69 results about "Root ball" patented technology

A tree root ball wrapping apparatus (100) includes a circular platform (109, 113) for supporting a separable, open-frame, root-containment structure (103, 105, 107) having an inverted conical shape. A group of pivot joints (201, 203, 205, 207) are located at an upper section of the root-containment structure for separating the root-containment structure into half sections. In practice, the group of pivot joints can be opened during tree transplantation for providing removal of a root ball from the wrapping apparatus by opening the sections at the group of pivot joints for easily facilitating removal of the wrapping apparatus (100) from within a transplantation hole.

The invention relates to a method for transplanting ancient ginkgoes and belongs to the technical field of plant transplanting technologies. The method for transplanting ancient ginkgoes includes the steps of firstly, preparing before transplanting; secondly, performing balance snagging to branches of ancient ginkgoes; thirdly, performing root pruning and ball shrinking; fourthly, packing and transporting root balls; and fifthly, maintaining and managing after transplanting. Root pruning and ball shrinking are performed in the method, so that growth of new mass absorbing roots is promoted. Emergence of new mass branches and leaves is promoted by balance snagging. By soil ball bundling, lifting by cranes, transporting by plate trailers, unloading and transplanting, no cracking of tree trunks occurs, and the soil balls are firm without looseness. By late maintenance and management, the transplanted ancient ginkgoes grow well in leafy profusion and have green leaves in growth seasons, and survival and healthy thriving are achieved.

The invention provides a transplanting method for a big tree. The method comprises three main steps: preparation before transplantation; transplantation; and management after transplantation. The concrete steps of the method comprise root cutting and shrinking to a root ball, nutrient and water management before transplantation, pruning before transplantation, treatment of a transplanting hole and backfilling soil, tree lifting, transporting, field planting, supporting, nutrient and water management after transplantation, pruning after transplantation, soil loosening, weeding and pest and disease control. The transplanting method for the big tree provided by the invention enables the survival rate of the transplanted big tree to increase to more than 95%, which is significantly higher than the survival rate in the prior art.

This invention provides a container and associated growing process that promotes the growth of at least two different, specialized types of roots and that provides the optimal conditions for these two types of roots. In particular, the container defines an upper section that promotes growth of a fine intricate web of roots that is surrounded by an organic, non-organic or mixed organic and non-organic nutrient-rich medium. This upper section is separated by a permeable medium divider that allows predetermined quantities of water to pass into the upper section (to maintain desired moisture in the nutrient medium (soil), while a lower/bottom section contains a reservoir of hydroponic water that may be relatively free of any nutrients (e.g. “non-nutrient” water). Extending from the upper root ball are a series of water-drinking straw-like roots that transpire water directly from the non-nutrient reservoir and that are continually exposed to massive amounts of atmospheric oxygen. A transport (capillary) device allows water to wick from the reservoir into the upper section to maintain a desired level of moisture in the upper roots, and carrying with it additional dissolved oxygen via evaporation and transpiration. The bottom section can be filled with an acceptable porous, water-storing medium such as gravel or rock wool. The permeable medium divider can include one or more capillary devices that allow transfer of water from the lower reservoir into the upper section. In certain embodiments, the divider can include a series of formations that allow it to sit in an elevated manner on a water-containing structure (such as a sponge-like medium).

The invention relates to a closed ellipsoidal tree digging shovel for transplanting trees. The movement of the six shovel blades is controlled by hydraulic pressure. Before excavation work, the three left and three right shovel blades open relative angles to enclose the tree trunk within the working range of the shovel blades. After the upper edges of the six shovel blades are closed, they move downwards from an open and closed shape until the lower edges are closed to form a closed shape. The excavation of the root ball of the tree is completed. Like cutting watermelon rind, the shape of the root ball is ellipsoidal, ensuring Integrity requirements for transplanted roots of trees. After the excavation work is completed, the entire closed shovel surface is controlled by hydraulic pressure to "lift" the trees, and they are transported to a pit of the same size to be transplanted at a certain height and angle, so as to improve the work efficiency and success rate of transplanting with soil.

An apparatus and method cultivate trees by preventing freezing and frost damage and inhibiting root stalk sprouts. The apparatus is a frustoconical cover that rests on the ground to cover the root ball of the tree. The stalk and leaves are extended from a hole in the frustum. Water such as mist is injectable within the cover to prevent cold and frost damage.

A plant transplanting support device is formed of a sheet material for lining an interior of a container having a bottom and side walls for holding a plant. The support device resides between the container and the root ball of the plant to support and maintain the root ball intact upon transfer of the plant from the container to another container or from the container into a planting bed. The support device includes an elongated sidewall portion for being formed by a user such that its opposite ends converge to define sides of an enclosure. The enclosure is adapted to fit within the container adjacent the side walls of the container. A plurality of leg portions extend outwardly from the sidewall portion at a bottom edge of the enclosure. The leg portions are adapted for being folded upwardly from the bottom edge of the enclosure to an opposite top edge of the enclosure to define an enclosure bottom for residing adjacent the bottom of the container to support the root ball when transplanting the plant.

A transplanting apparatus which can plant virtually 100% of the seedlings from a nursery tray, while avoid skips when planting which may happen when seeds in a tray row fail to grow into seedlings. This is accomplished by picking up an entire row of seedlings from a tray, transferring the seedlings to a mechanism which eliminates gaps between seedlings, and then discharging the seedlings one at a time to the ground with a desired spacing between the seedlings while having full physical control of the seedlings.

A root ball compressor is provided to provide better control of the seedlings as the compressed root balls are less likely to tip over, and the compressed root balls are easier to be grabbed by the pinch disks.

The invention provides a special base fertilizer applicable to greenhouse tomato seedling culture. The seedling culture special fertilizer combining an inorganic nutrient, an organic component, a synergistic component, a trace element and an improver is prepared according to the growth fertilizer requirement rule in tomato greenhouse seedling culture, the effects of optimization and yield increase are realized in the growth regulation of tomato seedlings, and the cultivation period is shortened; by applying the base fertilizer, the transplanted seedlings can be strengthened so that the plant height, stem thickness, true leaf number and blade number of the tomato reach the good transplanting conditions; meanwhile, the overground and underground parts develop in balance, the root system is developed with white color and multiple fibrous roots, and the root ball is firm and not loose. The preparation and development of the fertilizer are of promotion value to the cultivation technology of the regional processing tomatoes.

The invention discloses a method for breeding seedlings of grapes by using containers and belongs to the field of fruit tree seedling raising. The method comprises the following steps of: (1) scissoring annual grape branches in winter to conserve in winter; (2) taking out the branches in late February of the next year, cutting the branches into sections of 18 to 20 cm, retaining stalks of 2 to 3 buds, and inserting into containers by cuttage, wherein nutritional soil comprises a mixture of reed residue matrix and garden soil, or a mixture of rich chaff dust and garden soil, or a mixture of the reed residue matrix, the rich chaff dust and the garden soil; and (3) inserting bamboo poles with the length of 1m into the containers to fix young sprouts when nursery stocks have 7 to 8 leaves, and pinching when the young sprouts are 80 cm. The method is not limited by season, so the defects in seedling in big lands are effectively overcome, root systems are formed in the containers and have good and complete root balls, roots are not damaged when seedlings are lifted, the seedlings are not required to be trimmed before planting, one-step forming is realized, time and labor are saved, survival rate is high after transplantation, the slow seedling stage does not exist, growth quantity is large in the initial stage, flower bud differentiation is realized in advance, high yield in early stage is realized, and quality of the nursery stocks is high.

An implement for removing honeysuckle bushes and the like wherein the implement is inserted below the soil surface and the root ball of the bush is leveraged up and out of the soil. The implement may be manually used to break the roots of the bush before ultimate removal.

An automated device for centering a mechanical tree spade provides a sighting device on each blade thereof with a readout adjacent to the operator to determine proper blade placement in order to provide an acceptable root ball for transplanting a tree.

An apparatus and method for growing and packaging of live plants. The method involves placing a tray with a plurality of strip grooves on a conveyor system and putting growing media into the strip grooves. Plant seeds are then placed substantially in a single row longitudinally on the growing media and nutrients are added. The tray is then placed in a greenhouse until the seeds in each strip mature into a live plant with leaves and a root ball. The root balls are separated from the strip grooves and the live plant is placed in a container that is configured for display and for continued growth. The container is clamshell with a compartment for the leaves and a compartment for the root ball. The root ball compartment securely clamps the root ball and prevents it from sliding within the container. The root ball compartment includes a nutrient compartment.

The invention relates to the field of transplantation of old grapevines and provides a transplanting method for an old grapevine with a high survival rate after transplantation. The method comprises the following steps: S1, root cutting before transplantation: a step of cutting the root of a to-be-transplanted old grapevine in June to July of the previous year before transplantation so as to obtain a root ball; S2, soil covering after transplantation and vine treating: a step of planting the root ball into a planting pit prepared in advance in a planting period, covering the vine of the old grapevine with soil and fixing the vine on a built vine climbing rack after germination of the vine; S3, plastic film mulching and water irrigation: a step of covering the surface of soil where the root is located with a quadrilateral mulching film having a side length of 2 to 3 m; S4, bud picking, wherein it is ensured that a young shoot is kept on the vine every 20 to 25cm; and S5, fertilizer supplementation for a plurality of times: a step of applying a small amount of a fertilizer on the root of the old grapevine in many times when the young shoots start to grow. With the method provided by the invention, the survival rate of the transplanted old grapevine reaches 100%.

A low-profile container with a wide flat bottom for use in transplanting trees and other large plants with minimal disruption to the root ball. It typically has a diameter dimension of approximately four feet or more, with the minimum contemplated diameter dimension being approximately one-and-one-half feet, as well as arcuate side walls and at least one sturdy ring on its outside surface that is configured for lifting the combined weight of the container, plant, and root ball. A plant would be grown in the container, transported to its intended planting location in the container, and then transplanted into a pre-dug hole with the assistance of the container. Optionally, the container also may have drainage holes adjacent to or through its bottom surface and obliquely positioned anchoring passages that assist in maintaining the plant and container in an upright position in the presence of strong winds.

The invention discloses a method for cultivating blueberries in a new-type vertical root-controlling container. The method comprises weeding and turning the soil on a nursery field and digging a trench, the border surface being flat, and the border width being 60-90 cm; circling a rectangular polyvinyl chloride plate with vents on the surface into a cylinder with a diameter of 45-55 cm and a height of 25-35 cm, with an upper opening and a lower opening, fixing the overlapping parts with screws to make a root-controlling cultivation container; stirring evenly acid peat, coconut chaff, garden soil and organic fertilizer, conducting sieving to obtain the cultivation substrate, putting the cultivation substrate into the root-controlling cultivation container, and keeping the substrate flat with the container mouth; selecting three-year-old blueberry seedlings with a root ball diameter of about 14-16 cm, before planting, properly loosening the soil where the container is to be placed to increase the permeability of the root system, choosing cloudy or sunny afternoons to conduct planting, and covering the whole root system; and the planting density of the plants being 2.4-2.6 meters in row spacing, and 1.4-1.6 meters in plant spacing, preparing suspended drip irrigation, and supplementing water and fertilizer during the period of new shoots and fruit expansion. The plant size, leaf size and yield of the blueberries cultivated in containers by the method of the invention are significantly improved.

A protective tree tube has an elongated hollow body that is made of a biodegradable material, and has holes formed in the wall of the tube. The tube can be filled, at a bottom portion, with drainage material, and on top of the drainage material a planting material can be provided in which the root ball of a tree is placed. Upon placing the protective tree tube with the tree into a planting hole, the protective tree tube ca be buried and thereafter the tree will commence forming new rootage and become established.

The invention relates to a mutual assistance symbiosis minimally-invasive inarching method for wild alpine rhododendron ancient stumps and seedlings. The method includes the following steps of A, the root systems of the wild alpine rhododendron ancient stumps are processed, and soil around the root systems of ancient trees is scarified and planed, and the roots are exposed; B, the seedlings are inarched on the peripheries of the wild alpine rhododendron ancient stumps in an encircling mode, and the root systems of inarched plants are made to make close contact with the root systems of the ancient trees as much as possible; C, after the inarching is completed, filling is performed by using the original soil or prepared growth matrix; D, the plants are watered thoroughly for the first time, the root bulbs are fully wetted and repaired. With the mutual assistance symbiosis minimally-invasive inarching method for wild alpine rhododendron ancient stumps and seedlings, the inarched plants have a mutual assistance symbiosis relationship, all the organs such as roots, stems and leaves of independent plants are reserved respectively, but the plants depend on one another and are symbiotic in a mutual assistance mode to form a whole.

A method for moving large trees by cutting trenches around the tree so as to define a generally rectangular root ball for the tree and positioning a box structure in an excavated area along one side of the defined root ball so that the box structure can be pulled beneath the tree to as to sever the root ball. One side of the box structure is open and has a cutting plate that can be pulled under the tree. A pulling mechanism is positioned in a second excavated area on an opposite side of the root ball and cables are attached to the box structure so that it can be pulled beneath the root ball to sever and capture the ball. The open side of the box structure is then closed and lifting devices attached to the structure to allow the tree to be lifted from the ground.

An apparatus for stabilizing a tree or shrub, comprises a plurality of stakes each including first and second ends, respectively, the first ends being adapted for permitting the stakes to be driven into the ground, a plurality of straps, and attachment means located on the plurality of stakes, respectively, for securely attaching a portion of selected ones of the plurality of straps thereto, respectively, wherein the plurality of stakes are arranged in a desired spaced apart configuration around the root ball, and driven via their respective first ends at least partly into the ground, each of the plurality of straps being individually connected via the attachment means to and between a selected pair of the plurality of stakes, respectively, for providing a desired configuration of a single layer or multiple overlying layers of the plurality of straps, whereby the plurality of straps are positioned over and against the root ball to provide a downward force thereagainst and to secure the root ball in place.