FI66274C - ODLINGSBAELTE - Google Patents

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66274

CULTIVATION BELT - ODLINGSBÄLTE

The invention relates to a cultivation belt which is intended mainly for the cultivation of root crops. It is a suitably wide nabha fitted with the seeds of the cultivated variety at thinning intervals typical of the variety, and is wound on a roll by the meter, so that it is convenient to place on the ground when sowing, albeit with a separate sowing device.

Various cultivation belts and packages are already known.

Thus, for example, an elongated cultivation package is known from the FI filament 44445, the substantially closed outer casing of which has points at regular intervals which allow the growing plant to protrude. Inside the package is placed a growing medium and a liquid line, along which the amount of water and plant nutrients it needs is supplied to each plant.

SE 423'171 discloses an industrially seeded mat consisting of peat and a fibrous material which binds it. SE publication 425'571, on the other hand, comprises a mat with a cellulosic pulp to which nutrients have been added, seeds on it and peat in the form of a patch. The cellulose-peat composition thus assembled is compressed into a sheet or mat using a binder. DK publication 11Θ'ö51 discloses a water-soluble plastic strip which can be mechanically bent suitably and, after the seeds have been placed, glued together and wound on a roll. DE-A-279-745, on the other hand, discloses a strip made of paper, inside which, before it is sealed by gluing, the seeds are arranged at regular intervals by also gluing the seeds to the strip.

The object of the present invention is to provide a culture belt formed by cardboard tape perforated at suitable intervals, in the holes of which the seeds are fitted by fixing them in place with thin porous paper on both sides of the cardboard tape. When the cardboard strip is treated with herbicides and only a thin layer of soil is applied to the strip when sowing, the weed cannot grow on the cultivation belt, but only the seeds germinating in the holes rise to the germ and to good growth. Further features of the invention will become apparent from the appended claims.

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In the following, the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawing. In the drawing, reference numeral 1 shows a cardboard strip, which may be, for example, 8 cm wide. If necessary, it can be treated before insemination with grass grass Tor j un ta-ai nee.1 la 6. Holes 2 are made in the carton 1 at thinning intervals of 3 to be sown. The diameter of the holes 2 is adapted to the needs of the variety to be sown. Thus, for example, when sowing carrots, a suitable diameter is 3 mm. The seed 4 is placed in the hole 2 and fixed in place with porous paper (e.g. of the toilet paper type) 5 which is glued to both sides of the cardboard strip 1, the seed 4 remaining in the hole 2 between the papers 5. The fitting of the seeds 4 to the holes 2 of the cardboard strip 1 and the gluing of the papers 5 can advantageously be carried out mechanically in the factory. The finished culture belt is wound on a roll.

When sowing, the crop belt is preferably placed on the ground with a separate machine or device. Topsoil, eg 1 cm thick, is applied over the cultivation belt. In this way, weeds cannot grow in the case of the crop belt, especially if its cardboard part 1 has been pre-treated with the herbicide 6. Under the influence of moisture, the entire crop belt decomposes during the growing season.

The advantages of the cultivation belt are that the plant is made to grow pre-thinned, there is no need to weed out and at the same time the cultivation belt binds moisture underneath and keeps the soil moist. Various embodiments of the invention may vary within the scope of the claims set out below.

Claims (2)

66274 A cultivation belt, mainly intended for the cultivation of root crops, consisting of a moisture-decomposing strip with possible nutrients and other additives, to which the seed is fitted at thinning intervals typical of the variety to be sown, characterized in that the belt comprises perforated cardboard strip . Cultivation belt according to Claim 1, characterized in that the cardboard strip (11 ') is treated with herbicides (61) which prevent the growth of weeds on the belt in a thin layer of soil, e.g. 1 cm.