DE7010322U - PLANT SUBSTRATE FOR GROUNDLESS PLANTS. - Google Patents

Description

System of substrate plates that grows with the plants

The system of plant breeding described below with an 'enlargement of the substrate plate adapted to the respective growth of the plants is a port development of the Utility model No. 6 936.5 ^ 8

"Pre-cut foam plant plate". To The cuttings or the utility model

The seeds are inserted into cross slots that are punched into small blocks of polyurethane foam, a plurality of such plant blocks with the corners connected to form a plate, which a quick planting permitted. This plate is after the vortex divided into individual blocks by plucking them and then piling them in garden soil. These planting plates are made according to de Plants placed in plastic bowls of standardized size or in reservoirs and moistened with water.

This procedure is recognized to be of great help for commercial horticulture, as the planting in a finished substrate quickly and warping without damaging the roots. As a disadvantage, however felt that the warping should take place in garden soil, the production and preparation of which is always too expensive is.

It has now been suggested by a third party to plant the cuttings or seeds in small cubes made of rigid foam and these cubes after rooting into a larger one Use cube by using the larger cube mech. presses in, i.e. destroys the cells of the rigid foam and

insert the smaller cube into the resulting recess. If the larger cube is also streaked, it is inserted into an even larger block of foam. This method has several disadvantages:

1. The use of rigid foam makes one. Compress storage and shipping material impossible; a huge amount of space is required for storage and transportation.

2. When warping, the countersunk holes must be made in each block, which greatly improves the workflow adversely affected.

3 · Bs each time the individual blocks are warped in be taken by hand, which is very time-consuming *

4. The dewatering increases with the size of the blocks worse, because the water collects at the bottom, while there is a lack of water inside the block.

These deficiencies should be remedied according to the following suggestions:

1. The starting material is a super soft foam of the lowest Volume weight used in plate form. It can be highly compressed for shipping and storage and gets its original volume back in no time as soon as the compression pressure through the packaging sleeve will be annulled.

2. The larger blocks are finished with punched out to the Provide matching recesses for the corresponding smaller blocks. The smaller, rooted blocks are thus warped quickly and with the greatest possible care of the suction roots in the larger block.

3. The larger blocks each sit in a large number on a standardized, pre-cut base plate, whereby the Workload is reduced to a minimum.

4. The dewatering is inevitably due to adhesive barriers between the individual layers of the panels

improves. The water is temporarily dammed between the "rafters" without forming a "water bath", and can thus be better absorbed by the suction roots. This adhesive film is perforated in the middle 7.

5 · An added benefit of stacking Foam layers are offered by the fact that the individual layers are provided with different, possibly increasing fertilizers during production can do what is important to ensure growth.

6. It is not insignificant that the pre-cut block plates always have a constant distance between the center points: while the "hand indentation" creates a very uneven image.

The attached illustrations demonstrate the proposed System:

Fig. 1 shows a cutting (a) in a small "original cube" according to

Fig. 2 exactly into the recess 2b of the frame 2 AmX. With

glued base plate 2a fits. The base plate 2 is an outline of the pre-cut plate 5 »

Fig. 3 shows an even larger block 3/3 "" in its recess 31> the block according to FIG. 2 with the "original cube" 1 is inserted.

Fig. K shows a planting plate, which consists of a large number of

with their corners ka. contiguous "Urwürfel" 1, each of which has a pre-punched ^e Phillips 4b for receiving the cuttings or seed grain. The entire planting plate has at least the inside dimension of the " ^{Euro pallet 11} " or a plurality of them. This allows the planting to be carried out quickly without any additional handles. This also makes mechanical sowing possible. The individual original cubes

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are only removed from the planting plate after the roots have penetrated separated and placed in the planting plate

Fig. 5 warped. This figure shows on the right the pre-punched base plate 5 'which consists of a large number of individual plates 2a connected at their corners 5a. The f «in

put hatched zones: the adhesive areas 5b, which are marked with Stencils sprayed on or printed on with pressure rollers are <. They leave the center of the individual plates free to allow the To control water flow towards the center.

This adhesive film consists essentially of a ± m: with nitric neutralized gel Acroleinpolymerisaten, which has a high water-binding property. In addition, fertilizers can be added to this gel. On this base plate 5, the frame 2 are placed without gaps and a related party by applying slight pressure to the base plate. for the; original cube "1, the recess 2b is exposed.

Fig. 6 shows the planting plate 6, which is exactly like the planting plate

5 consists of a base plate 6 - shown on the right - from a plurality of individual plates 3a connected at the corners 6a and the frame shown on the left. The frame 2 and, if necessary, the "dice 1" are also drawn in to show that the frames of all sizes are punched from a plate in one operation, in such a way that the corners 6a remain unpunched. After the frame 2 with the original cube 1 has been ejected, the connected plate with the frame 3 can be glued onto the base plate 6, which is considerably more labor-saving than gluing the individual frame 2 according to FIG. 5. The gel adhesive layer is only on the edge of the base plates 2a or 3a, while the middle 7 remains free of adhesive.

Only after rooting through the base plate 3 »will the Planting plates according to Fig. 6 apart, in that the Corners 6a are plucked.

The use of the "original cubes" 1, which are used in the manufacture of the frame plate according to FIG. the planting plate according to Fig. k is not so urgent.

From Fig. 3 it can be seen that 2 frames 3 are required for each plant cube. This is proposed for economic reasons, since the height of the frame corresponds to 2x the height of the cube according to FIG. Of course, you could technically manufacture the frame 3 from 1 Sick, but then you would not have any use for the punched out inner parts.

This nesting of one size of cube inside the other one can (theoretically) continue at will, but in the || Practice with 3 cube sizes to get along with Ǥ!

Because the individual layers 2c and 3c by an f>

thin gel layer are separated, arise in the more- f;

layered cube more or less closed chambers, fj

in which the irrigation water is dammed and the flow rate is at least '.

is delayed. This gives the plant time to grow

take in a sufficient amount of water and nutrient salts. ',

The soft foam can be very beneficial with powdered brown. or charcoal, which relates to drainage # · and growth has the best effect. !

While the original dice 1 do not contain nutrient salts, the Plates for frames and base plates already during production ι

Enriched with optimal amounts of water-soluble nutrient salts j

with the corresponding, the increasing demand ^:

of the plants in nutrients ^ & xf ^ Enrichment from stage to j

Level can be increased. I.

The plastic substrates that have appeared on the market so far were naturally white or at least light-colored, which was bothersome and; was felt to be a hindrance to sales. The foam, foamed with brown or charcoal, is earth-colored and thus also meets the customer's wishes in terms of color. I.

If you want to grow onion plants, you can do without the original cube 1 and the planting onions directly insert into the recess 2b of the plant cube 2.

Since flexible foams of low density can largely be compressed without destroying the initial volume, a large number of planting plates or parts thereof and the 'original cube plates ¹ ' can be packaged in a small shipping and storage volume, which is a great advantage for the consumer.

Claims (1)

I 1 I I 11 S e'llü't z'ahsjirüche new version of July 22 , 197ο Plant substrate in cube form for soilless cultivation of Plants characterized in that 1. It consists of a combination of several nested cubes, whereby the "original cube" (l) is the cuttings carrier, which is placed in the recess (2bi of the frame cube 2 after its rooting, which is received in the recess after its rooting) (3b; of the larger frame cube (3), and so on, whereby the frame cube (2 + 3) consist of frame (2a + Yes; and base plate (5 +6), which are covered by a water-retaining gel-adhesive film (2c - * 3c i are connected to each other, and which preferably consist of earth-colored soft foam, 2. the original dice (l) according to the utility model 6.936-5 ^ 8 Individual parts are made from a pre-cut flexible foam sheet, which are divided into a large number of individual cubes is whose cube are connected with their corners so that they can still be transported as a plate, and that the Individual cubes have a pre-cut cross slot to accommodate the cuttings or seeds, 3. The frame and base plates are pre-punched according to GM 6.936-5 ^ 8 so that the individual frames and individual base plates (2a + 3a > with their corners (5a + 6a) are connected and form a transportable, coherent plate which, if necessary, can be split into individual elements can be torn apart k. the original cubes (l), frames (2 + 3) and base plates are made of hydrophilic soft foam with the lowest density, primarily on the polyurethane basis, possibly with the addition of different amounts of water-soluble nutrient salts, 7O1O322-i.io.7O 5. between the layers (2c + 3c) introduced gel adhesive film merisaten based on Acroleinpoly Alkalibydroxyden and possibly with a Düngeran enrichment Wasserleit- and storage film forms which is broken in the center of the cube (7) _t 6. Plant substrate according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the plant plates are packed in a highly compressed state for the purpose of shipping and storage.