ES2379428A1 - Seed holder for tree species - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention comprises an open-topped receptacle (1) having a wall (2) made from organic or inorganic matter. The receptacle is provided internally with: a substrate (3), at a lower level, bearing fertilizers, water and organic elements such as spores or phytosanitary substances a honeycomb area (4) above the substrate (3), intended for the implantation of the seeds and, above the honeycomb area, a wide area or empty space (5) for the development of the plantlet following germination of the seed. Consequently, once the seeds have been implanted in the honeycomb area, the seed holder can be immediately transported to the location planned for the full development of the tree and implanted in the soil, without any problem despite the long distances travelled. Moreover, both the seeds and the subsequent plantlet are maintained fully protected from environmental agents surrounding the device and under optimum germination/development conditions.

Description

Seed holder for species arboreal

Object of the invention

The present invention relates to a seed carrier, which has been specially designed so that within it the germination of these seeds and the first stage of development of the plants in their final place of implantation.

Thus the object of the invention is that the germination and development of the plant occurs in them forest land on which development will occur definitive, in conditions in which the seed is found perfectly protected against adverse environmental agents and in a properly fertilized substrate according to the characteristics of the tree plant in question.

The invention thus falls within the scope of the forestry industry, and more specifically within the industry dedicated to the germination and development of forest seeds.

Background of the invention

Currently, horticultural, forest and ornamentals are grown by germinating the seeds and developing the seedlings in nursery, to later pass them to the land of definitive cultivation

The transport of seedlings to the land of cultivation, is carried out in trays in which the plant germinated and develops until the time of transplant arrives, which varies Depending on the variety.

Once in the cultivation land, the seedling with the root ball of the tray and proceeds to planting direct on the ground, which was previously subjected to a technique of tillage determined by a technician, depending on the type of variety tree to plant and soil characteristics, geographical, climate, etc. which allows the integration of the seedling in the soil.

However, to overcome and improve some technical problems involved in transplanting nursery plants at soil, it would be desirable to have some means to improve the protection against predators and diseases, as well as a defense against native plants that create great competition in the cultivation, improve acclimatization of the plant, avoid diseases from the nursery, avoid the transport of seedlings and large geographical displacements from leaving the nursery until reaches the forest floor, as well as eliminating the manipulation of the seedling by the planters, all these variables, they can produce important damages in the seedlings affecting negatively to subsequent vegetative development.

However, the applicant does not is aware of the current existence of a invention that presents the characteristics indicated as suitable.

Description of the invention

The tree seed holder that the invention proposes comes to fill this technical vacuum by offering all the advantages just cited as desirable, as well as others that will be evidenced throughout the presentation description, including improvements in the undergrowth, as the orography of the soil and the biotope, with a better fixation of the plant to the ground and allowing the safe transport of seeds over long distances.

More specifically the Seed holder materializes in a receptacle of appropriate configuration and dimensions, preferably prismatic, based on organic, mineral and plastic derivatives, with some structural characteristics that give it sufficient strength mechanical, open superiorly, which houses inside the substrate, fertilizers, water, organic elements such as spores or phytosanitary products, and of course the seeds in question, as well as a superior and empty space for the development of the plant.

The aforementioned receptacle has an envelope outer laminar, of organic or inorganic origin.

Once the seed has been introduced into the receptacle, said seed is prepared so that it can be transported from the planting site to the land of crop, germinating the seed in the receptacle once placed the same in the forest lands where it is going to definitely develop the tree

Seed protection begins in the Sowing time in the receptacle and end with the emergency of the seedling in the cultivation land, protecting the seed receptacle of adverse situations that could Emanate from temperature, humidity, light, pests, diseases, blows in the manipulation and movements of the seed.

The receptacle is designed so that it can be handle without risk of loss of property physicochemical structure, can be handled on pallets or manually without any deterioration due to the architecture of the receptacle that allows to adapt to the soil characteristics

The physical configuration is similar to a polygon which can present the same or unequal sides, depending on its size, according to the variety of the plant, soil and climatology Where it is going to develop.

The structure has sufficient strength to withstand the manipulations of the technique used in the manipulation of the receptacle and the attack of predators that We want to avoid.

It should be reiterated that the composition of the structure is mineral, organic and inorganic fibers, fertilizers and plastic derivatives, which leads to having some physicochemical properties in terms of its physical resistance, plasticity, water accumulation, drainage of water, conductivity of substrates and liquids, retention of nutrients, controlled transformation of the components of the substrate mixing, controlled degradation of the structure depending on the varieties, soils and climate.

Description of the drawings

To complement the description that is being performing and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical realization of it, is accompanied as an integral part of said description, a set of drawings where with character Illustrative and not limiting, the following has been represented:

Figure 1.- Shows, according to a representation schematic in side elevation and section, a seed carrier for tree species made of according to the object of the present invention.

Figure 2.- Shows a plan view top of the same seed holder.

Figure 3.- Shows a plan view lower.

Figure 4.- Shows a profile, also in section, of the seed holder of the figures previous.

Figure 5.- Shows a similar representation to that of figure 4, with the exception of the substrate.

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

In view of the figures outlined you can be seen as the seed holder that the invention proposed is constituted from a receptacle (1), which in the example of practical implementation chosen adopts a configuration substantially flattened rectangular prismatic, but which can adopt any other appropriate configuration without affecting The essence of the invention.

In said receptacle (1) walls (2) participate which can be of organic or inorganic constitution, and houses in its interior, specifically in its lower zone, the substrate (3) at that fertilizers, water and elements will be incorporated organic appropriate for the germination and development of the plant, such as spores or phytosanitary mentioned with anteriority.

Above this lower sector (3) intended to receive the aforementioned substrate, an area (4) of smaller is established height, specifically an alveolar zone destined to receive the seed, leaving an area free in the receptacle (1) superior (5), that is to say an empty space for the development of the plant.

As a complement to the structure described, the said receptacle (1) is complemented by a wrapper sheet (6) also of organic or inorganic origin.

The substrate (3) will be of organic origin and / or inorganic and variable volume depending on the type of plant and of the environment in which the tree is going to develop.

As Figure 5 shows the substrate (3), which can directly occupy the lower area of the receptacle (1), may be provided with a wrapper (7), which may affect also to the alveolar zone (4), so that the substrate with its envelope is housed inside the container defined by the receptacle (2), as shown in Figure 4.

Claims (3)

1. Seed holder for tree species, which being conceived both as a means of germination of the seed, as a means of seedling development in the place provided for the definitive development of the tree, is characterized by being constituted by a preferably prismatic receptacle , open superiorly, based on walls of organic and / or inorganic constitution (2), container receptacle at the lower level of a substrate (3), which incorporates fertilizers, water and organic elements such as spores or phytosanitary, establishing above said substrate an alveolar zone (4) for location of the seeds, which leaves a wide area or sector (5) free for development of the forest species. 2. Seed holder for tree species, according to claim 1, characterized in that said receptacle (2) is assisted by a laminar envelope (6) of organic and / or inorganic origin. 3. Seed holder for tree species, according to previous claims, characterized in that the substrate (3) and optionally also the alveolar area (4), are protected by a laminar envelope (7), constituting an implantable assembly within the receptacle ( 2).