WO2019136334A1 - A soil venting arrangement and method for increasing the rate of growth of trees - Google Patents
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- WO2019136334A1 WO2019136334A1 PCT/US2019/012466 US2019012466W WO2019136334A1 WO 2019136334 A1 WO2019136334 A1 WO 2019136334A1 US 2019012466 W US2019012466 W US 2019012466W WO 2019136334 A1 WO2019136334 A1 WO 2019136334A1
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- 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
- A01G29/00—Root feeders; Injecting fertilisers into the roots
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- 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
- A01G23/00—Forestry
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- 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
- A01G7/00—Botany in general
- A01G7/06—Treatment of growing trees or plants, e.g. for preventing decay of wood, for tingeing flowers or wood, for prolonging the life of plants
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- This invention concerns plant husbandry and in particular increasing the rate of growth of established trees grown for fruits, nuts, etc., and for landscape design.
- the rate of growth of trees typically gradually declines.
- the soil level in which the roots grow close to the surface is usually compacted which also inhibits root growth and also blocks gaseous fluids containing trace elements to naturally rise up into the root zone.
- venting arrangement into the subsoil at a depth well beneath the soil level where the roots of trees grow.
- the venting arrangement is configured to collect fluids such as gases and vapors from these deeper subsoil levels well below the depth of the root zone which still contain such trace elements.
- the collected fluids are transmitted up into the soil where the tree roots are present so as to be dispersed therein to replace the depleted elements in that soil.
- the trace element or elements are thus again made available to be absorbed by the trees to thereby restore the vigor and growth rate of the trees.
- the venting arrangement is comprised of an array of vertically oriented elongated vent members installed in the subsoil, each preferably constructed of a durable material able to remain in the soil for many years without substantial deterioration. Extruded polypropylene plastic is satisfactory for this purpose.
- vent members The length of the vent members is sufficient to extend well down into the deep soil beneath the root zone with an upper end extending into the root zone.
- the vent members preferably include a plurality of lengthwise slotted outer tube portions arranged around a central slotted tube portion. All of the tube portions are preferably integrally joined together, as by an extrusion process simultaneously forming all of the tube portions integrally attached to each other. The gases and vapors otherwise trapped in the deep subsoil pass through the slots of the outer and central tube portions and are received into the interior of each of the tubular portions and thereafter are able to rise up and out of a top end of the slotted tubular portions.
- a cap is placed over the top end of each of the vent members to capture the gases and/or vapors transmitted up the tubular portions of the vent members where a slight pressurization of the collected gas and/or vapors develops.
- the vapor and/or gas fluids thereafter flow out of the cap around the bottom end of each cap.
- An array of exterior lengthwise slots is formed into a series of outer chambers extending lengthwise up the exterior of the cap.
- the gas/vapors are received into the exterior chambers and flow up therein, passing out all along the slots to be thereby dispersed into the root zone.
- the trace elements are thus made present in the root zone and thereby made available to the roots of the trees. This flow of gases/vapors thereby restores the presence of the depleted trace element or elements in the root zone of the soil and thereby the vigor and normally growth rate of the trees growing in that soil is reestablished.
- Figure 1 is a view of a soil section having roots of trees growing therein with an array of vent members installed in a vertical orientation in the soil at a depth well below the root zone, the upper end of each vent member having a cap assembled thereon and extending up into the root zone.
- Figure 2 is a plan view of a group of trees depicting an array of vent members each with a respective cap on the upper end thereof disposed around the roots of the trees.
- Figure 3A and 3B are perspective views from two different angles of a vent member according to the present invention, with the vent member shown truncated.
- Figure 4 is an enlarged end view of a vent member.
- Figure 5 is a side elevational view of the vent member shown in Figure 4, shown broken at an intermediate point along the length thereof.
- Figure 6 is a side elevational view of a cap installed on the upper end of each vent member.
- Figure 7 is an end view from the bottom of the cap shown in Figure 6.
- Figure 8 is an enlarged portion of the bottom end view of the cap shown in Figure 7.
- Figure 9 is a lengthwise sectional view of the cap shown in Figures 6-8.
- the present invention includes vertically oriented elongated vent members 10 which are installed in holes drilled in the subsoil below the root zone 12A of a group of trees 14.
- vent members 10 are of a length sufficient to extend well down below the root zone 12A into a virgin subsoil region 12B. However, the upper end 16 of each of the vent members 10 extends into the root zone 12A.
- the vertically oriented vent members 10 are located disposed around the perimeter of the roots of the trees 14.
- each of the vent members 10 includes an elongated tubular collector 18 which is of a length sufficient to extend deep into the subsoil 12B below the root zone 12A and caps 20 are installed on the upper ends of collector portions 18.
- the portions 18 are shown truncated in Figures 3 A, 3B.
- Figures 4 and 5 show the configuration of the tubular collectors 18, which includes three outer tube portions 20A, 20B, 20c which are connected integrally with each other and symmetrically arranged around a smaller diameter central tube portion 22 also integrally formed with the outer tube portions 20A, 20B, 20C.
- Each of the outer tubes 20A, 20B, and 20C has a full length extending slot 24 A, 24B, 24C at its outermost side so as to be exposed to the surrounding subsoil 12B.
- the smaller center tube 22 also has a full length slot 26 arranged between two of the outer tubes 20A, 20B so as to also be exposed to the surrounding subsoil 12B.
- slots 24A, 24B, 24C and 26 allow gaseous fluids and/or vapors captured in the surrounding subsoil 12B to pass into the interior of the outer tube portions 20A, 20B, 20C and center tube portion 24 to collect gases and/or vapors which subsequently rise up the same due to a mildly pressurized condition of these fluids.
- Trace elements may be dissolved, entrained or otherwise contained in the gaseous fluid which typically is somewhat pressurized and thus rises up to pass into the interior of the cap 20.
- FIGS 6-8 show details of the cap 20.
- the cap 20 has an interior space 28 into which the collected gases/vapors, which is completely closed off from the exterior of the cap 20, being sealed by a cap cover 30 fused to the upper end of the cap 20 to capture the fluids flowing out of the ends of the tube portions 20A, 20B, 20C and 22 so that a corresponding pressure builds up therein.
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BR112020013780-4A BR112020013780A2 (en) | 2018-01-08 | 2019-01-07 | ventilation arrangement, method for achieving upward movement of a gaseous fluid, and elongated ventilation member |
EP19736065.4A EP3716751A4 (en) | 2018-01-08 | 2019-01-07 | A soil venting arrangement and method for increasing the rate of growth of trees |
MX2020007047A MX2020007047A (en) | 2018-01-08 | 2019-01-07 | A soil venting arrangement and method for increasing the rate of growth of trees. |
JP2020557126A JP2021516990A (en) | 2018-01-08 | 2019-01-07 | Soil ventilation equipment and methods for increasing tree growth |
CA3087540A CA3087540A1 (en) | 2018-01-08 | 2019-01-07 | A soil venting arrangement and method for increasing the rate of growth of trees |
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