GB2244988A - Conditioning growing medium or mulching - Google Patents

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GB2244988A
GB2244988A GB9013090A GB9013090A GB2244988A GB 2244988 A GB2244988 A GB 2244988A GB 9013090 A GB9013090 A GB 9013090A GB 9013090 A GB9013090 A GB 9013090A GB 2244988 A GB2244988 A GB 2244988A
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C09—DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • C09K—MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • C09K17/00—Soil-conditioning materials or soil-stabilising materials
    • C09K17/52—Mulches
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G24/00—Growth substrates; Culture media; Apparatus or methods therefor
    • A01G24/20—Growth substrates; Culture media; Apparatus or methods therefor based on or containing natural organic material
    • A01G24/22—Growth substrates; Culture media; Apparatus or methods therefor based on or containing natural organic material containing plant material
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G24/00—Growth substrates; Culture media; Apparatus or methods therefor
    • A01G24/30—Growth substrates; Culture media; Apparatus or methods therefor based on or containing synthetic organic compounds
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C05—FERTILISERS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF
    • C05F—ORGANIC FERTILISERS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C05B, C05C, e.g. FERTILISERS FROM WASTE OR REFUSE
    • C05F11/00—Other organic fertilisers
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C05—FERTILISERS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF
    • C05F—ORGANIC FERTILISERS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C05B, C05C, e.g. FERTILISERS FROM WASTE OR REFUSE
    • C05F11/00—Other organic fertilisers
    • C05F11/02—Other organic fertilisers from peat, brown coal, and similar vegetable deposits
    • C05F11/04—Horticultural earth from peat
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C05—FERTILISERS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF
    • C05G—MIXTURES OF FERTILISERS COVERED INDIVIDUALLY BY DIFFERENT SUBCLASSES OF CLASS C05; MIXTURES OF ONE OR MORE FERTILISERS WITH MATERIALS NOT HAVING A SPECIFIC FERTILISING ACTIVITY, e.g. PESTICIDES, SOIL-CONDITIONERS, WETTING AGENTS; FERTILISERS CHARACTERISED BY THEIR FORM
    • C05G3/00—Mixtures of one or more fertilisers with additives not having a specially fertilising activity
    • C05G3/80—Soil conditioners

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Abstract

A method of conditioning growing medium for cultivation or a method of mulching comprises applying to the growing medium a mixture comprising rubber crumb and fibre preferably obtained from worn out or damaged vehicle tyres or fibre reinforced rubber belting.

Description

"Conditioning growing medium or mulching" Description of Invention This invention relates to a method of conditioning a growing medium such as soil or soiless compost, for cultivation, or to a method of mulching.
Presently, peat is dug into clay type soils and is used in growbags and in other containers for plants to provide a sterile weed free material with good drainage and moisture retention properties to improve the texture of the growing medium and thus to improve the suitability of the medium for cultivation.
For environmental reasons, it is desirable to discontinue using peat as such a conditioner and hence it has been proposed to use fibres from for example, coconuts which are dug into the soil to improve the texture of the soil. However such coconut fibre has other important uses and is therefcre not an ideal substitute for peat.
According to one aspect of the invention we provide a method of conditioning growing medium for cultivation, or a method of mulching comprising applying to the growing medium a mixture comprising rubber crumb and fibre.
It has been found that when such a mixture is dug into the soil, cr provided in growbags and in other containers, this provides an ideal substitute for peat, for conditioning the growing medium fcr cultivation, and when applied to the surface of the growing medium, the material is an ideal mulching material with good insulation, moisture retention and weed supression properties.
The fibre is preferably a textile material such as nylon, rayon, or another synthetic material e.g.
polypropylene, in which case, the rubber crumb and fibre mixture can be obtained from, for examples, worn out or damaged vehicle tyres, or fibre reinforced rubber belting.
Thus not only does the present invention provide an environmentally acceptable alternative to peat or forest bark, but the present inventIon provides a convenient and environmentally acceptable means for disposal of worn out or damaged vehicle tyres/belting.
Some uses for worn out or damaged vehicle tyres/belting are already known, but there are still a large number of such tyres/belting which need to be disposed of as waste, typically by burning. Such burning produces so called "greenhouse" gases and hence the present invention also provides an environmental advantage when the mixture of rubber crumb and fibre is obtained from worn out or damaged vehicle tyres/belting.
Furthermore, the mixture would break down very slowly so that the properties of the mixture as a peat substitute, or as a mulching material, are long term.
AccordIng to a second aspect of the invention we provide A mixture of rubber crumb and fibre for use in a method according to the first aspect o te Invention.
Preferably the textile material is nylon, rayon or another synthetic material.
Preferably the rubber crumb comprises particles at least the majority of which have a maximum dimension of less than 5 mm.
Preferably the mixture is predominently .ikr.
The invention will now be described With reference to two examples.
First, a mixture of rubber crumb and fibre was obtained from worn cut or damaged vehicle tyres/belting by a process including one or more of shredding, grating, granlatIng, cuttIng, mincing, and freezing the tyresfbelting to cbtain a mixture comprising particles of rubber crumD at least the majority of which had a maximum dimension of less than 5 mm, and being mixed with fibre i.e. textile fibre from the vehicle tyres/beltlng, nylon or rayon or other synthetic fibre such as polypropylene. It will be appreciated though that some of the rubber will remain bonded to the fibre.
The mixture produced had a maximum exposure of fibre and was dug into clay type soil. This was found to improve the texture of the soil for cultivation.
It will be appreciated that vehicle tyres can contain metal bands. This metal may be removed during production of the rubber crumb and fibre mixture although any remaining metal e.g. particles or fine wires would simply rust away and add to the nutrients of the soil.
In a second example, the rubber crumb and fibre mixture obtained as before, was used as a mulching material around plants which were already growing i.e. the mixture was applied to the surface of a growing medium. It was found that the mixture provided an ideal mulch and reeted the germination of weed seeds around the growing plants, as well as providing good Insulating and moisture retention propertIes, to provide frcst protection and a slug farrier. The mixture was provIded as ch;ps ot rubber with embedded firs.
In a third example, a grow bag was provided containing a soiless compost and a mixture of rubber crumb and textile materIal, again obtained as described above.
This was found to provide an ideal medium for propaagatlng and growing plants.
In a further example, a mixture of rubber crumb and textile material, again obtained as described above, was applied as a surface dressing to turf to ccndition the growing medium. It was found that the mixture reinforced and preserved the root structure of the grasps, as well as improved moisture retention properties.
It will be appreciated that in each of the examples described, it is not essential for the rubber crumb and fibre mixture to be obtained from worn out or damaged vehicle tyres/belting although thls provides an environmental advantage as hereinbefore described.
However the mixture could be obtained from other sources as desired.
It is proposed that the mixture of rubber crumb and fibre is sold in bags to horticulturists in the same manner that peat is sold and/or in grow bags or other containers for plants, and/or in bulk to the propagating trade.

Claims (15)

1. A method of conditioning growing medium for cultivation or a method of mulching comprising applying to the growing medium a mixture comprising rubber crumb and fibre.
2. A method according to claim 1 wherein the mixture is dug rnto the growing medium to condition the growing medium.
3. A method according to claim 1 wherein the mixture is applied to the surface of the growing medium as a mulch.
4. A method accord nag t claim 1 wherein the mixture is provided with the growing medium in a grow bag sr other container for growIng plants.
5. A method according to any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein the fibre is a textile material.
6. A mixture according to claim 5 wherein the textile is a synthetic material.
7. A method according to claim 6 wherein the textile material is nylon, and/or rayon and/or pclypropyelene.
8. A method according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the mixture of rubber crumb and fibre is obtained from worn out or damaged vehicle tyres or fibre reinforced rubber belting.
9. A method of conditioning growing medium or mulching, substantially as hereinbefore described.
10. A mixture of rubber crumb and fibre for use in a method according to any one of the preceding claims.
11. A mixture according to claim 10 wherein the rubber crumb comprises particles, at least a majority of which have a configuration with a maximum dimension of less than 5 mm.
12. A mixture according to claim 11 wherein at least a majority of the particles of the rubber crumb are of a confiçuration having a maximum dimension of less than 3 mm.
13. A mixture according to any one cf claims 10 to 12 wherein the mixture is obtained by a process including one or more of shredding, granulating, cutting, mincing and freezing, used or damaged vehicle tyres/belting.
14. A mixture substantially as hereinbefore described.
15. Any novel feature or novel combination of features defined herein andXcr shown in the accompanyIng drawings.
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US5404671A (en) * 1993-10-27 1995-04-11 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Sod
DE4441328A1 (en) * 1994-11-22 1996-05-23 Rieter Automotive Germany Gmbh Substrate for greening flat or sloping surfaces
US5675933A (en) * 1995-10-12 1997-10-14 Kawaguchi; Tadashi Plant cultivation bed and plant cultivation block
EP0875144A1 (en) * 1997-04-17 1998-11-04 Hayakawa Rubber Company Limited Antimicrobial and anti-algae agent for plants, a plant-growing structure and a method for suppressing propagation of fungi and algae in plant-growing
GB2473218A (en) * 2009-09-03 2011-03-09 Ray Lodge Growing medium incorporating rubber particles
RU2698183C2 (en) * 2017-06-15 2019-08-22 Общество с ограниченной ответственностью "Малое инновационное предприятие "Агротехнопарк "Пермский" Pea seed cultivation method using nitrogen fertilizer on the basis of crumb rubber

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US3876411A (en) * 1973-10-23 1975-04-08 Cata Sep Corp Method of making mulch
GB1431687A (en) * 1972-10-14 1976-04-14 Nittan Co Ltd Method of manufacturing oil collecting material
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GB1384217A (en) * 1972-07-29 1975-02-19 Nittan Co Ltd Method of collecting oil on water surface
GB1431687A (en) * 1972-10-14 1976-04-14 Nittan Co Ltd Method of manufacturing oil collecting material
US3876411A (en) * 1973-10-23 1975-04-08 Cata Sep Corp Method of making mulch
GB2088184A (en) * 1980-11-19 1982-06-09 Univ Cardiff Container for plant growth
SU1557153A1 (en) * 1987-06-23 1990-04-15 Грузинский Научно-Исследовательский Институт Гидротехники И Мелиорации Method of cultivation of heavy soils

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US5404671A (en) * 1993-10-27 1995-04-11 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Sod
DE4441328A1 (en) * 1994-11-22 1996-05-23 Rieter Automotive Germany Gmbh Substrate for greening flat or sloping surfaces
US5675933A (en) * 1995-10-12 1997-10-14 Kawaguchi; Tadashi Plant cultivation bed and plant cultivation block
EP0875144A1 (en) * 1997-04-17 1998-11-04 Hayakawa Rubber Company Limited Antimicrobial and anti-algae agent for plants, a plant-growing structure and a method for suppressing propagation of fungi and algae in plant-growing
GB2473218A (en) * 2009-09-03 2011-03-09 Ray Lodge Growing medium incorporating rubber particles
GB2473218B (en) * 2009-09-03 2014-02-05 Ray Lodge Growing medium
RU2698183C2 (en) * 2017-06-15 2019-08-22 Общество с ограниченной ответственностью "Малое инновационное предприятие "Агротехнопарк "Пермский" Pea seed cultivation method using nitrogen fertilizer on the basis of crumb rubber

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