Plant growth bed with high loft textile fibers

A plant bed growth for growing plants comprising a substantially close-ended bag formed of a relatively thin plastic sheet material impervious to passage of liquids and air therethrough, and a relatively high loft bedding of crimped textile fibers in said bag, the major portion of said crimped textile fibers being hydrophobic synthetic staple fibers, the remaining minor portion of said crimped fibers being hydrophilic staple fibers for enhancing liquid retention, said hydrophobic and hydrophilic fibers being blended together throughout the bedding and being unconnected to each other so as to permit readily forming a hole in the bedding for reception of a transplanted plant, said relatively high loft bedding of crimped textile fibers providing open spaces around the crimped fibers to allow for optimum air for proper root development and plant growth, said bedding of textile fibers substantially filling the bag to thereby substantially prevent the bedding from undesirably shifting about within the bag, said high loft bedding when not compressed having an overall thickness of at least about 3 inches and a density of 0.5 to 2 pounds per cubic foot, said bedding being readily compressible, as for compact shipment, to about 1/5 the thickness of the uncompressed high loft bedding and to readily return to a high loft state upon the release of a compressive force thereon, and wherein said bedding of hydrophobic and hydrophilic crimped textile fibers has the ability to receive and retain amongst the textile fibers forming the bedding at least about four times its weight of a liquid.

A plant growth bed for growing plants comprising a substantially close-ended bag formed of a relatively thin plastic sheet material impervious to passage of liquids and air therethrough, said plastic sheet material being of composite construction and comprising an outer light reflective layer formed of a light color and an inner layer formed of a dark color to prevent light from going to the roots of plants and to prohibit undesirable algae growth, and a relatively high loft bedding of crimped synthetic textile fibers in said bag, the major portion of said crimped textile fibers being hydrophobic synthetic staple fibers, the remaining minor portion of said crimped fibers being hydrophilic staple fibers, said hydrophobic and hydrophilic fibers being blended together throughout the bedding and being unconnected to each other so as to permit readily forming a hole in the bedding for reception of a transplanted plant, said relatively high loft bedding of textile fibers providing open spaces around the crimped fibers to allow for optimum air for proper root development and plant growth, said bedding of textile fibers substantially filling the bag to thereby substantially prevent the bedding from undesirably shifting about within the bag, said high loft bedding when not compressed having an overall thickness of at least about 3 inches and a density of 0.5 to 2 pounds per cubic foot, said bedding being readily compressible, as for compact shipment, to about 1/5 the thickness of the uncompressed high loft bedding, and to readily return to a high loft state upon the release of a compressive force thereon, and wherein said bedding of hydrophobic and hydrophilic crimped textile fibers has the ability to receive and retain amongst the textile fibers forming the bedding at least about four times its weight of a liquid.