Plant propagating container and method

A plurality of generally sinuous partitions, each integrally formed of stiff bridging material, forming a [seedling] plant growing container, each partition comprising:

• a series of interconnected diverging walls forming a series of troughs open on each end;
• each of said troughs being formed by an adjacent pair of interconnected diverging walls;
• each of said partitions being movably positionable with respective troughs of an opposed partition in registry with each of said troughs and with adjacent partitions having contact points on either side of opposed troughs forming respective growing compartments suitable for growing a single [seedling] plant ;
• adjacent interconnected diverging walls each being integrally formed and joined by a bridging wall extending therebetween longitudinally of respective partitions said bridging walls of one partition contacting bridging walls of adjacent partitions to form said contact points;
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• fastening means carried by respective opposed bridging walls for removably joining said partitions to form a block;
• there being [seedling] plant plugs in said growing compartments such that no two plugs are adjacent the same contact point and such that all plugs within each of said growing compartments are encompassed by a barrier and a contact point which communicates with air for air pruning at the contact point.

A block of interconnected space compartments for propagating plants having tops and root plugs including a plurality of opposed strips constructed of flat plastic material forming respective rows of space compartments, each strip comprising:

• a plurality of spaced channels for forming with corresponding channels of an opposed strip a row of compartments,
• a plurality of spaced connecting members joining adjacent channels in each strip;
• said connecting members each further extending into engagement with a strip of the next row of compartments for spacing said strips;
• a plurality of plants having root plugs contained in some of said spaced compartments;
• other of said space compartments being empty and defining open channels enabling air to move through said block. An apparatus for growing plants comprising:
• a plurality of interconnected hollow compartments:
• said compartments being open on both ends;
• a predetermined number of said compartments containing a growing medium;
• said compartments containing growing medium also containing said plants;
• a predetermined number of said compartments being open providing ventilation to said plants, whereby said interconnections are so constructed and the arrangement of said compartments containing growing medium and open compartments is such that air can move vertically substantially surrounding each of said plants.