Seedling growing container
OwnerAart van Wingerdeninventor
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Abstract
A seedling growing container such as a tray, is illustrated providing a drainage channel opening in a side of the bottom of respective compartments to permit side removal of the seedling and the entire root system including any portion of the root system which may have grown through the drainage opening. Since the drainage channel opens at an open side of the compartments there is no obstruction to the removal of any roots which may have grown through and around the drainage passageway.
Claims7
A seedling tray for separating and subsequently removing plants and their respective entire root system comprising:
- an open bottom tray having sidewalls and endwalls;
- a number of spaced interior walls mounted within said tray;
- insert strip support means;
- a removable insert strip adapted to be carried between adjacent interior walls by said support means;
- said removable insert strip having spaced aligned sides mounted on an elongated bottom strip to define a series of compartments for containing said plants;
- each of said compartments having a pair of opposed open sides between said aligned sides making each compartment accessible from a pair of opposed open sides to facilitate plant removal therefrom without shock;
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- a channel open on one side formed in the bottom of each compartment to facilitate drainage therefrom.
A seedling tray for separating and subsequently removing plants comprising:
- an open bottom tray having sidewalls and endwalls;
- a series of spaced interior walls mounted within said tray;
- ledges extending outwardly from each side of said walls;
- a removable insert strip having a series of plant compartments thereon carried between adjacent ones of said walls and supported on said ledges.
A seedling unit for separating and subsequently removing plants and their entire root systems, comprising:
- an elongated flexible plastic strip, a series of first walls extending vertically therefrom and spaced therealong, defining open-sided compartments between adjacent of said walls, said walls extending beyond one side of said strip, whereby when said unit is mounted between second walls confining said first walls and extending normal thereto, a drainage channel is formed in the opening bounded by adjacent first walls, said strip, and one of said second walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.