Seed capsule and method of making same
Abstract
Abstract ONE EMBODIMENT OF SEED CAPSULE IS FORMED BY PREPARING A CHARGE OF SEED BED MATERIAL, SUCH AS VERMICULITE AND A BINDER, COMPRESSING THE CHARGE TO A PREDETERMINED COMPRESSION VALUE TO FORM A LOWER CAPSULE SEGMENT IN THE FORM OF A RELATIVELY THIN CYLINDRICAL MEMBER, FORMING AN INDENT OR POCKET IN THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE SEGMENT, PLACING A SEED IN THE INDENT, DEPOSITING A SECOND CHARGE OF MATERIAL OVER THE LOWER SEGMENT TO COVER THE SEED, COMPRESSING THE SECOND CHARGE SUBSTANTIALLY TO SAID PREDETERMINED COMPRESSION VALUE TO FORM AN UPPER CAPSULE SEGMENT, AND FINALLY EXERTING PRESSURE ON BOTH SAID UPPER AND SAID LOWER SEGMENTS TO INTIMATELY JOIN SAID SEGMENTS INTO A SINGLE CAPSULE FORM. IN ANOTHER EMBODIMENT, A SEED CAPSULE IS FORMED BY SEPARATELY FORMING TWO CAPSULE SEGMENTS, PLACING A SEED IN INDENTATIONS FORMED BETWEEN THE SEGMENTS, AND SECURING THE SEGEMTNS TOGETHER IN SPACED RELATION OVER MOST OF THEIR CONFRONTING AREA TO PROVIDE VENT PASSAGES TO THE SEED CHAMBER.
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- 👤 Edwin H Brink
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