JP2003000054A - Method for planting cutting and pot for cutting - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for planting a cutting, enabling a plant to root well and hardly cause root rot, enabling a cutting to be firmly held, and making it possible for a user to transplant the plant with a pot after taking its root. SOLUTION: This method for planting a cutting comprises the following process: charging a square pot 1 made from a biodegradable polymer with a medium 3 comprising vermiculite 3c for an intermediate layer, and rock wools 3a and 3b each for upper and lower layers, and thrusting a plant stem 7 down into the rock wool 3a for the upper layer so as to reach the vermiculite 3c.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a method for cutting plants such as flowering trees and fruit trees such as roses and chrysanthemums, and a pot for cuttings used in the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a method of cutting plants, a general method is to put a granular medium such as vermiculite or perlite into a plastic garden van used as a container for cutting, and then cut the slag or basalt. There is also known a method of cutting wood into a solid medium such as rock wool or the like.

[0003]

The former method of using a granular medium such as vermiculite has the advantage that the granular medium such as vermiculite has an appropriate water-holding property and drainage property and also has air permeability, and thus has good rooting property. However, since the holding power is weak, it easily wobbles, and above all, after rooting, it is transplanted to soil or rock wool mat, so when it is removed from the granular medium, the granular medium spills from the roots and the roots are exposed. When transplanted to soil or rock wool mats, roots tend to be damaged.

In this respect, the latter method using a solid medium such as rockwool has a strong holding power and thus has no wobble and can be transplanted as it is without removing it from the medium at the time of transplantation. However, compared to the granular medium, the rooting property is poor and the water content is good, so that there is a problem that root rot is easily caused due to overhumidity damage.

The present invention is a cutting method in which a granular medium and a solid medium are combined to take advantage of both of them, that is, the rooting property is good, the holding power of the cuttings is strong, and transplanting can be performed in each pot, and root rot is also caused. An object of the present invention is to provide a cutting method that is less likely to occur and a cutting pot used in the method.

[0006]

The invention according to claim 1 relates to a cutting method, wherein a medium having a solid medium layer on the upper side of the granular medium, preferably on the upper side and the lower side, is provided in the pot, and the cutting is placed on the solid medium layer. It is characterized by being pierced until it reaches the granular medium.

According to the invention, rooting is carried out in a granular medium layer and the cut stems are held firmly in an upper solid medium layer. After rooting, when transplanting, the pot is transplanted onto soil or rockwool grown in hydroponics, but the pot is made of a material that does not easily corrode so that the roots can extend and root on the soil or rockwool. In some cases, the bottom of the pot needs to be perforated.

To make a hole, it may be opened in the pot in advance, or may be opened by using a cutter or the like at the time of transplantation.
When the hole is previously formed in the pot, it is necessary to prevent the granular medium in the pot from spilling out when the pot is moved for transplantation or the like. When the solid medium layer is provided at the bottom of the pot, it is possible to prevent spilling of the granular medium, but when the solid medium layer is not provided at the bottom of the pot, cover the hole by covering the pot bottom with a lid or cap. Good.

When a hole is formed using a cutter or the like at the time of transplantation, it is preferable that the pot material is made of a material that can be easily cut, or that the cut portion is thin so that it can be easily cut. If the pot is made of paper or a biodegradable polymer material, the bottom of the pot will corrode after transplanting and roots will extend and root in soil or rock wool without having to make holes in the bottom of the pot. It is possible, but again, it is desirable to make a hole in the bottom of the pot or to make a hole at the time of transplantation to ensure rooting.

As a material for the pot, plastics such as polyvinyl chloride and polyethylene are used, but paper and biodegradable polymer materials that corrode in soil are preferably used. The shape may be a circle, an ellipse, or an indefinite shape in cross section, but it is preferably combined without a gap, and has a polygonal shape such as a pentagon or a hexagon with good installation efficiency, more preferably a square or rectangular quadrangle. Is formed. The shape of the vertical cross section may be rectangular, but it is preferably formed in a trapezoidal shape in which the bottom is enlarged so that the roots can easily grow.

As the granular medium used in the present invention, vermiculite, perlite or the like can be used as in the conventionally used granular medium. Further, as the solid medium, for example, rock wool or the like is used. The invention according to claim 2 relates to a pot used in the cutting method described above, wherein the medium to be loaded has an intermediate layer as a granular medium layer and upper and lower layers as a solid medium layer. And

The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that a fastening means for fastening the lower solid medium layer is provided to prevent the lower solid medium layer from falling off. Examples of the fastening means used in the present invention include an adhesive tape for adhering the solid medium and the pot, a cap that covers the pot from below, a string or a rubber band that is hung vertically on the pot, and the pot is flexible. In the case of having a solid medium, it is possible to hold the solid medium by binding the lower portion of the pot with a string or a rubber band.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A pot 1 for cuttings shown in FIG.
Is made of polyvinyl chloride and has a flowerpot shape with a square cross section and a trapezoidal vertical section, and has a hole 2 at the top and an opening at the bottom. The upper and lower layers 3a and 3b are made of rock wool which is a solid medium, and the intermediate layer 3c is made of vermiculite which is a granular medium.
a is attached to the bottom of the pot on four sides by an adhesive tape 4 as a fastening means.

When the culture medium is put into the pot 1 shown in the drawing, as shown in FIG. 2, the pot 1 is turned upside down and the small-sized rock wool 3a is first pushed in, and then the granular culture medium 3c is put thereon, and the size is further increased. Place a large piece of rock wool 3b and cover. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, they are arranged upside down on the car tray 5, a weight 6 is placed on the car tray 5, and the rock wool 3 is dipped in a water tank (not shown).
Water is absorbed in a, 3b and vermiculite 3c. After sucking water, the basket tray 4 is pulled up from the water tank and drained, and then the plant stems 7 are pierced into the individual pots 1 as shown in FIG. 1 until the rock wool 3a layer reaches the vermiculite 3c layer, and the cuttings are cut. To do.

According to the present embodiment, by inserting the plant stem 7 into the vermiculite 3c through the rockwool 3a and rooting with the vermiculite 3c under good rooting conditions, root rot or delay of rooting due to overhumidity injury occurs. Without rooting, the stem is firmly held by rockwool 3a, it is hard to fall or tilt with the wind, and the lower layer rockwool 3b keeps vermiculite 3c from spilling during transplantation. Therefore, it is possible to prevent damage to the planting in the planted area, and the roots penetrate the rockwool and take root in the planted area in the planted area, and in rose, the seedling production should be shortened for about one week. I was able to.

[0016]

According to the invention of claim 1, since the rooting of the cuttings is carried out in a granular medium, the rooting property is good and root rot due to overhumidity is unlikely to occur.
Since it is held by the upper solid medium layer, it is firmly held without wobbling, and because the pot is transplanted at the time of transplantation, it is possible to prevent planting damage that damages the root during transplantation.

According to the second aspect of the invention, at the time of transplantation, the root penetrates the solid medium layer and extends to roots such as soil and rockwool so that the solid medium provided in the lower layer can prevent spillage of the granular medium. Produce the effect of.
According to the third aspect of the invention, it is possible to prevent the solid medium in the lower layer from falling off when the pot is transferred for transplantation or the like.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a pot is cut using a pot according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a pot when a medium is put in.

FIG. 3 is a front view of pots arranged on a basket tray.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... pot 2 ... hole 3 ... Medium 3a, 3b ... Rock wool 3c ... Vermiculite 4 ... Adhesive tape 5 ... Basket tray 6 ... weight 7 ... Plant stem

Continued front page    (72) Inventor Kiyoshi Imai             14088 Kurahashi-cho, Aki-gun, Hiroshima Prefecture F term (reference) 2B022 AA01 AB20 BA04 BA06 BB01                 2B027 NA10 NB01 NC02 NC05 NC15                       NC24 NC41 ND20 QD10 RD10                       SB02 UA03

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A cutting method, wherein a medium having a solid medium layer on the upper side of a granular medium is provided in a pot, and cuttings are inserted into the solid medium layer until reaching the granular medium. 2. A pot used in the cutting method according to claim 1, wherein the medium having an opening at the bottom is a granular medium layer for the middle layer and a solid medium layer for the upper and lower layers. A characteristic pot for cuttings. 3. The pot for cuttings according to claim 2, further comprising a fastening means for fastening the lower solid medium layer to prevent the lower solid medium layer from falling off.