Plant protector

Claim 1

MEANS FOR PROTECTING PLANTS COMPRISING A TUBE OF FLEXIBLE NON-METALLIC MATERIAL SUBSTANTIALLY IMPERVIOUS TO WATER, SAID TUBE BEING OPEN AT BOTH ENDS AND BEING TELESCOPICALLY DISPOSABLE OVER A VERTICALLY EXTENDING PLANT WITH ONE END OF THE TUBE NEXT ADJACENT THE GROUND AND THE OTHER END OF THE TUBE DISPOSED ABOVE THE PLANT, THE OTHER END OF THE TUBE BEING SEALABLE BY GATHERING TOGETHER THE TUBE ADJACENT SAID OTHER END THEREOF, MEANS FOR ENGAGEMENT ABOUT THE GATHERED PORTION OF THE TUBE TO HOLD THE SAME TIGHTLY GATHERED, SAID ONE END OF THE TUBE BEING REDIRECTED INWARDLY OF THE TUBE TO PROVIDE A REENTRANT PORTION EXTENDING ENTIRELY ABOUT THE TUBE AND WITHIN THE SAME, THE REENTRANT PORTION BEING DISCONTINUOUSLY SEALED TO THE TUBE IN A PLURALITY OF AREAS SPACED APART CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ABOUT THE TUBE TO PROVIDE A WATER INFLATABLE BLADDER AT SAID ONE END OF THE TUBE WITH SAID BLADDER HAVING OPENINGS DEFINED IN PART BY THE TUBE AND FACING TOWARD THE OTHER END OF THE TUBE, AND MEANS FOR PROVIDING AN UPWARDLY DIRECTED DISCHARGE OF WATER ENGAGEABLE AT LEAST IN PART WITH THE INSIDE OF THE TUBE TO PROVIDE A FLOW OF WATER DOWNWARDLY ALONG THE INSIDE OF THE TUBE AND INTO SAID OPENINGS TO INFLATE SAID BLADDER, SAID BLADDER WHEN INFLATED BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH THE GROUND TO PROVIDE AN AIR SEAL AROUND BOTTOM OF THE PLANT ENCLOSED BY THE TUBE.