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US 4,380,551 AGranted
Methods of producing foodstuff by malting seeds
AssigneeJacek Dlugolecki
InventorStanislaw Frontczak
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Abstract
Preparing a foodstuff for human or animal consumption by sowing seeds of at least one quick-germinating plant of a type such as to produce strong root systems in peat which is allowed to lie in a layer having a thickness in the range of from 40 to 200 mm for a vegetation period of from 10 to 21 days, there being at least 900 Kg of seeds per hectare of the layer and recovering the germinated seeds and the peat as the foodstuff.
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A method of producing a foodstuff for human or animal consumption, comprising the steps of:
- forming a layer of peat having a thickness in the range of about 40 to about 200 millimeters on a surface substantially impermeable to plant roots;
- sowing into the peat layer seeds of at least one quick germinating plant of a type such as to produce strong root systems at a rate of at least about 900 kilograms of seeds per hectare;
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- vegetating the seeds for a period in the range of from 10 to 21 days;
- whereby the layer of peat with germinated seeds in usable as a foostuff.
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