US5022182A
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Agricultural processes and products
Assignee: PROMAC INDUSTRIES Ltd A CORP OF PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA
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Filing: 1988-08-22
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Granted: 1991-06-11
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Expires: 2008-08-22
Abstract
Abstract 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 upon to break down and release nitrogen from the fertilizer molecules. Systems for delivering these formulations and for verifying the delivery of the material.
Inventors
- 👤 Neil C. Anderson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 14:06
CPC Classifications
A; A01; A01C; A01C21/00; C; C05; C05G; C05G5/00; C05G5/45; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S71/00; Y10S71/904
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
97 words
A system for making nutrients and moisture available to seedlings, said system comprising: a receptacle composed of a material that is permeable to water, a plant nutrient source in said receptacle, said receptacle having a burst strength and a moisture absorbing composition in said receptacle, the burst strength of said receptacle and the amount and absorptivity of said moisture absorbing composition being so related that the absorption by said composition of an effective amount of moisture will result in said receptacle rupturing and releasing said plant nutrients and said moisture absorbing composition to a seed or seedling.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
97 words
A system for making nutrients and moisture available to seedlings, said system comprising: a receptacle composed of a material that is permeable to water, a plant nutrient source in said receptacle, said receptacle having a burst strength and a moisture absorbing composition in said receptacle, the burst strength of said receptacle and the amount and absorptivity of said moisture absorbing composition being so related that the absorption by said composition of an effective amount of moisture will result in said receptacle rupturing and releasing said plant nutrients and said moisture absorbing composition to a seed or seedling.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
76 words
A system as defined in claim 1 in which the plant nutrient source is one which is degradable by microbial action to make the nutrient available to the seedling and in which the moisture absorbing composition is one which is capable of promoting degradation of said first composition by said microbial action during those periods in which the seedling is capable of growth and of inhibiting such degradation during those periods when the seedling is dormant.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
A system as defined in claim 1 in which the plant nutrient source is a urea-formaldehyde fertilizer or a mixture of urea-formaldehyde fertilizers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
A system as defined in claim 1 in which the moisture absorbing composition is a polyacrylamide or a starch-polyacrylonitrile graft polymer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
65 words
A system as defined in claim 1 wherein said plant nutrient source is or contains a mixture of urea-formaldehydes, the OWIN and the activity index of each urea-formaldehyde being so adjusted that the urea-formaldehydes are degraded at different rates by microbial action and nitrogen is thereby made available to said seedling over an extended period of time which may span more than one growing season.
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