WO2007065436A1 - A germinating unit as well as a seed tape including several of such germinating units successively arranged - Google Patents

A germinating unit as well as a seed tape including several of such germinating units successively arranged Download PDF

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WO2007065436A1
WO2007065436A1 PCT/DK2006/000691 DK2006000691W WO2007065436A1 WO 2007065436 A1 WO2007065436 A1 WO 2007065436A1 DK 2006000691 W DK2006000691 W DK 2006000691W WO 2007065436 A1 WO2007065436 A1 WO 2007065436A1
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Poul Henrik Ahm
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01C—PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING
    • A01C1/00—Apparatus, or methods of use thereof, for testing or treating seed, roots, or the like, prior to sowing or planting
    • A01C1/04—Arranging seed on carriers, e.g. on tapes, on cords ; Carrier compositions
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01C—PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING
    • A01C1/00—Apparatus, or methods of use thereof, for testing or treating seed, roots, or the like, prior to sowing or planting
    • A01C1/04—Arranging seed on carriers, e.g. on tapes, on cords ; Carrier compositions
    • A01C1/042—Tapes, bands or cords
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01C—PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING
    • A01C1/00—Apparatus, or methods of use thereof, for testing or treating seed, roots, or the like, prior to sowing or planting

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  • a germinating unit as well as a seed tape including several of such germinating units successively arranged
  • the invention relates to a germinating unit of the type including at least one seed as well as possible additives, such as nutrients and fillers, as well as micro-organisms (bacteria).
  • the object of the invention is to provide is to provide a germinating unit of the above type and which can ensure in a manner more reliable than hitherto known that the individual seeds can remain relatively accurately positioned or oriented relative to the germinating unit both prior to and after the germinating process has taken place.
  • the germinating unit according to the invention is characterised in that it includes a carrier material which can be penetrated by a root and/or a sprout ex- tending from the seed, and which is suited for fixing the orientation of said seed.
  • a carrier material which can be penetrated by a root and/or a sprout ex- tending from the seed, and which is suited for fixing the orientation of said seed.
  • the seed(s) may be pre-treated, such as for instance subjected to a pilling or a film-coating, which turned out to be particularly advantageous.
  • the seed(s) used may be primed, viz. pre- sprouted. In this manner it is possible to utilize the germinating unit in a particularly efficient manner.
  • the carrier material may according to the invention present a coher- ent structure and preferably include cells communicating with one another, said carrier material being penetrable by a root tip and a sprout extending from said seed.
  • the root tip and the sprout extending from each seed can in a particularly efficient manner fasten said seed to the carrier material.
  • the carrier material may according to the invention be formed by a fibre-like material, preferably a collection of cellulose fibres made coherent for instance by way of gluing and/or a heat treatment. The resulting carrier material can in a particularly efficient manner retain the seed(s) in its/their position(s) because the root tip and the sprout extending from each seed can penetrate the carrier material relatively easily between the fibres of said carrier material.
  • the invention relates also to a seed tape including a plurality of successively arranged germinating units, said seed tape being suited for a treatment allowing a controlled germination of the seeds, and this seed tape is according to the in- vention characterised in that the carrier material portions of the germinating units are kept together by means of a longitudinal tissue, preferably a degrad- able, especially biodegradable, material.
  • the resulting seed tape is very reliable and furthermore easy to handle in connection with the bedding out in the ground of said seed tape after the germination of the seed(s).
  • this seed tape is relatively inexpensive to produce.
  • the longitudinal tissue can be relatively narrow in order to form one or more string-like connecting parts with the result that the amount of polluted material originating from the seed tape is significantly reduced.
  • each carrier material portion may be placed in a bag whereby the bag material and the carrier material can be relatively weak and of the same type preferably presenting many weakened areas allowing said root tips and/or sprouts to penetrate out of the seed tape.
  • the root tip and the sprout, viz. stem, of each seed can penetrate the side wall of the bag in a weakened area on said wall once it has grown through the carrier material.
  • the longitudinal tissue may according to the invention be formed by an inelastic gauze, preferably a gauze presenting a net structure, in particular a structure where the openings of the net presents a main dimension of at least approximately 1 mm.
  • the resulting embodiment of the seed tape is particularly advantageous because the root tips and the sprouts of the seed can grow through the openings of said net structure in a relatively easy manner.
  • each bag may at the top and at the bottom be par- tially closed by means of punctured welding seams in such a manner that the root tips and/or the sprouts of the seeds can easily pass said seams so as to project through the germinating unit.
  • each bag may according to the invention be completely closed at the top and at the bottom, and accordingly in order to allow the root tip and the sprout of the seed to project through the bag, said root tip and said sprout must penetrate one or both side walls of the bag next to the welding seam.
  • the seed and the material are retained in a particularly reliable and advantageous manner.
  • each carrier material portion may according to the invention include an air volume of at least 25% of the volume of the carrier material while water may fill at least 60% of the volume of said carrier material. In this manner it is ensured that the carrier material portion in a sufficiently reliable manner can feed oxygen and water to the seed(s) in quantities sufficient for allowing said seed(s) to develop to the optimum extent.
  • the carrier material of each seed or group of seeds may according to the invention be formed by a length of sucking material arranged on the longitudinal tissue, said sucking material for instance being a length of blotting paper secured, for instance by way of gluing, to the longitudinal tissue. In this manner it is obtained in a very simple manner that each seed, optionally each group of seeds, can be kept against the longitudinal tissue.
  • the blotting paper used may according to the invention include wood fibre mass presenting an absorptive capacity of at least 50 g of water/m 2 per second, which turned out to be particularly advantageous.
  • the seed tape may have a width b of max. 30 mm, whereby each length of blotting paper may have a substantially corresponding width, while as far as the length L of each blotting paper is concerned, the following applies 8 mm ⁇ L ⁇ 35 mm. These dimensions of the seed tape turned out to provide the optimum conditions for said seed tape.
  • the lengths of blotting paper may according to the invention include molers, bentonite or the like material and optionally also nutrients sucked therein.
  • biocontrol organisms such as for instance Tricho- derma, Seudonomas, Thuringiensis and the like organisms may optionally be deposited, for instance absorbed in these lengths of blotting paper.
  • auxiliaries in form of for instance nutrients etc. adjacent the seed(s) is obtained in a particularly simple manner.
  • These auxiliaries may according to the invention alternatively be deposited within a well-defined area, optionally in the form of a tablet.
  • the gauze tissue or the string-like connecting parts may have such a thickness that the individual germinating units can be cut off the seed tape by means of a knife or a hot wire, preferably a platinum wire.
  • a knife or a hot wire preferably a platinum wire.
  • Fig. 1 is a side view of an embodiment of a germinating unit according to the invention
  • Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the germinating unit of Fig. 1 ,
  • Fig. 3 shows a second embodiment of a germinating unit according to the invention, where the carrier material is formed by a collection of cellulose fibres, such as a length of blotting paper
  • Fig. 4 is an inclined side view of an embodiment of a seed tape according to the invention
  • Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a seed tape according to the invention, where the longitudinal tissue is in form of three string-like con- necting parts,
  • Fig. 6 is a perspective view of yet another embodiment of the seed tape according to the invention, where each carrier material portion is inserted in a bag
  • Fig. 7 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the seed tape, where the bags including seeds and carrier material are arranged on a longitudinal tissue of a gauze-like nature
  • Fig. 8 is a vertical cross sectional view of the seed tape of Fig. 7, and
  • Fig. 9 shows yet another embodiment of the seed tape, where the carrier material is formed by lengths of blotting paper.
  • Fig. 1 shows a germinating unit 1 including a carrier material 2 and a seed 3 inserted in said carrier material.
  • the carrier material 1 can be penetrated by a root tip 4 and/or a sprout 5 extending from the seed 3.
  • the root tip 4 and/or the sprout 5 assist in fixing the orientation of the seed relative to the carrier material 2 during a germinating process.
  • the root tip 4 develops automatically substantially vertically downwards while the sprout 5 develops automatically substantially vertically upwards.
  • the seed(s) 3 can be pre-treated, such as for instance subjected to a pilling or a film-coating, and it can also be subjected to a priming, viz. a pre-sprouting.
  • the carrier material 2 can be penetrated by the root tips 4 and the sprouts 5 extending from the seeds, and this carrier material presents preferably a coherent structure and includes preferably cells (not shown) communicating with one an- other.
  • the carrier material 2 can be formed by a fibre-like material and for instance include a collection of cellulose fibres made coherent. The presently described germinating unit appears from Fig. 3.
  • Fig. 4 shows how the above germinating units can form part of a seed tape 6 according to the invention.
  • This seed tape can be subjected to a treatment resulting in a controlled germination of all the seeds in the tape.
  • the seed tape includes at least one longitudinal tissue 7 preferably made of material degrad- able in the ground, such as cotton.
  • Carrier material portions 2a, 2b, 2c are ar- ranged at regular intervals on the longitudinal tissue 7, said carrier material portions 2a, 2b, 2c including seeds 3a etc. thus kept together by means of said longitudinal tissue 7.
  • the longitudinal tissue can be divided into several relatively narrow tissue lengths, optionally in form of one or more string-like connecting parts 7a, 7b, 7c, cf. Fig. 5.
  • One or more seeds is/are placed in each carrier material portion.
  • Fig. 5 only shows one seed in each carrier material portion.
  • a seed 3a is placed in the carrier material portion 2a, a seed 3b in the carrier material por- tion 2b,
  • the carrier material portions 2a, 2b, 2c, etc. including their respective seed(s) can be inserted in their respective bag 8a, 8b, 8c, cf. Fig. 6.
  • the carrier material 2a, 2b, 2c and the material in the bags 8a, 8b, 8c can be of the same type pref- erably presenting many weakened areas (not shown) allowing the root tips 4 and/or the sprouts 5 of the seeds to project through the seed tape.
  • the bags 8a, 8b, 8c etc. can optionally be secured on a longitudinal tissue T of an inelastic gauze, preferably gauze presenting a net structure where the open- ings of the net have a main dimension of at least approximately 1 mm, preferably however 2 mm or more.
  • each bag 8a may at the top and/or at the bottom be partially closed by means of punctured welding seams 11 in such a manner that the root tips 4 and/or the sprouts 5 of the seeds can pass the seam 11.
  • each welding seam can also be solid in such a manner that each bag 8c is completed closed. Then care has been taken that each root tip and/or each sprout can penetrate through locally weakened areas in the wall material of the bag 8c.
  • Fig. 7 shows several ways of closing the bags. This Figure has only been included for the sake of the present explanation. In practice, all the bags of the seed tape are formed as the bag 8a or all the bags are formed as the bag 8b.
  • All the bags can also be shaped as the bag 8c or have another form.
  • Each carrier material portion such as the carrier material portion 2a of Fig. 5 or 6, includes an air volume of at least 25% of the volume of the carrier material 2a while water can fill at least 60% of the volume of said carrier material.
  • each seed 3 or each group of seeds can optionally be formed by a length of absorbing material secured to a longitudinal tissue 7, such length of absorbing material for instance being a length of blotting paper 12a, 12b, 12c, cf. Fig. 9. Then each seed 3a, 3b, 3c is positioned between the longitudinal tissue 7 and each length of blotting paper 12a, 12b, 12c etc.
  • additives such as nutrients and fillers can be completely or partially absorbed in the lengths of blotting paper.
  • the additives can alternatively be deposited within a well-defined area, such as in form of a tablet (not shown).
  • the used blotting paper 12a, 12b, 12c can for instance also include wood fibre mass presenting an absorptive capacity of at least 50 g of H 2 O/m 2 per second.
  • the illustrated seed tape 1 presents usually a maximum width of approximately 30 mm while each length of blotting paper 12a, 12b, 12c presents substantially the same width.
  • the fol- lowing applies: 8 mm ⁇ L ⁇ 35 mm.
  • Molers, bentonite or the like material can be deposited, for instance absorbed in the lengths of blotting paper 12a, 12b, 12c.
  • nutrients and biocontrol organisms such as Trichoderma, Seudonomas and Thuringiensis or the like organisms can be absorbed in these lengths of blotting paper.
  • the longitudinal tissue 7 can for instance be made of gauze, and it should be noted in connection with said longitudinal tissue or the string-like connecting parts 7a, 7b, 7c etc, that these members can have such a thickness that the individual germinating units can be cut off the seed tape by means of a knife (not shown) or hot wires, preferably platinum wires.
  • the invention can be modified in many ways without thereby deviating from the scope of the invention.

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Abstract

A germinating unit (1 ) includes at least one seed (3) as well as additives. The germinating unit includes a carrier material (2) penetrable by a root tip (4) and/or a sprout (5) extending from the seed. The carrier material (2) can fix the orientation of the seed. Several germinating units can be joined to form a seed tape (6). The seed tape includes a longitudinal tissue (7). The carrier material portions (2a, 2b, 2c) cover or include their respective seed(s) (3a, 3b, 3c). When the seed(s) have been inserted in the carrier material through a cut in said carrier material or through insertion of a tube therein, said seed(s) main tain (s) its/their position relative to the germinating unit because said carrier material squeezes about or retains said seed(s).

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Title: A germinating unit as well as a seed tape including several of such germinating units successively arranged
The invention relates to a germinating unit of the type including at least one seed as well as possible additives, such as nutrients and fillers, as well as micro-organisms (bacteria).
In connection with a mechanical sowing of germinating units it is difficult to ensure that the germinated seeds are correctly positioned relative to the remain- ing germinating unit when said germinating unit is placed in the ground.
The object of the invention is to provide is to provide a germinating unit of the above type and which can ensure in a manner more reliable than hitherto known that the individual seeds can remain relatively accurately positioned or oriented relative to the germinating unit both prior to and after the germinating process has taken place.
The germinating unit according to the invention is characterised in that it includes a carrier material which can be penetrated by a root and/or a sprout ex- tending from the seed, and which is suited for fixing the orientation of said seed. When the seed(s) has/have been correctly positioned in the germinating unit through a cut in the carrier material or by a tube being inserted in said carrier material, then said seed(s) maintain(s) its/their position relative to said germinating unit because the carrier material has a fixing effect on said seed(s), for instance by squeezing said seed(s). When each seed forms a root tip and a sprout, viz. a stem, during the germinating process, these parts penetrate the carrier material with the result that they stabilize the position of said seed relative to the germinating unit. It is very important that the germinating unit presents the same orientation, viz. up and down direction during the later bedding in the ground as while it is subjected to the germinating process. According to the invention, the seed(s) may be pre-treated, such as for instance subjected to a pilling or a film-coating, which turned out to be particularly advantageous. In addition according to the invention, the seed(s) used may be primed, viz. pre- sprouted. In this manner it is possible to utilize the germinating unit in a particularly efficient manner.
Moreover, the carrier material may according to the invention present a coher- ent structure and preferably include cells communicating with one another, said carrier material being penetrable by a root tip and a sprout extending from said seed. As a result, the root tip and the sprout extending from each seed can in a particularly efficient manner fasten said seed to the carrier material. In addition, the carrier material may according to the invention be formed by a fibre-like material, preferably a collection of cellulose fibres made coherent for instance by way of gluing and/or a heat treatment. The resulting carrier material can in a particularly efficient manner retain the seed(s) in its/their position(s) because the root tip and the sprout extending from each seed can penetrate the carrier material relatively easily between the fibres of said carrier material.
The invention relates also to a seed tape including a plurality of successively arranged germinating units, said seed tape being suited for a treatment allowing a controlled germination of the seeds, and this seed tape is according to the in- vention characterised in that the carrier material portions of the germinating units are kept together by means of a longitudinal tissue, preferably a degrad- able, especially biodegradable, material. The resulting seed tape is very reliable and furthermore easy to handle in connection with the bedding out in the ground of said seed tape after the germination of the seed(s). In addition, this seed tape is relatively inexpensive to produce.
According to the invention, the longitudinal tissue can be relatively narrow in order to form one or more string-like connecting parts with the result that the amount of polluted material originating from the seed tape is significantly reduced.
Moreover according to the invention, each carrier material portion may be placed in a bag whereby the bag material and the carrier material can be relatively weak and of the same type preferably presenting many weakened areas allowing said root tips and/or sprouts to penetrate out of the seed tape. In this manner the root tip and the sprout, viz. stem, of each seed can penetrate the side wall of the bag in a weakened area on said wall once it has grown through the carrier material.
Furthermore, the longitudinal tissue may according to the invention be formed by an inelastic gauze, preferably a gauze presenting a net structure, in particular a structure where the openings of the net presents a main dimension of at least approximately 1 mm. The resulting embodiment of the seed tape is particularly advantageous because the root tips and the sprouts of the seed can grow through the openings of said net structure in a relatively easy manner.
According to the invention, each bag may at the top and at the bottom be par- tially closed by means of punctured welding seams in such a manner that the root tips and/or the sprouts of the seeds can easily pass said seams so as to project through the germinating unit.
In addition, each bag may according to the invention be completely closed at the top and at the bottom, and accordingly in order to allow the root tip and the sprout of the seed to project through the bag, said root tip and said sprout must penetrate one or both side walls of the bag next to the welding seam. As a result, the seed and the material are retained in a particularly reliable and advantageous manner.
Moreover, each carrier material portion may according to the invention include an air volume of at least 25% of the volume of the carrier material while water may fill at least 60% of the volume of said carrier material. In this manner it is ensured that the carrier material portion in a sufficiently reliable manner can feed oxygen and water to the seed(s) in quantities sufficient for allowing said seed(s) to develop to the optimum extent. Moreover, the carrier material of each seed or group of seeds may according to the invention be formed by a length of sucking material arranged on the longitudinal tissue, said sucking material for instance being a length of blotting paper secured, for instance by way of gluing, to the longitudinal tissue. In this manner it is obtained in a very simple manner that each seed, optionally each group of seeds, can be kept against the longitudinal tissue.
Moreover, the blotting paper used may according to the invention include wood fibre mass presenting an absorptive capacity of at least 50 g of water/m2 per second, which turned out to be particularly advantageous.
According to the invention, the seed tape may have a width b of max. 30 mm, whereby each length of blotting paper may have a substantially corresponding width, while as far as the length L of each blotting paper is concerned, the following applies 8 mm < L < 35 mm. These dimensions of the seed tape turned out to provide the optimum conditions for said seed tape.
Furthermore, the lengths of blotting paper may according to the invention include molers, bentonite or the like material and optionally also nutrients sucked therein. In addition, biocontrol organisms (BCO), such as for instance Tricho- derma, Seudonomas, Thuringiensis and the like organisms may optionally be deposited, for instance absorbed in these lengths of blotting paper. As a result, an efficient depositing of auxiliaries in form of for instance nutrients etc. adjacent the seed(s) is obtained in a particularly simple manner. These auxiliaries may according to the invention alternatively be deposited within a well-defined area, optionally in the form of a tablet. Finally according to the invention, the gauze tissue or the string-like connecting parts may have such a thickness that the individual germinating units can be cut off the seed tape by means of a knife or a hot wire, preferably a platinum wire. As a result, when the germinating units are to be bedded out in the ground, these germinating units can be separated from the seed tape in a very efficient manner.
The invention is explained in greater detail below with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which
Fig. 1 is a side view of an embodiment of a germinating unit according to the invention,
Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the germinating unit of Fig. 1 ,
Fig. 3 shows a second embodiment of a germinating unit according to the invention, where the carrier material is formed by a collection of cellulose fibres, such as a length of blotting paper, Fig. 4 is an inclined side view of an embodiment of a seed tape according to the invention,
Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a seed tape according to the invention, where the longitudinal tissue is in form of three string-like con- necting parts,
Fig. 6 is a perspective view of yet another embodiment of the seed tape according to the invention, where each carrier material portion is inserted in a bag, Fig. 7 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the seed tape, where the bags including seeds and carrier material are arranged on a longitudinal tissue of a gauze-like nature, Fig. 8 is a vertical cross sectional view of the seed tape of Fig. 7, and
Fig. 9 shows yet another embodiment of the seed tape, where the carrier material is formed by lengths of blotting paper.
Fig. 1 shows a germinating unit 1 including a carrier material 2 and a seed 3 inserted in said carrier material. The carrier material 1 can be penetrated by a root tip 4 and/or a sprout 5 extending from the seed 3. The root tip 4 and/or the sprout 5 assist in fixing the orientation of the seed relative to the carrier material 2 during a germinating process. The root tip 4 develops automatically substantially vertically downwards while the sprout 5 develops automatically substantially vertically upwards. When the germinating unit 1 has germinated it is important that its orientation is maintained because a change of the growing direction of the root tip 4 and/or of the sprout 5 at this time requires much energy from the seed in case the orientation of the germinating unit is changed. A further consequence is that the completely developed plant originating from such a seed is smaller and/or weaker than necessary.
The seed(s) 3 can be pre-treated, such as for instance subjected to a pilling or a film-coating, and it can also be subjected to a priming, viz. a pre-sprouting.
The carrier material 2 can be penetrated by the root tips 4 and the sprouts 5 extending from the seeds, and this carrier material presents preferably a coherent structure and includes preferably cells (not shown) communicating with one an- other. The carrier material 2 can be formed by a fibre-like material and for instance include a collection of cellulose fibres made coherent. The presently described germinating unit appears from Fig. 3.
Fig. 4 shows how the above germinating units can form part of a seed tape 6 according to the invention. This seed tape can be subjected to a treatment resulting in a controlled germination of all the seeds in the tape. The seed tape includes at least one longitudinal tissue 7 preferably made of material degrad- able in the ground, such as cotton. Carrier material portions 2a, 2b, 2c are ar- ranged at regular intervals on the longitudinal tissue 7, said carrier material portions 2a, 2b, 2c including seeds 3a etc. thus kept together by means of said longitudinal tissue 7. The longitudinal tissue can be divided into several relatively narrow tissue lengths, optionally in form of one or more string-like connecting parts 7a, 7b, 7c, cf. Fig. 5. One or more seeds is/are placed in each carrier material portion. Fig. 5 only shows one seed in each carrier material portion. Thus a seed 3a is placed in the carrier material portion 2a, a seed 3b in the carrier material por- tion 2b, etc.
The carrier material portions 2a, 2b, 2c, etc. including their respective seed(s) can be inserted in their respective bag 8a, 8b, 8c, cf. Fig. 6. The carrier material 2a, 2b, 2c and the material in the bags 8a, 8b, 8c can be of the same type pref- erably presenting many weakened areas (not shown) allowing the root tips 4 and/or the sprouts 5 of the seeds to project through the seed tape.
The bags 8a, 8b, 8c etc. can optionally be secured on a longitudinal tissue T of an inelastic gauze, preferably gauze presenting a net structure where the open- ings of the net have a main dimension of at least approximately 1 mm, preferably however 2 mm or more.
As shown at the top of Fig. 7, each bag 8a may at the top and/or at the bottom be partially closed by means of punctured welding seams 11 in such a manner that the root tips 4 and/or the sprouts 5 of the seeds can pass the seam 11. However, as shown at 14, each welding seam can also be solid in such a manner that each bag 8c is completed closed. Then care has been taken that each root tip and/or each sprout can penetrate through locally weakened areas in the wall material of the bag 8c. Fig. 7 shows several ways of closing the bags. This Figure has only been included for the sake of the present explanation. In practice, all the bags of the seed tape are formed as the bag 8a or all the bags are formed as the bag 8b. All the bags can also be shaped as the bag 8c or have another form. Each carrier material portion, such as the carrier material portion 2a of Fig. 5 or 6, includes an air volume of at least 25% of the volume of the carrier material 2a while water can fill at least 60% of the volume of said carrier material.
The carrier material of each seed 3 or each group of seeds can optionally be formed by a length of absorbing material secured to a longitudinal tissue 7, such length of absorbing material for instance being a length of blotting paper 12a, 12b, 12c, cf. Fig. 9. Then each seed 3a, 3b, 3c is positioned between the longitudinal tissue 7 and each length of blotting paper 12a, 12b, 12c etc.
In the latter case, additives, such as nutrients and fillers can be completely or partially absorbed in the lengths of blotting paper. The additives can alternatively be deposited within a well-defined area, such as in form of a tablet (not shown).
The used blotting paper 12a, 12b, 12c can for instance also include wood fibre mass presenting an absorptive capacity of at least 50 g of H2O/m2 per second.
In connection with Fig. 9 it should be noted that the illustrated seed tape 1 presents usually a maximum width of approximately 30 mm while each length of blotting paper 12a, 12b, 12c presents substantially the same width. As far as the length L of each length of blotting paper 12a, 12b, 12c is concerned, the fol- lowing applies: 8 mm < L < 35 mm.
Molers, bentonite or the like material can be deposited, for instance absorbed in the lengths of blotting paper 12a, 12b, 12c. Also nutrients and biocontrol organisms (BCO), such as Trichoderma, Seudonomas and Thuringiensis or the like organisms can be absorbed in these lengths of blotting paper.
The longitudinal tissue 7 can for instance be made of gauze, and it should be noted in connection with said longitudinal tissue or the string-like connecting parts 7a, 7b, 7c etc, that these members can have such a thickness that the individual germinating units can be cut off the seed tape by means of a knife (not shown) or hot wires, preferably platinum wires. The invention can be modified in many ways without thereby deviating from the scope of the invention.

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1. A germinating unit (1) of the type including at least one seed (3) as well as optionally additives, such as nutrients and fillers, characterised in that it in- eludes a carrier material (2) penetrable by a root tip (4) and/or a sprout (5) extending from the seed, said carrier material being suited for fixing the orientation of said seed (3).
2. A germinating unit according to claim 1 , characterised in that the seed(s) (3) used has been subjected to a pre-treatment, such as a pilling or film- coating.
3. A germinating unit according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the seed(s) used has been subjected to a priming, viz. a germination.
4. A germinating unit according to claim 1 , 2 or 3, characterised in that the carrier material (2) presents a coherent structure and preferably includes open cells communicating with one another, said carrier material being penetrable to root tips (4) and sprouts (5) extending from the seed(s) (3).
5. A germinating unit according to one or more of the claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the carrier material (2) is formed by a fibre-like material, preferably a collection of cellulose fibres made coherent for instance by way of gluing and/or a heat treatment.
6. A seed tape (6) including a plurality of successively arranged germinating units according to one or more of the claims 1 to 5, and being suited for a treatment allowing a controlled germination of the seeds, characterised in that the carrier material portions (2a, 2b, 2c) of the germinating units are kept to- gether by means of a longitudinal tissue (7), preferably made of a degradable material.
7. A seed tape (6) according to claim 6, characterised in that the longitudinal tissue (7) is relatively narrow so as to form one or more string-like connecting parts (7a, 7b, 7c) (Figs. 5 and 6).
8. A seed tape (6) according to one or more of the claims 6 or 7, characterised in that each carrier material portion (2a, 2b, 2c) is placed in a bag (8a, 8b, 8c), and that the bag material and the carrier material are relatively weak and of the same type, preferably presenting many weakened areas allowing the root tips and/or the sprouts of the seeds to project out of the seed tape.
9. A seed tape (6) according to one or more of the claims 6 to 8, characterised in that the longitudinal tissue (7) is formed by inelastic gauze, preferably gauze presenting a net structure, where the openings of the net have a main dimension of at least approximately 1 mm.
10. A seed tape (6) according to claim 8 or 9, characterised in that each bag (8a) at the top and at the bottom is partially closed by means of punctured welding seams (11) in such a manner that the root tips and/or the sprouts of the seeds can easily pass said welding seams.
11. A seed tape (6) according to claim 8, 9 or 10, characterised in that each bag (8c) is completely closed (14) at the top and at the bottom.
12. A seed tape (6) according to one or more of the claims 6 to 11 , character- ised in that each carrier material portion (2) includes an air volume of at least
25% of the volume of said carrier material while water can fill at least 60% of the volume of said carrier material.
13. A seed tape (6) according to claim 6, characterised in that the carrier ma- terial of each seed (3a, 3b, 3c) or group of seeds is formed by an absorbing material arranged on the longitudinal tissue, said absorbing material preferably being a length of blotting paper (12a, 12b, 12c) fastened, preferably glued, to said longitudinal tissue (7).
14. A seed tape (6) according to claim 13, characterised in that the used blot- ting paper (12a, 12b, 12c) includes wood fibre mass presenting an absorptive capacity of at least 50 g of water/m2 per second.
15. A seed tape (6) according to claim 13 or 14, characterised in that it presents a width b of maximum 30 mm, and that each length of blotting paper (12a, 12b, 12c) presents substantially the same width while as far as the length L of each length of blotting paper is concerned, the following applies: 8 mm < L < 35 mm.
16. A seed tape (6) according to claim 13, 14 or 15, characterised in that molers, bentonite or the like material are deposited, for instance absorbed, in the lengths of blotting paper (12a, 12b, 12 c), and that nutrients and biocontrol organisms (BCO), such as Trichoderma, Seudonomas and Thuringiensis are optionally also deposited, for instance absorbed, in said lengths of blotting paper.
17. A seed tape according to one or more of the claims 6 to 16, characterised in that the additives are deposited within a well-defined area, such as in form of a tablet.
18. A seed tape (6) according to any of the claims 6 to 17, characterised in that the gauze tissue (7') or the string-like connecting parts (7a, 7b, 7c) have such a thickness that the individual germinating units can be cut off the seed tape (6) by means of a knife or a hot wire, preferably a platinum wire.
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