GROWING SEEDLINGS

摘要

1536796 Plant substrate bodies KEYES FIBRE CO 25 Feb 1977 [15 March 1976] 08005/77 Heading A1E A planting substrate assembly comprises a strip 51 of ridge-shaped planting "pods" interdigitated with the "pods" of a strip 52 to form a nested pair of strips, a plurality of such pairs of strips being assembled into a block 10 having its sides encircled by a wrapper 88. The strips are separated by growth barrier films 71, 72. Each strip is integrally moulded, chiefly of peat, and each "pod" thereof may be formed at one end with a seed or plant well 40 to receive a single seed or plantlet. The seeds are germinated, and initial growth takes place, in the assembled block. For planting out an entire strip may be inserted into a groove in the ground, or each "pod" can be detached and individually planted.