PLANT IRRIGATORS AND/OR FERTILIZERS, APPARATUS OR METHOD

An improved golf tee for being used upon a golf course; the tee being made of a substance such as grass seed or plant food and a carrier material such as cellulose that serves as a binder to hold the substance together when molded into tee shape; the tee after becoming broken or lost in use on the golf...     

A plant support stake is provided with integral support means in the form of plant ties and integral dispensing means for fertilizer and pesticides in the provision of a complete growth support system of an adjacent plant throughout the entire growth and bearing cycle of the plant.

An irrigation control apparatus, particularly suited to drop-by-drop irrigation, is provided and which comprises an assembly for electrically controlling the starting and stopping of an irrigation system by means of two electrodes which are spaced both vertically and laterally from each other. A "bulb"...     

A tubular stick of predetermined fluid-holding capacity is provided with a funnel-shaped end portion, whose mouth is rotatable from a vertical to a horizontal plane about an accordian-pleated bending hinge. A decorative cap is hingedly connected to the funnel-shaped end portion, to close the top of the...     

A device for automatically supplying water to house plants over a prolonged period of time including a body for the storage of water and an elongated neck with a small hole in its side attached to the body. When inverted the neck is stuck into the potting soil of a house plant so the body rests on the...     

A soil moisture detector is disclosed herein for incorporation between a timer controller and an electrical water supply valve. The detector includes a pneumatic diaphragm apparatus whereby a pressure level is maintained or released between a pair of diaphragms in response to a moisture sensing valve...     

A fertilizer container for releasing nutrients to plants over a prolonged period of time including a receptacle having upper and lower reservoir separated by a porous plate. The lower reservoir contains fertilizer in a time-delay form which is slowly released upon contact with water seeping through the...     

Method and apparatus for sensing moisture by exposing water in a container to the atmosphere, sensing changes in the volume of the exposed water due to ambient weather conditions, controlling an electrical signal related to the sensed change and controlling the operation of an irrigation system, such...     

A sub-surface irrigation method and apparatus includes a moisture control unit comprising a vessel having a float control chamber in which is mounted a float responsive valve for controlling the communication of water into the float chamber with passages for communicating the water to a surrounding reservoir,...     

The invention relates to a fertilizer rod composition comprising about 100 parts of a polyvinyl alcohol, about 0 to 20 parts of a plasticizer and about 10 to 350 parts of a fertilizer, a process for producing said rod and a product of said process.

An upwardly opening outer receptacle is provided having upstanding side wall portions and closed at its lower end by means of a bottom wall. An upwardly opening inner receptacle having upstanding side wall portions and closed at its lower end by means of a bottom wall is supported within the outer receptacle...     

Trees, such as fruit bearing trees in drought-stricken areas, are individually watered to conserve the water supply while saving the valuable trees. A radially slotted tub-like irrigator engages around the tree trunk and delivers water in a controlled manner to both the tap roots and the peripheral root...     

A disintegrable golf tee comprised of clay, grass seed and a soil conditioner selected from among the following ingredients: a fertilizer, insecticide, herbicide, fungicide, larvacide or a mixture of same. Humus may be added to the composition as an optional ingredient. The tee thus produced can be shattered...     

A solar still includes a pair of parallel dikes separated by a ditch, a first sheet overlying the ditch and pair of parallel dikes, the sheet having a pair of edges arranged substantially parallel to, and outside, the dikes, and a second sheet overlying the first sheet, the second sheet having a pair...     

A nutrient dispersal device adapted for vertical insertion into the soil is comprised of a cap section, a hollow elongated cylindrical body section rotatably connected to the cap section at an upper end of the body section and a hollow tip section rotatably connected to the lower end of the body section....     

A gardening method and unit utilizes a unique liquid circulating system in combination with an adjustable, high intensity lighting system including a novel form of reflector panel assembly in which the feeding cycle and the lighting cycle can be closely regulated to control the environment for plant...     

A plant aerator tube includes an elongated tubular member having opposed ends with a central axial bore extending between and through the ends. A plurality of radial openings communicate the interior of the bore with the exterior surrounding of the tubular member with a number of the openings being disposed...     

Water, in the form of a mist, is delivered to cutting beds and the like through a plurality of nozzles attached to one or more pipes in which the flow of water is controlled by a valve, the opening and closing of which is regulated by a control device which operates in response to the atmospheric condition...     

A device for controlling pests on house plants comprises a convex cap having a chamber containing a pesticide, a stem for supporting the cap adjacent a plant, and a removeable closure for the chamber to afford air flow through the chamber to distribute the pesticide about the plant.

A plant nourishment delivery device having a variable flux capability and comprising a water-permeable membrane having a conditioned flux capability in the range of about 0.005 to 10 cubic centimeters per minute per square centimeter at an applied hydrostatic pressure of about 1 atmosphere, and an exaltation...     

A porous, or semi-permeable, pipe is placed below the surface of the soil in the area to be irrigated and a flow of water maintained therein. This avoids such practices as sprinkling, furrowing or ditching, and subsequent cultivation, and thereby permits the surface of the land being irrigated to be...     

This tree protector includes a hollow vertical shaft and an annular base disposed about the shaft, both components being formed from connectible half sections. Hollow, hold-down spikes are provided for watering the tree. The base is provided with an annular trough and an inclined outer periphery, and...     

Apparatus for intermittently supplying a predetermined quantity of water at regular, predetermined intervals comprising: a water tank for accumulating and storing water; water feeding means and inlet valve means; float-actuated valve means within said water tank; a down pipe connected to said water tank...     

A plant feeding device is presented herein which includes a reservoir for liquids having attached thereto and in fluid communication with a porous soil penetrating member. The soil penetrating member is detachably affixed to the reservoir so that various sizes of reservoirs can be employed depending...     

An automatic liquid delivery apparatus dispenses liquid from a liquid container or other liquid supply to a receiver or zone requiring liquid in response to a detector which is located in the zone and initiates discharge of the liquid. The liquid is retained against discharge from the container or supply...     

There is disclosed in the present application a plant waterer which is torroidal in shape and formed with a slit to permit it to be placed around the base of the plant. The torroid is a reservoir for water and/or plant nutrient and is formed with a covered aperture through which the contents may be replenished...     

A lawn and garden feeding apparatus includes a container made of transparent plastic, having inlet and outlet hose connections and a disposable cartridge which is inserted into the container. The cartridge comprises a gel with plant nutriment and a water soluble dye suspended therein with the cartridge...     

A sculptured water funnel and card holder structure insertable into a block of floral foam or the like to supply water to cut flowers having their cut ends inserted into the block. The structure includes a funnel which may be molded together with a card holder and a retainer clip, so that when the card...     

A Christmas tree stand which is readily adjustable to straighten a Christmas tree. A ball member which is affixed to the base of a tree is inserted into an opened clamp held by the stand. The tree is adjusted for straightness after which the clamp is locked about the ball member. The clamp may be closed...     

Apparatus for controlling moisture content in soil having a first fabric to be immersed in a water reservoir and to move into and out of contact with a second fabric to transfer moisture to the second fabric and then to an absorbent fabric underlying the soil. Movement of the first fabric into and out...     

An apparatus for irrigating plants includes a planter having a container for a growing medium. A liquid reservoir is below the container. There are openings between the reservoir and the container, permitting a flow of liquid from the reservoir to the container. A filler conduit communicates with the...     

A receptacle for holding water and other nutrients a portion of which is adapted to be placed below grade for irrigating plants, and includes apertures in the bottom of the receptacle to allow the slow migration of liquids outwardly therefrom and a lid on a top face suitably formed to prevent evaporation,...     

The art of vertical horticulture is improved when plants growing outward from the sides of tall vertical columns are provided with a system that enhances root growth by causing some of the early formed branches to be converted to roots and then by having these newly formed roots grow in a nutrient aerosol...     

A plant watering device comprises a receptacle for water with a tube extending downwardly from the receptacle. The tube is packed with a fibrous or particulate medium which permits water to percolate downwardly through it. The lower end of the tube is of spike form to enable it to be pushed into the...     

A device connected at a remote end to a water faucet for metering water through a squeezable tube for watering plants or the like, in which prior art clamps to pinch the tube and thus control the volume of water flow therethrough are replaced by a rotatable cam, which obviates damage, due to pinching,...     

An automatic liquid delivery apparatus which employs no moving parts and requires no external source of energy except gravity to operate, dispenses liquid from a constantly available source, which is open to the atmosphere, to a receiver or zone requiring liquid in response to a detector which is located...     

A tube 22 contains a liquid absorbent material 28, an end portion of which can be immersed in the liquid contained within a bag 20 positioned about a tree 30 and transfer the liquid at a rate dependant on the attitude of the tube 22 to the end 27 of the tube 22 inserted in the ground adjacent the root...     

A modular cultivation apparatus for the cultivation of plants and the simultaneous production of earthworms and fertilizer/top soil. The apparatus comprises an enclosure (12) including a modular foundation (14) comprising a plurality of plant growth modules (34) for the cultivation of plants and a plurality...     

A Christmas tree stand including an intergal frustum-shaped shell and coaxial tree trunk receptacle. The frustum shell includes an annular flat support surface for engaging a floor surface through a full 360.degree. contact area around the tree trunk. A small central contact surface is also provided...     

Boron, in suitable compound form in an aqueous composition, is applied to a crop area, the composition having been prepared by diluting a storage-stable concentrate formed by making a solution of the boron compound, and dispersing fine particles of the same or any different such boron compound in the...     

A soil bed is spaced apart from a lagoon of saline water. The liquid vapor in equilibrium with the saline water permeates into the soilbed via diffuser tubes. At dusk the temperature of the soilbed decreases. The liquid vapor is entrapped in the soilbed and condenses. Additionally solar stills embodying...     

One or more plant growing trays are supported on a tubular support frame constructed of plastic pipe to provide an attractive support for the plant growing trays and to also provide a storage chamber for the proper volume of fluid growing solution. The fluid growing solution is periodically supplied...     

A planter has a reservoir for water which is connected with the space below the reservoir in the planter housing by a valve seat cooperating with a valve plate on a stem rising from the float vertically displaceable in the space below the reservoir. The stem extends through the reservoir and up through...     

A system is provided for use adjacent a plant supporting material to be irrigated, for converting salt water into fresh water and dispensing the fresh water dripwise to the plant supporting material. The system comprises an evaporator member made of microporous hydrophobic material and having first and...     

The device is a cylindrical housing enclosing a spaced apart cylindrical receptacle for fertilizer. Metering rings channel rain water towards the fertilizer but prevent fertilizer from exiting the top of the housing. End grates enclose the open ends of the housing, the top grate containing a water permeable...     

A subirrigation mat has a substrate covering an area across which several potted plants are to be irrigated. Connected along the substrate are a plurality of channel members upon which the plant containers sit. A main conduit connected at respective open ends of the channel members provides irrigating...     

A flow control valve in which a moisture expansible body (18) is adapted to close a bleed valve (24) shutting off a bleed from an inlet chamber (2) through a by-pass (12) to the underside of a thrust plate (9) operatively coupled by a rod (9) to a valve member (26) arranged to close communication between...     

A plant watering and feeding support combines a gravity feed watering and fertilizing system along with the holding features of a stake. The support, which may be driven into the ground next to a plant, comprises a hollow tube having a plurality of holes in a bottom portion with such holes permitting...     

A plant pot assembly characterized by a container covered by a substantially impermeable cover such that water may be drawn upwardly through a capillary space between the covering and the container to irrigate a plant disposed within the container. The assembly also includes an outer enclosure which...     

A hand held device for directing water soluble insecticide or the like on growing plants by use of a directable hand held source of water under pressure. A quantity of water soluble insecticide fertilizer, plant food or the like in the form of a solid bar or brick is attached to a length of dowel or...     

A plant fertilizer holder, which includes a below-ground needle or spike, and an above-ground figurine or handle, allows the user to insert or withdraw the spike into the ground of a potted plant. The below-ground portion is slotted to dimensions which allow a commercial plant food spike to be placed...     

The invention concerns a watering hose for use in gardens, parks, green-houses and other such places to water flowers and other plants, the hose having a flat, stiff blade or strip of extruded synthetic plastics material which is bonded to tubing provided with spray apertures so as to serve as a means...     

A cooling system for a greenhouse comprising a plurality of water pipes mounted over the exterior surface of the structure to carry water from a source, with water outlets in the pipes to enable water to spray over the exterior surface, and controls associated with the pipes to control and regulate the...     

A hollow fiber formed of hydrophilic material and having permeable walls is treated to enhance the permeability. Reactions used to treat the fiber have a gas inside and gas outside, a gas inside and liquid outside, a liquid inside and gas outside, and a liquid inside and a liquid outside. The treatments...     

A plant care apparatus having a container for holding a liquid of water or water with fertilizer to be delivered to plants. The container has an outlet opening in the bottom thereof, a fill opening in the top and a way to seal the top of the container from entry of atmospheric air. A consistent pressure...     

There is provided a new and useful support system for growing plants comprising a supporting framework; at least one elongated support tray on the framework, the support tray having feeding and catchment ends and comprising a channel shape of substantially horizontal transverse profile and with upstanding...     

In accordance with the present invention a piece of perforated tubing is formed into a series of loops which define a generally truncated shape with at least one large diameter loop at the top and at least one smaller diameter loop located below the top loop. The tubing has sufficient strength and is...     

A spike shaped for driving into the soil, has a vertical tube having an upturned lower portion terminating in an upwardly port. The spike has an element for connection with a water supply. It has a closer mounted at the top and its lower end adjacent the port, and restricting the port upon expanding...     

A floral container (10, 110) is manufactured to have an internal chamber (30, 135) which serves as a fluid reservoir. The chamber (30, 135) is essentially closed to the environment. A cavity (20, 130) is recessed into the container (10, 110) and opens to receive a block of floral foam (32, 138) which...     

A device for watering plants adapted to be installed within the soil. It includes a perforated sleeve within which is accommodated a perforated tubular insert. The sets of holes in the insert and sleeve are respectively located so as to be selectively registerable with each other. When these sets of...     

A trough which spirals in several turns in a plane about a vertical central axis has an arrangement of rails superimposed on it so the rails radiate from the vertical central axis and divide the trough into cells. Potted plants are placed in the cells, initially near the center, with spacing between...     

A plant holder apparatus is set forth including a perimeter framework for securing an associated potted plant wherein a siphon tube originating from a fluid reservoir secured to the perimeter includes a pick-up tube and a siphon bulb to direct fluid centrally of the included potted plant. The conduit...     

An apparatus for transmitting fluid includes a first panel member having first and second sheet portions. The first sheet portion has a plurality of apertures therein, and the second sheet portion is spaced apart from the first sheet portion by a spacing structure to define an interior space therebetween....     

A greenhouse having a hollow framework structure (20) with water under pressure fluidly disposed inside characterizing a combined structural frame and water pipe. A number of spray nozzles (34) are attached to the framework at appropriate locations and drippers (60) are, likewise, attached. The nozzles...     

A hollow, cellulose acetate fiber having a wall permeable to water is formed into a coil of constant dimensions. The coil is placed at the root level of the plants to be irrigated. Where the plants are spaced at intervals (as opposed to being immediately adjacent) a number of coil turns are positioned...     

A subterraneous treatment apparatus for injecting controlled amounts of fertilizer or other nutrient materials into the soil adjacent the root system of plants. The apparatus includes a closed cylindrical container for the storage of fertilizer and a multi-valve holding chamber assembly consisting of...     

A container of the kind used for supplying water and/or nutrients directly into the soil adjacent the plant comprises a bottle for holding the supply of water and a cap structure which encloses one end of the bottle. The cap structure is effective to both support the bottle upright on the soil adjacent...     

The self-watering planter has two mantles insertable into each other, forming an annular space therebetween to define a soil space inside an inner mantle and a water space in communication with the soil space for bringing the water from the water space into the soil space. A channel is formed in the...     

An apparatus for introducing a fumigant into the soil so as to provide a sterilized system which is essentially free of weed seeds, insects, nematodes and fungi including pathogenic and saprophytic bacteria and such other micro-organisms as may interfere with the growth of desirable vegetative forms....     

A watering arbor apparatus includes a fan-like arrangement of hollow tubes converging to a common junction at lowermost terminal ends of each tube defining an elongate tubular reservoir, wherein the reservoir is in fluid communication with a lowermost hollow conical end, wherein the conical end includes...     

A combined fence and irrigation system is formed by a plurality of generally vertical spaced posts and a plurality of generally horizontal connecting rails. A countersunk circular aperture is formed through each face of the rectangular posts at a predetermined vertical level. Each of the posts terminates...     

The present invention is, in simple terms, a self-watering flower pot; it comprises a water storage tank which is made up of a dual-chambered hydraulic system, an elastic water container and a chamber which accumulates and releases the tank's water into an integrally attached planter portion. The present...     

Seedlings are planted in dry areas containing water at a lower level by i) determining the depth of the water-containing level; ii) selecting a seedling breeder having a length corresponding to the depth of the water-containing level, said breeder comprising an elongated cylindrical body having an opened...     

Method and apparatus for drip irrigation having a water supply tank connected to a constant water level tank by a drain pipe having a drain opening. A supply tube extends from the constant water level tank and is connected to a supply tank with an open top located inside of an air tight casing. The casing...     

Methods of promoting the survivability and growth of seeds and seedlings which employ a fertilizer or a synergistic combination of a fertilizer and a moisture absorbing polymer which furnishes a reservoir of the moisture needed for plant growth and also provides a growth medium for soil bacteria relied...     

An improved sub-irrigation system for container nursery stock wherein liquid rises by capillarity through small pores in the growth medium in the container so that the larger pores of the growth medium retain air. The sub-irrigation system comprises at least one container and a trough assembly. The container,...     

A plant growing receptacle having an open top, a closed bottom wall and at least one opening provided in the receptacle side wall at a distance above the bottom wall. A mixture of soil and fertilizer is placed within the receptacle to promote further growth of the plant therein, and an irrigation system...     

A hand operated fertilizer application tool which can be used to introduce fertilizer into the soil surrounding the roots of plants and is made up of an insertion assembly which is a long tubular body having at its lower end a conical terminating at a closed point, a stop ring attached to the tubular...     

A method and apparatus for irrigating plant life in a manner which conserves water and optimizes soil moisture conditions. A valve is interposed between a source of water and a water outlet which is responsive to changes in soil moisture and correlative of the need for moisture in the soil. A diaphragm...     

A tree irrigator utilizes at least a first flexible tree encircling container which may receive a substantial volume of a tree irrigating liquid and which will slowly disperse the liquid to the tree over a period of time. Each flexible container has at least a base portion which provides for the discharge...     

A torroidal outer ring is positioned with a plant coaxially thereof, wherein the torroidal outer ring includes ring segments securable relative to one another in an end-to-end relationship receiving spikes between ring segment junctions to secure the rings together and to an underlying ground surface....     

An apparatus for dispensing a fertilizer in a pond which includes a floatation structure that has a receiver positioned therebelow. A funnel shaped opening is provided in the floatation structure through which fertilizer is dumped to deposit the fertilizer in the receiver wherein it is dissolved by water...     

An elongated tube having a tube wall permeable to a gas and impermeable to a liquid is used to transfer a gas from one side of the tube wall to the other. For some purposes, such as fertilization, anhydrous ammonia is introduced into such a tube with the tube being disposed in soil at or below root level...     

An apparatus and method for facilitating the extended infusion of fertilizer and controlled watering of a potted plant, while providing an improved method for preventing the egress of soil through the base of the pot, comprising a gravel/fertilizer packet, including a specially formulated fertilizer...     

A turf anchor stake having a flat shank with a pointed lower end and a headed upper end or two flat shanks connected by a crossbar can be driven through turf into the soil beneath the turf to hold such turf in place until the turf root structure knits with surrounding root structure. To facilitate driving...     

The fertilizing apparatus comprises a diffusion member having a porous member associated with it to retain fertilizer inside a compartment defined by the diffusion member. The diffusion member provides a diffusion pathway that is protected from gravitational water flow and rapid temperature fluctuation....     

A plant watering device with a self-contained reservoir is placed around a seedling plant to provide a continual flow of water or nutrients to the plant while at the same time conserving the water supply. The plant watering device contains an adjustable drip valve means in fluid communication with the...     

A display cabinet which refrigerates containers of flowers by forcing a flow of cold air into holes in the bottom of each container and up through the flowers stored therein. The containers of flowers are inserted into a plurality of openings in a product support stand which rests on top of a refrigerated...     

A Christmas tree fluid control housing includes a first valve and second valve in communication with a first conduit, wherein the first valve selectively directs water flow to a sprinkling ring mounted adjacent an upper distal end of an associated Christmas tree, with a misting ring mounted in surrounding...     

A container is arranged to include an internal cavity to receive at least one porous bag member therewithin, with the porous bag member arranged to contain manure and composting therewithin for seepage into the container when fluid is directed therein. A modification of the container structure is arranged...     

A plant irrigation device for a potted plant includes a hollow stake adapted to be inserted into the soil adjacent to the plant, and a bottle supported on the stake in an inverted position. The bottle is provided with a dispensing cap which has a spout extending down into the hollow stake, and which...     

A plant stem protector includes a tubular sleeve having a slit arranged parallel relative to an axis of the tubular sleeve, with the tubular sleeve further including first and second radial flanges projecting exteriorly of the sleeve fixedly mounted thereto to permit compress of flanges towards one another...     

An indoor watering device is described as having a water collecting means from a source such as a watering can or tube and means to direct water from the collecting means to a selected destination. A preselected camouflage is a part of the indoor watering device and is either detachably supported by...     

A creeping plant supporting frame assembly includes a plurality of upright support frames, which are each comprised of a plurality of elongated upright rods spaced from one another around a circle and connected together by a spiral tie bar around the periphery, anchor rods for supporting the upright...     

A vine stake having a sharp point at its lower end for penetrating soil adjacent to a growing vine, a solid flat upper end and along the exterior of its body, a plurality of protruding nodules or ruffles upon which vine-tieing ropes or straps can be rested. Desirably the vine stake comprises a hollow...     

A dispenser is disclosed including a substantially transparent container or reservoir tube and valving for receiving and selectively dispensing metered quantities of liquid such as water to a plant. A bottom end of the tube is supplied with a valve mechanism that will open upon application of pressure...     

A fertilization and irrigation system including a hollow tubular fiber conduit having a liquid permeable wall for nitrogen fertilizing and irrigating soil. The conduit or length of this tubular material is placed within the soil generally in the vicinity of the root level of plants to be irrigated. For...     

A system for irrigating the roots of plants below the surface of the ground in which a narrow irrigation tube is connected at its upper end to a water distribution source. The irrigation tube extends below the surface of the ground from the water distribution source in generally vertical alignment with...     

An apparatus is provided for dispensing a fertilizer in a pond. The apparatus includes a flotation structure which is generally surrounded by a porous material, such as a net sack. An opening is provided in the flotation structure through which fertilizer is dumped to deposit the fertilizer in the net...     

Methods for promoting the survivability and growth of seeds and seedlings which employ a fertilizer or a synergistic combination of a fertilizer and a moisture absorbing polymer which furnishes a reservoir of the moisture needed for plant growth and also provides a growth medium for soil bacteria relied...