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US 8,931,209 B2Granted
Seed-delivered, soil-amendment method and composition
AssigneeAquasmart Enterprises, LLC
InventorsCalder Hendrickson, Todd Naff
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Abstract
A material for assisting in at least one of germination, protection, hydration, and thriving of seeds and the plants originating therefrom treats a seed with a tackifier or binder, such as corn syrup or the like, which secures a layer of hydrating polymer particles thereto. Nutrients, protectants, and the like may be absorbed in the polymer before or after coating of a seed thereby. Weighting materials, extenders, flowing agents, and the like may assist in the functioning or handling of the coated seeds.
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A method of soil amendment, the method comprising:
- providing a substrate of a first material in discreet granules, separate from one another;
- coating each of the granules with a fluid operating as a binder;
- providing a soil amendment formed as a powder, dry and adherent to the substrate with the binder through adhesion binding;
- securing to at least a portion of the binder already on each of the granules a quantity of the powder;
- distributing the granules dry and with the powder adhered thereto and exposed to the surrounding environment in a soil bed;
- and
- releasing, by the binder, the soil amendment into the soil proximate the granules.
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A method for amending soil, the method comprising:
- providing a seed as a carrier;
- selecting an absorber formed as a powder, dry, hydrophilic, comminuted to powder, and distinct from the carrier and the soil;
- selecting a binder, as a fluid adhering the powder adhesively to the carrier;
- coating the seed with the binder;
- adhering, by the binder already coated on the seed, the powder to the seed, individually and separately;
- rendering the seed individually non-adhering by drying the binder;
- placing the seed in contact with the soil individually;
- and
- separating, by the powder, from the seed into the soil.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.