Initial-plant-growth body
AssigneeEdm. Romberg & Sohn (GmbH & Co.) KG
InventorFrank Schilling
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Abstract
A plant growth body for germinating seeds for promoting the development of a root system for a cutting is constructed from a plurality of corrugated layers. Each corrugated layer has a plurality of parallel ridges and valleys that form channels extending between the adjacent ridges. When the corrugated layers are stacked one on the other, the plant growth body is formed so that the channels extend through the body. The material of the corrugated layers is penetrable by the roots so that the roots can penetrate successive ones of the corrugated layers and channels respectively. Further, the material of the corrugated layers preferably promotes capillary liquid flow through the plant growth body so that the roots are supplied with water.
Claims32
An initial plant growth body for receiving a plant element, comprising a body of stacked corrugated layers, each of said corrugated layers having a plurality of ridges defining a wavy profile and adjacent ones of said corrugated layers being in contact with one another, a plurality of channels formed between adjacent ones of said ridges of said corrugated layers;
- and said corrugated layers being formed of a material readily penetrable by roots of a plant element.
An initial plant growth body for receiving a plant element, comprising a body of stacked corrugated layers, each of said corrugated layers having a plurality of ridges defining a wavy profile, a plurality of channels formed between adjacent ones of said ridges of said corrugated layers, said corrugated layers being formed of a material readily penetrable by roots of a plant element;
- and;
- at least one substantially planar covering layer arranged between and in contact with adjacent ones of said corrugated layers for covering the corrugated layers in a flat manner and forming channel walls extending between adjacent ones of said ridges.
An initial plant growth body for receiving a plant element, comprising a body of corrugated layers, each extending horizontally and stacked together to form a vertical stack, each of said corrugated layers further having a plurality of ridges and having a corresponding plurality of valleys, wherein the ridges of one of said stacked corrugated layers are bonded to the valleys of an adjacent and upper one of said stacked corrugated layers with a water insoluble adhesive to form channels partly from each of said adjacent stacked corrugated layers.
An initial plant growth body for receiving a plant element, comprising a body of corrugated layers each extending horizontally and stacked together to form a vertical stack, means for maintaining said body of corrugated layers in said vertical stack, each of said corrugated layers further having a plurality of ridges and a corresponding plurality of valleys, wherein alternating ones of said corrugated layers are stacked crosswise with respect to the other of said corrugated layers, and said corrugated layers being formed of a material penetrable by the roots of the plant element.
An initial plant growth body for receiving a plant element, comprising a body of corrugated layers extending generally horizontally and stacked together to form a vertically extending stack, means defining channels extending through said body including said corrugated layers having ridges and valleys forming channel side walls respectively and said channel means including at least one flat planar sheet extending generally horizontally between adjacent upper and lower ones of said corrugated layers for forming top and bottom channel walls respectively for each of said lower and upper stacked corrugated layers, and said corrugated layers being formed of a material that is penetrable by roots of a plant element.
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