GB2249704A - Seed pot and plant shelter - Google Patents
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- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
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Abstract
A seed pot and plant shelter comprises a seed pot portion (1) and a plant shelter portion (2). In one form the seed pot portion is movable within the plant shelter portion from an upper seedling growing position to a lower planting growing position in which the shelter portion constitutes an upwardly directed extension of the seed pot portion. In the lower position a zone (3) of the seed pot portion, for containing seedling growing medium, nests within a complementary zone (3A) of the plant shelter portion, the two zones being formed to allow root development to outside the seed pot and shelter portions. In the lower planting growing position the seedling is protected during transportation to a planting site by the shelter portion, this shelter portion being present at the planting stage and thereafter to encase the plant as it develops. Remote from the base of the shelter portion (2) there is an outwardly flaring downwardly open collar (4) for resisting attack by insects e.g. Hylobius Abietis. <IMAGE>
Description
SEED POT AND PLANT SHELTER
This invention relates to a seed pot and plant shelter.
Many plants are grown from seedlings in individual seed pots. In due course when the seedlings have matured to plantings these plantings are removed from the pots for planting and after planting they are encased in protective shelters which are left in place, often for several years, whilst the plants become established.
One problem is that during transportation from nursery to planting site in the seed pots the plantings are unprotected and so are exposed to damage. At the site time and skill are required satisfactorily to position a shelter around each planting without damaging the planting.
A further problem is that some plants, particularly in certain countries, tend to be attacked by Hylobius
Abietis and other insects contained within the Hylastes and Phylobius groupings and there is a desire that plants should be protected therefrom by non-chemical means.
According to the present invention there is provided a seed pot and plant shelter comprising a seed pot portion and a plant shelter portion, the seed pot portion having a zone, for containing seedling growing medium, that is formed to allow root development to outside the seed pot portion, and the shelter portion being for receiving and encasing a plant growing from the seed pot portion. In one particular form the plant shelter portion is a permanent upwardly directed extension of the seed pot portion.
In another form the seed pot portion is movable within the plant shelter portion from an upper seedling growing position to a lower planting growing position in which the shelter portion constitutes an upwardly directed extension of the seed pot portion.
In any of these seed pot and plant shelters the planting is protected during transportation to a planting site by the shelter portion (where the seed pot portion is movable within the shelter portion this is achieved by moving the seed pot portion to the bottom of the shelter portion prior to transportation).
At the planting stage the shelter portion is already present and so the difficulties of fitting a shelter around the planting are avoided.
For resisting attack by Hylobius Abietis an outwardly flaring downwardly open collar can be provided extending from the shelter portion at a position remote from the base of the shelter portion.
For a better understanding of the invention and to show how the same may be carried into effect, reference will now be made, by way of example, to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a first form of seed pot and plant shelter,
Figure 2 is a sectional side view of a second form,
Figure 3 is a side view partly broken away and in section of a third form,
Figure 4 is a side view of a component part of the third form,
Figure 5 is a perspective view of the top parts of a group of four of the component parts of Figure 4, and
Figure 6 is a plan view illustrating how a number of the seed pot and plant shelters as shown in Figures 3, 4 and 5 are packed for transportation.
Referring first to Figure 1, the seed pot and plant shelter shown therein has a seed pot portion 1 and a plant shelter portion 2 which is a permanent extension of the seed pot portion 1. Remote from the shelter portion 2, the seed pot portion 1 terminates in a downwardly inwardly tapering grid 3 for containing seedling growing medium.
The grid 3 is constructed so as to allow root development to outside the seed pot portion.
The dimensions of the seed pot and plant shelter are selected to suit the plants to be grown and, for example, the overall height can be 400 mm with the plant shelter portion having a diameter of 50 mm.
In the nursery a seedling is grown in the seed pot portion 1, this form of seed pot and plant shelter being suitable for use where it is not detrimental to allow growth to take place from the bottom of the seed pot and plant shelter. Up to the time of leaving the nursery as a planting the developing roots will be within or substantially within the grid 3. During transportation the planting is protected by the shelter portion and is ready for planting. After planting the growing plant continues to be protected by the shelter portion, and the roots are able to develop to outside the grid 3.
In certain conditions, and dependent upon plant type, the shelter portion as a permanent extension of the seed pot portion is not satisfactory. For example, it may not be possible satisfactorily to water a seedling growing from the bottom of the shelter portion. In these circumstances use can be made of the second form shown in Figure 2 in which the seed pot portion 1 is slidable within the plant shelter portion 2 from a seedling growing position (shown in Figure 2) at the top of the shelter portion 2 to a planting growing position at the bottom of the plant shelter portion with the shelter portion then constituting an extension of the seed pot portion. This movement takes place down a main body 2A of the shelter portion. This body 2A terminates in a base formed by a downwardly tapering grid 3A which is as the grid 3 of Figure 1.The main part of the seed pot portion 1 is constituted by a grid 3 as in the form of Figure 1 and which is thus complementary to the grid 3A.
It will be appreciated that in use of the form of seed pot and plant shelter of Figure 2 the seedling is grown, in the nursery, in seedling growing medium contained in the grid 3A of the seed pot portion 1, the seed pot portion 1 being disposed, at this stage at the top of the shelter portion 2. The seed pot portion 1 is held at this position by virtue of an interference fit between the top rim part 1A of the seed pot portion 1 and the surrounding body 2A of the shelter portion 2.
Alternatively there can be a frangible connection between the two portions, or a releasable connection such as a twist-to-release fastening.
Prior to transportation to a planting site the seed pot portion 1 is moved to the bottom of the shelter portion 2 so that, as in the form of Figure 1 the planting is protected by the shelter portion during transportation and is ready for planting, thereafter to continue to be protected by the shelter portion. The roots are able to develop to the outside through the grid 3 of the seed pot portion 1 and the grid 3A of the shelter portion in which latter grid the grid of the seed pot portion is now nesting.
In both the forms so far described the or each grid is an open framework. Other constructions could be utilised, for example a degradable envelope. A particular alternative construction is described below.
If desired holes can be provided in the shelter portion. However, in each of the forms described the wall of the shelter portion is imperforate and at the top of the shelter portion there is an outwardly flaring downwardly open collar 4 to serve as a barrier against Hylobius Abietis.
Referring now to Figures 3 and 4, the seed pot and plant shelter shown therein is similar to that shown in
Figure 2 in that it has a seed pot portion 1 that is slidable within a plant shelter portion 2 from a seedling growing position at the top of the shelter portion 2 to a planting growing position (shown in
Figure 3) at the bottom of the plant shelter portion with the shelter portion then constituting an extension of the seed pot portion. As in the form of Figure 2 this movement takes place down a main body 2A of the shelter portion.
In the form of Figures 3 and 4 the main body 2A terminates at its foot in tongues 5 that define between them, all around the foot of the body 2A, slots 6 that open outwardly in the direction towards this end of the body 2A.
The tips of the tongues 5 carry a pointed tip member 7 of cruciform configuration as viewed in plan.
The seed pot portion 1 has an outwardly directed flange 8 at its top that engages the inner wall of the body 2A of the plant shelter portion. At its foot the seed pot portion 1 terminates in a base for containing seedling growing medium, formed by inwardly directed tongues 9 that define between them, all around the base, slots 10. In the planting growing position shown in Figure 3 the base of the seed pot portion is disposed within the ring of tongues 5 of the plant shelter so that roots are able to develop to the outside through the slots 10 and 6.
It will be appreciated that the form of Figures 3 and 4 is used in the same way as the form of Figure 2. The tongue and slot arrangements 5/6 and 9/10 facilitate manufacture of the portions 1 and 2 whilst the provision of the pointed tip number 7 facilitates planting.
A collar 4 as described above is provided.
Figures 5 and 6 illustrate a manner of holding the seed pot portion 1 at the tops of plant shelter portions 2 at the seedling growing stage, and how packaging for seedling growing and subsequent transportation can be arranged.
Referring first to Figure 6, empty plant shelter portions 2 are packed in upright positions in an open topped container 11. In the example illustrated twenty plant shelter portions 2 are tightly fitted into each of four compartments 11A in the container 11 (only one compartment is shown thus filled in Figure 6). As shown in Figure 5, groups of four (or more or less) seed pot portions 1 are interconnected at their upper rims 8 by frangible tie portions 12. Thus connected the groups of seed pot portions 1 are lowered into the plant shelter portions 2 packed in the container 1 so that initially they are supported by the tie portions 12 in their seedling growing position at the tops of the plant shelter portions 2. Four seed pot portions 1 are shown thus disposed in Figure 6.
Prior to transportation to a planting site the seed pot portions 1 are released for movement to the bottoms of the plant shelter portion 2 by breaking the frangible tie portions 12.
Suitable material for any of the forms described is polypropelene.
It will be appreciated that in each of the forms described the planting is protected during transportation from nursery to planting site by the shelter portion either because the shelter portion is a permanent extension of the seed pot portion, or because the seed pot portion is moved down to the bottom of the shelter portion, which movement can be accomplished easily and with little risk of damaging the planting.
At site the shelter portion is in position around the planting and so the need for placing a shelter in position is avoided.
A mechanical barrier against Hylobius Abietis is provided that is in place at the time of planting at site.
Claims (13)
1. A seed pot and plant shelter comprising a seed pot portion and a plant shelter portion, the seed pot portion having a zone, for containing seedling growing medium, that is formed to allow root development to outside the seed pot portion, and the shelter portion being for receiving and encasing a plant growing from the seed pot portion.
2. A seed pot and plant shelter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plant shelter portion is a permanent upwardly directed extension of the seed pot portion.
3. A seed pot and plant shelter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the seed pot portion is movable within the plant shelter portion from an upper seedling growing position to a lower planting growing position in which the shelter portion constitutes an upwardly directed extension of the seed pot portion.
4. A seed pot and plant shelter as claimed in claim 3, wherein the seed pot portion is an interference fit within the plant shelter portion.
5. A seed pot and plant shelter as claimed in claim 3, wherein there is a releasable connection between the seed pot portion in its upper position and the plant shelter portion.
6. A seed pot and plant shelter as claimed in claim 3, wherein there is/are releasable connection(s) between the seed pot portion and one or more further such seed pot porion(s) of one or more further seed pot and plant shelter(s), the or each such connection serving to support the seed pot portions it connects at their upper seedling growing positions until released.
7. A seed pot and plant shelter as claimed in claim 5 or 6, wherein the or each said connection is a frangible connection.
8. A seed pot and plant shelter as claimed in any one of claims 3 to 7, wherein the shelter portion has a zone that is formed to allow root development to outside the shelter portion, said zone of the seed pot portion cooperating with this zone of the shelter portion, when the seed pot portion is in its lower planting growing position, so that root development to outside the shelter portion is allowed.
9. A seed pot and plant shelter as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the or each zone is formed by an open framework.
10. A seed pot and plant shelter as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the or each zone is formed by a degradable envelope.
11. A seed pot and plant shelter as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the or each zone is formed by a tongue and slot arrangement.
12. A seed pot and plant shelter as claimed in any one of the preceding claims and comprising an outwardly flaring downwardly open collar extending from the shelter portion at a position remote from the base of the shelter portion.
13. A seed pot and plant shelter substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figure 1, or
Figure 2, or Figures 3 to 6, of the accompanying drawings.
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| GB9024841A GB2249704A (en) | 1990-11-15 | 1990-11-15 | Seed pot and plant shelter |
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| GB9024841A GB2249704A (en) | 1990-11-15 | 1990-11-15 | Seed pot and plant shelter |
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| GB2249704A true GB2249704A (en) | 1992-05-20 |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR2715024A1 (en) * | 1994-01-20 | 1995-07-21 | Mercier France Phytonique Sa | Advanced container-protector especially for vine plant. |
| EP1216611A1 (en) * | 2000-12-21 | 2002-06-26 | Pepinieres Guillaume | Container device for plantlet |
| GR20020100367A (en) * | 2002-08-07 | 2004-04-22 | Γεωργιος Σπυρου | System for the mass production and implantation of small forest plants with a high degree of ability to survive |
| ES2383420A1 (en) * | 2010-11-25 | 2012-06-21 | Universidad De Valladolid | Seed protector for sowing in forestation work. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) |
| EP2792233A4 (en) * | 2011-12-13 | 2015-08-12 | Rivas Angel Arnanz | Transplantation cone for nurseries |
| WO2021204691A1 (en) * | 2020-04-07 | 2021-10-14 | Greenecono Ug | Planting apparatus and method for planting |
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| GB882951A (en) * | 1959-09-16 | 1961-11-22 | Samuel Lucas | Means for protecting plants from slugs and snails |
| US4333265A (en) * | 1980-03-13 | 1982-06-08 | Arnold Richard L | Air drop planting system and improved planting device for same |
| US4457102A (en) * | 1982-09-27 | 1984-07-03 | Ploeger Jr Walter | Method of growing grapevines |
| EP0114798A2 (en) * | 1983-01-21 | 1984-08-01 | Strumpfabriken Vinetta Aktiebolag | An arrangement for protecting plants against attack from insects |
| GB2157534A (en) * | 1984-04-18 | 1985-10-30 | James Ernest Pape | Decomposable seed pot |
| GB2230929A (en) * | 1989-05-05 | 1990-11-07 | John Athelstan Jones | Protective sleeve for plants |
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| GB882951A (en) * | 1959-09-16 | 1961-11-22 | Samuel Lucas | Means for protecting plants from slugs and snails |
| US4333265A (en) * | 1980-03-13 | 1982-06-08 | Arnold Richard L | Air drop planting system and improved planting device for same |
| US4457102A (en) * | 1982-09-27 | 1984-07-03 | Ploeger Jr Walter | Method of growing grapevines |
| EP0114798A2 (en) * | 1983-01-21 | 1984-08-01 | Strumpfabriken Vinetta Aktiebolag | An arrangement for protecting plants against attack from insects |
| GB2157534A (en) * | 1984-04-18 | 1985-10-30 | James Ernest Pape | Decomposable seed pot |
| GB2230929A (en) * | 1989-05-05 | 1990-11-07 | John Athelstan Jones | Protective sleeve for plants |
Cited By (9)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR2715024A1 (en) * | 1994-01-20 | 1995-07-21 | Mercier France Phytonique Sa | Advanced container-protector especially for vine plant. |
| EP0664078A1 (en) * | 1994-01-20 | 1995-07-26 | Mercier France Phytonique Sa | Improved portective container, especially for vine |
| US5513466A (en) * | 1994-01-20 | 1996-05-07 | Mercier France Phytonique Sa | Protective container especially for vine plants |
| EP1216611A1 (en) * | 2000-12-21 | 2002-06-26 | Pepinieres Guillaume | Container device for plantlet |
| FR2818522A1 (en) * | 2000-12-21 | 2002-06-28 | Pepinieres Guillaume | CONTAINER DEVICE FOR YOUNG PLANT |
| GR20020100367A (en) * | 2002-08-07 | 2004-04-22 | Γεωργιος Σπυρου | System for the mass production and implantation of small forest plants with a high degree of ability to survive |
| ES2383420A1 (en) * | 2010-11-25 | 2012-06-21 | Universidad De Valladolid | Seed protector for sowing in forestation work. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) |
| EP2792233A4 (en) * | 2011-12-13 | 2015-08-12 | Rivas Angel Arnanz | Transplantation cone for nurseries |
| WO2021204691A1 (en) * | 2020-04-07 | 2021-10-14 | Greenecono Ug | Planting apparatus and method for planting |
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