Plant husbandry inventions 08/07

20070199240 - Protection device for bulbs, seeds and/or partially germinated plants: A bulb protection device protects planted bulbs, seeds and/or partially germinated plants from being accessed by animals or inadvertently contacted by humans. The device comprises a generally horizontally extending base perforated by one or more aperture(s), a downwardly extending peripheral flange around a peripheral edge of the base, and a... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20070199241 - Structure for planted wall: A light self-supporting vegetated wall includes globally prismatic boxes, designed to be juxtaposed and/or stacked, the adjacent boxes being assembled together. Each box includes latticed or meshed surfaces, lined internally with a web, and filled with a cultivating substrate, such as humus. A network of water pipes and a network... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070199242 - Promoting early establishment of potato crops by ethylene inhibitors: This invention is directed to a method for promoting early establishment of potato crops, and is particularly directed to promotion of potato sprout number and length, and reduction of sprout tip necrosis. In one aspect of the invention, a method is provided for increasing the number of sprouts per tuber,... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070193111 - Greenhouse construction with rail system: Greenhouse construction consisting of a number of rooves with supporting members, such as longitudinal beams, ridges and gutters. These supporting members are provided with rails for moving a carriage or the like over them. The rails and supporting members provide each other with structural strength so that a relatively slim... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20070193113 - Trellis and tool system: A trellis system of the invention comprises a trellis and tool in combination. The trellis includes multiple legs and one or more horizontal supports. The tool includes a tray and a coning tool. The tray is adapted to slidably engage the legs by way of engagement means. The coning tool... Agent: Innovar, LLC

20070193114 - Watering device and method of using the same: A watering device well-suited for use in watering soil that surrounds a plant includes an inlet adapted to receive a supply of water, an elongated length of rigid tubing shaped to define an outlet, the outlet being in fluid communication with the inlet, and a shut-off valve for regulating the... Agent: Kriegsman & Kriegsman

20070193115 - Support device for the cultivation of macro organisms in marine waters: A support device for cultivating macro organisms in marine waters consisting of first and second coplanar rings connected to each other by a plurality of radial support lines and provided between them with a plurality of cultivating lines arranged in substantially coaxial rings and connected to the support lines. The... Agent: Law Offices Of Karl Hormann

20070193116 - Fabric roof planter: A roof planter comprising growth media capable of sustaining a desired vegetation, a sack retaining a quantity of the growth media, the sack being formed of moisture permeable material that is capable of retaining the growth media, the sack having an opening capable of accepting the growth media, and a... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070193117 - Covering for flower pot and floral grouping: A cover for use with a flower pot having a floral grouping disposed therein. The cover includes a sheet of material having a sheet extension connected to an outer peripheral surface thereof. The sheet of material is formed into a pot cover for covering the flower pot and the sheet... Agent: Dunlap, Codding & Rogers P.C.

20070186463 - Blended mulch products for spray application to a surface: The invention provides in part a blended mulch product of at least two types of bio-degradable materials having different geometric shapes and physical properties. The first type of bio-degradable material may be a ligno-cellulosic fiber, such as a refined softwood ligno-cellulosic fiber, and the second type of bio-degradable material may... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070186464 - Apparatus for cultivating cucumber, eggplant. et al.: An apparatus for cultivating a cucumber according to a prior art has the following problem. That is, since a cover body of the related art apparatus is not easily fastened or unfastened, the cover body may be distorted due to a non-uniform expansion pressure applied thereto while the cucumber grows.... Agent: Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

20070186465 - Controlled ripening protective cover for agricultural products: A protective cover for protection of agricultural products comprises a fibrous nonwoven fabric exhibiting sufficient vapor permeability to alter or control the ripening of the agricultural product so ensconced while retarding passage of dust and insects. The protective cover is positioned generally about associated agricultural products, with the cover being... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070186466 - Plant protective cover system with collapsible rigid frame: The present teachings provide, among other things, methods, systems, apparatus, and devices for providing protection for outdoor plants against the elements, and for regulation of climactic conditions for both indoor and outdoor plants. The present teachings provide, for example, methods and apparatus for covering growing plants to protect them from... Agent: Christopher Benjamin Gardiner

20070186467 - Foamed vitroeous materials for agricultural applications: A foamed glass plant growth support structure, including a foamed glass substrate and a plurality of interconnected pores distributed throughout the substrate. The substrate is characterized by a porosity of at least about 80 percent. The pore size is substantially between about 0.2 and about 5 millimeters and the substrate... Agent: Bingham Mchale LLP

20070186468 - Plant pot with fluid reservoir: A double wall plant pot, having a soil compartment and a fluid compartment, is presented. It includes also means to regulate the rate of flow from the fluid compartment to the soil compartment, and means to prevent soil from penetrating to the fluid compartment. Both hydrostatic and capillary pressures drive... Agent: Dr. Haim Amram Ben-simhon

20070186469 - Stackable plant pot: A plant pot (1) which, in use, is adapted to be stacked with one or more similar plant pots, the plant pot comprising: (a) cavity (5) including a water reservoir region (7) and a soil holding region (6) located above the reservoir region (7); (b) separation means (10) adapted to... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070180763 - Blended mulch product and method of making same: In one aspect there is provided a blended mulch product which can be mixed with water and spray-applied to a ground surface to form an erosion control medium, the blended mulch product comprising: about 75% to about 92% by weight ligno-cellulosic fibers; about 1% to about 10% by weight substantially... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070180765 - Japanese knotweed injector system: A Japanese knotweed injector system for injecting a dose of weed-killing fluid into the stem of a Japanese knotweed, including a fluid dispenser system with a fluid passage, a collared needle with a fluid delivery aperture in communication with the fluid dispenser system, and an actuator connected to the fluid... Agent: Rylander & Associates PC

20070180766 - Moisture absorbing and water transferring self watering structured stackable plant containers: A moisture absorbing and water transferring self watering structured planters, including a plurality of a tapering plant pots, capable of mounting one upon another in a staggered fashion, to provide a series of stacked planters, a bottom planter shaped to provide for its accommodations upon a deck rail, or the... Agent: Paul M. Denk

20070175093 - Gnat-trapping hydroponic lid and wrapper and method for use thereof: A Gnat-trapping Hydroponic Lid and Wrapper and Method of Use Thereof. The Lid is configured to be placed over the top of a hydroponic cube or hydroponic basket. The top surface of the lid is best if colored in a manner that attracts gnats and other flying insects. The bottom... Agent: Karl M. Steins Steins & Associates