Molded body for improving cultivation conditions for plants
AssigneeIUP Institut fur Umweltpflege AG
InventorGerhard Baumann
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Abstract
A molded body for improving cultivation conditions for plants, which is suitable inter alia for arrangement in a plant holder. The molded body has a tapered projection and is arranged in such a way that the projection protrudes into the plant substrate in the plant holder. The projection has elements allowing an exchange of substances between the interior and the surroundings of the projection. This allows the targeted introduction of air, water, nutrients and auxiliary substances into the plant substrate and the root conglomerates. The molded body has a recess which acts as a water reservoir that is separate from the plant substrate. The molded body is water-permeable in the upper part and essentially impermeable to water at the bottom, in the tip of the projection.
Claims17
A molded body for improving the cultivating conditions of a plant, comprising:
- an annular base having a hollow projection formed as one piece with said base,
- said projection being tapered from a proximal end to a distal end thereof,
- wherein an entirety of said molded body is made of a water-permeable material for conducting a fluid from said proximal end to said distal end,
- said base having a convex portion that defines a cavity therein, said convex portion facing a direction opposite to that of said projection and being open to said proximal end of said projection, said convex portion forms a fluid reservoir, and an annular ridge surrounding said projection, so that an annular trough is defined by said projection and said annular ridge.
A molded body for improving the cultivating conditions of a plant, comprising:
- an annular substantially convex base and a hollow projection having a proximal end and formed as one-piece with said base,
- said projection being tapered from said proximal end to a distal end, at least part of said projection being a water-permeable material for conducting a fluid from said proximal end to said distal end thereof, said distal end of said projection pointing in a first direction,
- said base being open to said proximal end of said projection and defining a fluid reservoir that faces a second direction opposite to said fluid direction, and an annular ridge surrounding said projection, so that an annular trough is defined by said projection and said annular ridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.