Growth substrate product, methods of growing plants and processes of making growth substrate

A seedling raising substrate and product technology, applied in botany equipment and methods, cultivation, soilless cultivation, etc., can solve the problems of difficult handling, low density, plant loss, etc., and achieve the effect of improving rooting and germination rate

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-04-03
ROCKWOOL INT AS
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Such foam blocks are difficult to handle due to their low density and cause plant loss due to their susceptibility to damage

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[0097] figure 1 Shown is a cross-section of a growing substrate product 1 with a channel 2 , which in this version is a through bore, a top surface 4 and a bottom surface 5 . The channel is disposed approximately in the center of the approximately cylindrical product. The seeds 3 are positioned in the top opening of the through bore 2 opening into the top surface of the product 1 .

[0098] figure 2 Another embodiment of the growing substrate 1 is shown in which the channels 2 extend from the bottom surface 5 towards the top surface 4 but are not open at the top surface 4 . In this case, the top surface 4 has a small approximately conical cutout 6 (seed hole), wherein the seed 3 is positioned in the cutout 6 .

[0099] like image 3 As shown, in another embodiment, the overall structure of the product 1 is basically the same as figure 2 The same, except that the cutout 7 is a large generally conical cutout having a center point of the cone which is located approximately...

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Abstract

This invention includes a coherent growth substrate product (1) formed of mineral wool, the product having two opposed top (4) and bottom (5) surfaces and a channel (2) which is open at the bottom surface (5) and extends from the bottom surface (5) at least 50% of the height of the growth substrate product (1) and wherein the volume of the growth substrate product (1) is not more than 150 cm3.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to methods of seed propagation, products used in the methods and processes for making these products. Background technique [0002] The first stage of commercial cultivation of seed-based plants is the propagation stage. It has been known for many years to propagate the seeds of fruit, vegetables and other crops in a nursery substrate formed of mineral wool. It is common practice to place the seeds in a small volume of growing substrate, which may be formed from mineral wool or other synthetic material, in an incision in the top surface of the growing substrate. Once the plants have taken root and developed leaves in the first growing medium, they can then be transplanted to the next growth stage, usually into another growing medium of larger volume in the same facility or another facility. [0003] For many years, seed propagation has been performed routinely in relatively small volume (often described as plug) nursery ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A01G31/00
CPCA01G2009/1046A01G31/001A01G2031/005A01G24/18A01G9/029A01G24/40A01G24/30
Inventor 让·马里·威廉默斯·屈佩尔埃尔克·吉亚尔特·亨佩纽斯
Owner ROCKWOOL INT AS
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