein the forming the naturally occurring material into the substrate includes interposing the naturally occurring material between at least two sheets of a base layer.
The method of claim 21, wherein the forming the naturally occurring material into the substrate includes disposing the naturally occurring material into a bag formed of a base material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.