Method for cultivating and rearing ornamental plants or treelike plants as potted plants and a planting system

• US 6,092,332 A
• Filed: 10/03/1997
• Issued: 07/25/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Twistringer RMB Dranfilter GmbH & Company KG
• Original Assignee: Twistringer RMB Dranfilter GmbH & Company KG
• Inventors: Blome, Bernhard, Roess, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Carone, Michael J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): FRENCH, FREDRICK T
• Application Number:
  US08/943,243
• Time in Patent Office: 1,026 Days
• Field of Search: 47/47, 47/48.5, 47/65.5, 47/65.6, 47/66.1, 47/66.6, 47/66.7, 47/67, 47/77, 47/83, 47/87
• US Class Current: 47/83
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/02 Receptacles, e.g. flower-pots or boxes self-acting watering devices A01G27/00; hanging flower baskets, holders or containers for flower-pots A47G7/00; Glasses for cultivating flowers
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/022 Pots for vertical horticulture
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/122 Stakes

Abstract

A method for cultivating and rearing ornamental plants and treelike plants as potted plants with the following method steps:

a tube covered with opaque, heat-insulating insulating material with a funnel-shaped or shell-shaped enlargement at the upper end is placed upright into a pot;

the enlargement, tube and pot are then filled with a substrate; and

into the substrate of the enlargement a cutting or seeds are inserted.

Claims

1. A planting system comprising:

a pot filled with a substrate, the pot having an interior base, and

a rigid tube filled with a substrate, the rigid tube open only at both ends, surrounded with opaque heat-insulating material and extending upwardly from the interior of pot,

the tube towards the top capable of receiving a plant or a seed,

the tube towards the bottom having at least one opening such that roots growing downward from a seed or plant received in the substrate in the tube and growing through the substrate in the tube may grow into the substrate of the pot,

wherein the tube is supported via a support extending from the bottom of the tube, the support comprising a ring portion with a plurality of feet extending therefrom, the ring portion coaxial with the tube.

2. The planting system of claim 1 wherein the ring portion encircles the bottom of the tube.

3. The planting system of claim 1 wherein the ring portion is inserted into the bottom of the tube.

11. A planting system according to claim 2, wherein the material of the tube consists of plastic, metal or wood.

4. A planting system for cultivating ornamental plants and treelike plants comprising:

a pot filled with a substrate, the pot having an interior base, and

a rigid tube likewise filled with a substrate, the rigid tube open at both ends, surrounded with opaque heat-insulating material and extending upwardly from the interior of pot,

the tube towards the top having an enlargement with substrate therein for receiving seeds or at least a cutting, the tube towards the bottom open such that roots growing downwards from a seed or cutting received in the substrate of the enlargement and through the substrate in the tube may grow into the substrate of the pot,

wherein the tube is supported via a foot arrangement on the base of the pot, the foot arrangement comprising lateral passages.

5. A planting system according to claim 4, wherein at the lower end of the foot there is provided a radial enlargement for increasing the standing security of the tube in the pot.

6. A planting system according to claim 5, wherein the enlargement at the lower end of the foot is formed as a radial flange.

7. A planting system according to claim 6, wherein a separate flange ring is provided which approximately surrounds the foot and is connected thereto.

8. A planting system according to claim 7, wherein the ring has a U-shaped profile in cross-section, the ring having an inner space subdivided by a radial web, and in the web region there is provided at least one opening.

9. A planting system according to claim 4, wherein the tube at the upper end comprises an enlargement.

10. A planting system according to claim 9, wherein the enlargement is a separate part with a hollow tubular projection which can be inserted into the upper end of the tube.

12. A planting system according to claim 4, wherein the tube is straight or is bent into any shape between the ends.

13. A planting system according to claim 4, wherein the tube comprises branching connection pieces between the ends which point obliquely upwards.

14. A planting system according to claim 4, wherein the opaque material is fastened by a wrapped thread.

15. A planting system according to claim 4, wherein the tube comprises several lateral holes at the lower end.

16. A planting system according to claim 4, wherein the plant pot comprises a layer of fiber material on the inner side.

17. A planting system according to claim 4, wherein the foot is provided with a tubular projection which can be inserted into the tube.

18. A planting system according to claim 4, wherein on the floor of the pot there is formed a middle projection onto which the tube can be inserted.

19. A planting system according to claim 4, wherein the foot reaches to the edge of the pot floor.

20. A planting system according to claim 4, wherein the substrate in the tube is a powdery or grainy material which swells up on entry of water.