Method of producing a horticultural display
AssigneeDümmen GmbH & Co. KG
InventorPeter Theodorus Johannes Gerardus Wismans
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Abstract
A method of producing a horticultural display containing more than one variety of the same or different species of plant is disclosed. The plants are produced from unrooted cuttings that are rooted in a single growth cell and cultivated in a single container so that the final product includes more than one plant species or more than one plant variety or both. A plant growth cell having rooting media and more than one plant cutting from more than one plant species or plant variety or both rooted therein is also disclosed. Further, a horticultural display having more than one plant of more than one plant species or plant variety or both initially rooted together from unrooted plant cuttings in a single growth cell is disclosed.
Claims20
A method of producing a horticultural display comprising:
- providing a plurality of unrooted plant cuttings from different plant species;
- selecting at least two of the unrooted plant cuttings having compatible growth characteristics;
- inserting the selected unrooted plant cuttings together in a single growth cell;
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- growing the selected unrooted plant cuttings in the single growth cell, thereby producing a single growth cell having a plurality of rooted cuttings from different plant species, wherein the rooted cuttings exhibit balanced growth prior to transfer to another single container.
A single plant growth cell comprising rooting media and a plurality of rooted plant cuttings comprising a plurality of different plant species, wherein the plant cuttings have been rooted together in the rooting media by;
- selecting at least two of the unrooted plant cuttings having compatible growth characteristics;
- inserting the selected unrooted plant cuttings together in a single growth cell;
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- growing the selected unrooted plant cuttings in the single growth cell, thereby producing a single growth cell having a plurality of rooted cuttings from different plant species, wherein the rooted cuttings exhibit balanced growth prior to transfer to another single container.
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