Vitamin-Hormone Horticultural Powder for Clog-Free Root Injection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional subsurface nutrient injection systems for trees and deep-rooted plants face clogging issues due to the use of screens or filters, which prevent larger particles from passing through, hindering effective nutrient distribution and root development.
Innovation Solution
A water-suspensible dry powder formulation combining plant growth regulators, mycorrhizae, vitamins B1 and B6, sea kelp, and beneficial microbes in a carrier, designed to promote root growth and development without clogging screens, suitable for deep root tree feeding, drenching, and other horticultural applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a screen or filter is placed in the injection system to protect the pump, then the pump is protected from damage, but particles larger than the screen mesh are prevented from being ejected, causing clogging
Solution Approach 1:
The harmful component (screen/filter) is removed from the system. The patent describes an injection system that operates without screens or filters, allowing particles of all sizes to pass through the injection tube without being blocked, thereby eliminating clogging issues while maintaining pump protection through alternative means
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the physical state and size parameters of the nutrient particles. By providing nutrients in a formulation that creates small particles capable of passing through the injection tube without clogging, the system maintains both pump protection and effective nutrient distribution to root zones
2Quantity of substance
If liquid suspension or solution of nutrients is injected into the soil, then deep root plants receive nutrients, but particles larger than the screen mesh cannot be ejected, limiting nutrient availability
Solution Approach 1:
The restrictive screen component is removed from the injection system, enabling particles of all sizes including larger nutrient particles to be ejected effectively into the soil without mechanical blockage
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses a composite nutrient formulation containing multiple components including vitamins, hormones, and nutrient particles in various sizes. This composite material provides comprehensive nutrition while the larger particles can now be effectively delivered without screens
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances nutrient and water uptake, improves plant vigor and stress tolerance, and reduces pathogens like Candidatus liberibacter, while avoiding screen clogging, thus effectively supporting root growth and overall plant health.
Implementation Method 1
This product is a water-suspensible, dry powder comprising a combination of plant growth regulators, mycorrhizae, vitamins B1 and B6, sea kelp and beneficial microbes in a carrier
Data Source
AI summary
A water-suspensible, dry, vitamin-hormone horticultural product for promoting plant root growth comprising a combination of one or more plant growth regulators, mycorrhizae, vitamins B1 and B6, sea kelp and beneficial microbes in a carrier. In one embodiment the product is a dry powder of about 2.00 wt % indole-3-butyric acid in crystalline solid form; about 0.20 wt % thiamine mononitrate (B1) in water-soluble powder form; about 0.20 wt % pyridoxine HCl (B6) in water-soluble powder form; about 2.64 wt % Mycorrhizae in water-soluble powder form; about 1.06 wt % sea kelp extract in brown flake form; about 0.88 wt % Bacillus amyloliquefaciens in water-soluble powder form; about 0.07 wt % sodium lauryl sulfoacetate in water-soluble powder form; and about 92.35 wt % maltodextrin in water-soluble powder form.