C - Chemistry – Metallurgy – 09 – K
Patent
C - Chemistry, Metallurgy
09
K
31/21, 71/53
C09K 17/00 (2006.01) A01G 9/10 (2006.01) A01H 4/00 (2006.01) B65D 33/14 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1077291
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A polymerized soil plug with a growing plant molded therein comprising a body of sponge-like open-celled hydro- phillic polymer, a growing plant having the roots thereof in the body of sponge-like polymer and having the stalk thereof extending outwardly from one surface, and a quantity of par- ticles of soil-like material distributed throughout the body of sponge-like polymer, a quantity of synthetic organic plas- tic resin being reacted in situ to form the body sponge-like open-celled hydrophilic polymer binding the particles of soil- like material therein and into a plug and binding the roots in the plug, the soil-like material comprising from about 20% to about 80% by dry weight of the soil plug, the roots being dis- tributed substantially uniformly throughout the adjacent por- tions of the plug and the stalk being intimately surrounded by the plug; the method of making such a soil plug is also dis- closed as well as a package for retail sale of the soil plugs with growing plants therein; also disclosed are hangers and a plaque for receiving the soil plugs.
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