Method, container and tool for growing and planting grapes and other deep and/or tap rooted plants

Claim 1

A method for growing and planting deep and/or taprooted plants such as grapes and many shade trees comprising: a. filling a continuous walled, open ended container with no bottom wall having parallel sides and a length to diameter ratio of about 4 to 1 with a growing medium; b. inserting a young plant into said growing medium; c. placing said container in close fitting relation on a surface providing a root barrier; d. providing the necessary water, nutrients and climate until said plant has attained the necessary maturity for planting wherein the taproot has reached a position adjacent or above the bottom of said container, small lateral root growth has reached the side walls of said container and the taproot has not circled the container horizontally; e. providing a hole in the cultivated area approximately equal to the height of said container and slightly larger than the area of said container; f. inserting said plant and container into said prepared hole; g. forcing the plant and growing medium intact downwardly and out the bottom of the container while raising the container until the container is within a short distance of the top of the growing medium; and h. stabilizing the plant and container so that the container shades and covers a major portion of the above ground portion of the plant and the bottom of the container remains buried in the soil and forms a barrier around the base of the plant.

Claim 2

A method for growing and planting deep and/or taprooted plants such as grapes and many shade trees comprising: a. filling a continuous walled, open ended container with no bottom wall having parallel sides and a length to diameter ratio of about 4 to 1 with a growing medium; b. inserting a young plant into said growing medium; c. placing said container in close fitting relation on a surface providing a root barrier; d. providing the necessary water, nutrients and climate until said plant has attained the necessary maturity for planting wherein the taproot has reached a position adjacent or above the bottom of said container, small lateral root growth has reached the side walls of said container and the taproot has not circled the container horizontally; e. providing a hole in the cultivated area approximately equal to the height of said container and slightly larger than the area of said container; f. inserting said plant and container into said prepared hole; g. forcing the plant and growing medium intact downwardly and out the bottom of the container while raising the container until the container is within a short distance of the top of the growing medium; and h. stabilizing the plant and container so that the container shades and covers a major portion of the above ground portion of the plant and the bottom of the container remains buried in the soil and forms a barrier around the base of the plant.