FR2676613A1 - Mulch for growing - Google Patents

Abstract

Device for protecting the ground of land for herb garden, vegetable garden or horticultural growing, for professionals or amateurs. The invention relates to a device making it possible to cover over cultivated ground in which plants are located. The invention makes it possible to avoid the proliferation of undesirable weeds and thereby to eliminate the maintenance of sown or planted land during the entire duration of the development and production of cultivated plants. The device makes it possible to water the ground easily owing to its shape, inclined from the top of the modules, and thereby increase the retention of the moisture in the soil. The notches with which the top of the modules are equipped allow the plants to be positioned and put in place. The cheeks located on either side of the modules allow them to be held in the soil. The devices according to the invention are particularly intended for professional or amateur gardening.

Description

DESCRIPTION
Title: wCulture ground cover "
Technical area
For professional or amateur gardening, the present invention relates to a device intended to cover cultivated soils in order to prevent the development and proliferation of weeds and thereby avoid having to ensure the maintenance of the soils during the duration of growth and the production of cultivated plants.

previous state
The device according to the invention makes it possible to isolate, on an earth surface, crop plants, and to prevent the proliferation of undesirable weeds.

Therefore, the use of the device eliminates the maintenance work of the cultures around the plants which had to be carried out several times during the development and production time of the cultivated plant.

disclosure of the invention
The device according to the invention consists of opaque, rigid rigid or semi-rigid, molded or shaped plates provided with notches and intended to be placed on the ground, in the form of successive modules in beds or isolated
These modules may be made of synthetic resin or any other thin formable material, according to the characteristics indicated by the plans.

The modules are placed on the ground, prepared by digging, dogging and planing, at the same time that the plants to be cultivated are placed in the notches provided in the modules for this purpose.

The cheeks, vertical or close to the vertical plane of the modules, are driven into the ground until the modules lie flat on the ground.

The plants are planted in the notches as the modules are put in place.

For the circular module for isolated plants, the plant is placed in the ground before the two parts of the circular module are themselves arranged on the ground on either side of said plant.

PRESENTATION OF THE DRAWINGS:
Tunnel cover for separate plants (board 1/5)
Module allowing the installation of separate planes in linear strips on two parallel rows under successive modules aligned in beds.

The top of a unitary module has two inclined double slopes each converging towards the planting axis lines in order to facilitate and improve the flow of natural or artificial irrigation water towards the base of the plants.

The module laterally has two vertical or substantially located cheeks in the vertical plane in order to keep it fixed in the ground in a reliable and stable manner and in particular against the effects of tearing by the wind.

The top of the module has four half-notches intended to position two by two the placement of plants to grow.

The modules are arranged to follow each other in beds, i.e. end to end with a slight overlap at their end
The length of the flowerbeds is unlimited depending on the number of modules installed and the length of the flowerbeds to be fitted by the process.

tunnel floor covering for line plans (plate 2/5)
Same device as for the previous one.

The planting system corresponding to this device varies only by the nature of the plants planted. This module is reserved for plants planted in the form of seeds in buried furrows or in semi-linear surface.

The double furrows are loaded with seeds as the modules of the flower bed progress in small sections whose length corresponds to the width dimension of the modules.

As soon as each furrow is provided with seeds and these are covered with soil, a module is placed on the soil of the flower bed and so on until the end of the flower bed.

tunnel ground cover for hedge planting (plate 3/5)
Same device as before with the difference that the module only has two half-notches for a single row of plantations.

This module is reserved for planting shrubs in rows intended to form hedges.

In addition, to facilitate its installation and its removal after the end of the growth of the shrubs, the modules are arranged in two identical opposable parts back to back on the ground.

In addition, the shape of the half-notches is oblong in order to allow planting at variable distances with the same type of module.

circular ground cover (plate 4/5)
The device is identical to the previous ones, but corresponds to isolated individual plantations of shrubs or single plants separated or isolated on a soil surface.

The present device has in particular that the plant is placed in the ground before the installation of the module and that this module is in two semi-circular elements which are arranged on either side and back to back on each side of the foot of the plant in place.

The outside diameter of the circular modules is chosen according to the nature and size of the plant. It is the same for the diameter of the central notches.

The diameter of these can be increased by breaking in successive cutting of the edge of the pre-ruptured central holes until the diameter chosen is obtained according to the device indicated on plate 5/5.

Application
Made of plastic, synthetic resin, metal or composite materials, the tunnel or circular ground cover modules would be made available to professional or amateur gardeners for the realization of their garden plantings, whether flowers or vegetables or whether they are single plants (circular ground cover) or ban by separate plants or in line (tunnel ground cover).

The module would be manufactured industrially and distributed by marketing networks such as garden centers, supermarkets or landscapers specializing in culture and for the attention of a very large audience.

In general, each module, object of the invention is provided with at least one notch on at least one of its sides to allow by the juxtaposition of two modules, the positioning of plants in the reservations defined by the juxtaposition of two opposite notches.

Claims (4)

1. A ground covering device intended to prevent the proliferation of weeds, characterized in that it consists of thin, rigid or semi-rigid opaque modules @. each medule being provided with at least one notch on at least one of its sides to allow the @uxtaposition of two modules, the positioning of the plants in the reservations defined by the juxtaposition of two opposite notches 2. Device according to claim n 1, characterized in that the modules have slopes slightly inclined on the top to allow the flow of natural or artificial sprinkling water which are directed towards the axes of the notches and of this done, in the notches themselves. 3. Device according to claim n 1, characterized by the presence on either side of the vertical side cheek modules approaching the vertical plane allowing the maintenance of the modules in the ground. 4. Device according to claim n 1, characterized by the presence of successive perforations in the cheeks of the m @ dules in order to allow the humidity of the soil to reach the earth situated under the modules.