Plant husbandry inventions 07/07

20070169410 - Flower arrangement holder having hydroponic function: Disclosed herein is a flower arrangement holder having a hydroponic function. The flower arrangement holder according to the present invention includes a storage tank (6) containing liquid therein, an absorbent body seat (4) which is formed in a central portion of the storage tank (6) and receives an absorbent body... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070163170 - Lighting system for a greenhouse: A greenhouse has an exterior curtain wall structure formed by spaced tubular posts carrying external transparent panels and bottom non-transparent wall panels below a sill with the panels spanning the posts. A plurality of benches is located within the interior at spaced positions along one side wall with the width... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20070163171 - Interlocking landscape edging block: A landscape edging block is provided which has a first member and a second member twice as long as the first member connected to the first member to form an L-shaped block. A plurality of L-shaped blocks is arranged in an interlocking fashion to create a border between different landscape... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070163172 - Biodegradable mat containing superabsorbent polymers: A delivery mechanism for delivering superabsorbent polymer (“SAP”) products is disclosed. The delivery mechanism comprises a horticulture mat that may include two cellulose substrate sheets bonded together with SAP particles disposed between the sheets. The horticulture mat may optionally include seed, fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, fungicides and/or other growth-promoting additives.... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20070163173 - Superabsorbent polymer root dip: A superabsorbent polymer (“SAP”) root dip composition and methods of delivering a SAP to a plant are disclosed. A root structure of a plant may be dipped into a SAP hydrogel. The plant may then be planted, stored or transported for subsequent planting.... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20070163174 - Method of covering a potted plant or floral grouping with a floral sleeve: A method of covering a potted plant or a floral grouping with a floral sleeve. The sleeve has, in one embodiment, a plurality of randomly positioned overlapping folds disposed in a sidewall of the sleeve. The sleeve optionally has a detachable upper portion.... Agent: Dunlap, Codding & Rogers P.C.

20070157511 - Christmas-tree stand with water-level-detecting circuitry providing flasher outlet and recordable sound playback: An electronic device to warn of a low water level, particularly in a Christmas tree water reservoir base. A flashing unit provides an affect to an outlet where the strand of lights on the tree or another lighted device will turn on and off until the water is filled into... Agent: David M. Solak

20070157512 - Electronic measuring or control device used for watering plants: Disclosed is an electronic control device (21) for watering plants, comprising at least one electronic moisture sensor (1) based on a moisture-sensitive capacitor (5) for measuring the moisture of the dirt. Said capacitor is provided with a dielectric (8) whose dielectric coefficient changes when moisture penetrates thereinto.... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070157513 - Plant potting: A plant pot includes a sleeve and a base disposed across one end of the sleeve, the sleeve and base together forming a container for holding potting soil. The sleeve is formed of a flexible membrane that is both permeable to air and water vapor, and impermeable to liquid water,... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070157514 - Vegetation roofing system: A vegetation roofing tray comprising an interconnecting lip is provided. The interconnecting lip on the sidewall of a tray engages with a sidewall of an adjacent tray, securely interconnecting the adjacent trays side-by-side together. A securing device penetrating the sidewalls of adjacent trays may also be used to secure the... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070151148 - Modular garden environmental containment system and method: Modular garden environmental apparatus and methods including apparatus to limit weed growth to nearby one or more plants, protecting the plants from insects and animals, providing additional thermal retention, automatically maintaining a desired soil moisture control near the plants, providing a method of fertilizer delivery and providing vertically offset regions... Agent: Richman And Associates

20070151149 - Methods for altering the level of phytochemicals in plant cells by applying wave lengths of light from 400 nm to 700 nm and apparatus therefore: A method of altering the level of at least one phytochemical in a plant cell comprising chlorophyll or in plant tissue comprising chlorophyll by irradiating the said plant cell or plant tissue with light of at least one wavelength selected from the range of wavelengths of from 400 nm to... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070151150 - Portable garden box with protective fence: A novel portable garden box for use in growing plants, comprises a fence and a tub, where the fence is attached to fence posts that are insertable into the tub. The tub includes a tub lip, four walls, a bottom, postholes for receiving the fence posts and drain holes for... Agent: Christopher D. Harrington