Method for coating bareroot plants with a live microbial colony
AssigneeTerra-Verde, Inc.
InventorsDouglas A. Kremer, David E. Peterson
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for developing a culture of microorganisms in the rhizosphere of plants by dipping roots of the plants in a hydrated super absorbant polymer containing living microorganisms, thereby adhering the polymer to the roots.
Claims31
A method for providing plants with a microbial colony for association with the roots of the plant, said method comprising forming a hydrated super absorbant gel including a polymer and water, said polymer being a member selected from the group consisting of synthetic polymers and natural polymers, said composition having a water content of from at least 30 times the weight of said polymer, said gel including microbial nutrient, combining at least one microbial colony with said gel, dipping the roots of said plants in said microbe containing gel to adhere said gel to said roots, planting said roots in a growing medium.
A method for providing plants with a microbial colony for micorrhizal association with the roots of the plant, said method comprising forming a hydrated super absorbant gel including a polymer and water, combining at least one species of microoganism with said gel, dipping the roots of said plants in said gel and microoganism combination to adhere said gel to said roots.
A method of providing plants with a microbial colony associated with the roots of the plant, said method comprising forming a hydrated super absorbant gel including a polymer and water, combining at least one microbial colony with said gel, dipping the roots of said plant in said gel and microbial combination to adhere said gel to said roots, planting said roots in a growing medium.
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