Container and method of growing a plant

A method of watering and aerating soil in a container in which a plant is growing to promote healthy growth of the plant, said soil within confines of a sidewall structure of said container, said sidewall structure having a plurality of transverse holes therethrough, said container having an open top end with said plant protruding from a top surface of said soil, said container having a lower soil-support floor beneath said open top end and said soil;

• said method comprising the steps of;
• saturating, over a period of less than two hours, said soil below said top surface of said soil so as to leave said top surface of said soil un-watered by applying water through said transverse holes;
• flowing excess water into and through said soil below said top surface of said soil by applying the excess water through said transverse holes with said excess water being a volume at least equal to 5% of said water applied to saturate said soil;
• draining from said soil the applied excess water, within a period of less than two hours after applying the excess water;
• exposing said transverse holes, said top surface of said soil and a bottom surface of said soil to ambient air to allow air infiltration into said soil from multiple directions.

A container in which to grow a plant;

• said container comprising;
• an inner wall structure including an upper end and defining an area in which soil can be contained with a top surface of the soil adjacent said upper end and exposed for infiltration of ambient air and for protrusion of a plant from the soil;
• a plurality of holes transversely through said inner wall structure and of sufficient size and quantity for allowing lateral in-flow of water therethrough into soil contained by said inner wall structure at an in-flow rate primarily determined by percolation rate of soil contained by said inner wall structure;
• an outer wall structure of water impervious material laterally surrounding in spaced relationship said inner wall structure;
• a space laterally between the inner and outer wall structures, an upper opening into said space allowing for water to be applied and for air to enter into said space;
• a floor of water impervious material spanning between the inner and outer wall structures for allowing water applied into said space to fill said space;
• a soil-support floor beneath said inner wall structure and including at least one opening therethrough for draining excess water from soil contained by said inner wall structure and for allowing air infiltration into the soil;
• flow prevention means at said upper end of said inner wall structure for preventing lateral water flow from within said space onto a top surface of soil contained by said inner wall structure;
• said space of a volume sufficient to be filled with water of sufficient volume in a single rapid filling operation to
• (a) saturate soil contained by said inner wall structure below said flow prevention means, and
• (b) supply an additional excess volume of water beyond the sufficient volume to saturate.