WO2004017719A9 - Support device - Google Patents
Support deviceInfo
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- WO2004017719A9 WO2004017719A9 PCT/GB2003/003533 GB0303533W WO2004017719A9 WO 2004017719 A9 WO2004017719 A9 WO 2004017719A9 GB 0303533 W GB0303533 W GB 0303533W WO 2004017719 A9 WO2004017719 A9 WO 2004017719A9
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- WO
- WIPO (PCT)
- Prior art keywords
- support
- plants
- engaging
- lifting
- new location
- Prior art date
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Classifications
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
- A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
- A01G9/02—Receptacles, e.g. flower-pots or boxes; Glasses for cultivating flowers
- A01G9/029—Receptacles for seedlings
- A01G9/0299—Handling or transporting of soil blocks or seedlings
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a method for planting plants and a support for supporting a plurality of plants.
- the invention relates to a method and apparatus for growing plants at one location and then transporting semi-mature or mature plants to a new location.
- One option is to plant seeds or seedlings at the required site and maintain the plants there during their growth period, after which time they can be further maintained, for instance by pruning, at the required level of maturity.
- this option has a number of inherent problems, significantly that it requires a great deal of forward planning. For example, a perimeter hedge would need to be planned several years in advance, the site initially prepared and the plants maintained during their growing phase, with associated financial and man-power implications .
- An alternative option is to import vegetation of the required maturity to the site.
- the plants may be grown at a nursery and individually imported to the site in plant pots.
- For a temporary display the plants may be retained in the plant pots and removed from the site comparatively easily.
- the annuals may be planted within the ground to provide a more permanent display.
- the time to arrange the plants for either a temporary or permanent display would be far more costly, in terms of both time and money.
- the disruption of the root ball that is associated with the removal a larger species from a plant pot may significantly effect the growth period of the plant .
- Mature plants may also be useful for reasons other than aesthetic display.
- rows of hedges or trees may be used to hold together sand, soil or earth in an exposed region such as an embankment . Waiting for rows of trees to mature or replanting mature plants is prone to the above-referenced problems.
- a support apparatus for supporting a plurality of plants comprising: a body portion, constructed from a bio-degradable material, having an inner region in which a growing medium, in which roots of said plants can grow, is containable; and a plurality in engaging means, for engaging with lifting means, for enabling said support structure to be located at a new location subsequent to the completion plants at a further location of at least a seedling stage of development of said plants.
- a method for planting plants comprising the steps of : planting said plants at a pre-mature stage of development in growing medium contained in an inner region of a biodegradable support; subsequent to the completion of at least a seedling stage of development, at a first location, engaging lifting means with engaging means of said support; lifting said support from said first location; and transporting said support apparatus together with the plants growing therein, to a new location.
- FIG. 1 shows an unfolded plan view of a rectangular support apparatus for use in supporting a plurality of plants .
- Fig. 2 shows a schematic view of a bag . lifting pole.
- Fig . 3 shows an example of the mesh used to make the container.
- Fig. 4 shows a schematic view of a bag lifting frame.
- Fig. 5 shows a schematic view of a circular container for use in a circular vegetative display.
- Fig 1 shows an unfolded plan view of a rectangular support apparatus 10.
- the support apparatus can however be of any shape to fit the desired location including round, square, diamond, triangular, arcuate and cubic.
- a rectangular support apparatus will preferably be used for planting hedgerows around perimeters of land, a circular support apparatus lends itself more to a central floral feature on a roundabout.
- rectangular strips of turf could be easily transported to sites within this support apparatus where grass surfaces, such as football pitches, tennis courts and bowling greens are required. In this later situation this would prevent the turf being damaged when it is removed from it place of growth, the potential for it to dry out whilst being transported and provides a far less laborious method of laying the turf.
- the support apparatus is preferably made of a flexible mesh means that the possibilities in respect to design are almost unlimited. It is possible to imagine a bespoke design service being available, with the requirements of the site defining the parameters of the apparatus. Furthermore, the apparatus does not need to be limited to one height, but a design of several layers could be possible. As shown in figure 1 the rectangular support apparatus, which is preferably greater than 1.5 metres in length and may be up to 10 metres in length, may comprise five equally sized rectangular panels. When the apparatus is folded along the fold lines 11 and is ready for use, the central panel 12 forms the base and the two panels 13 either side of the central panel form the sides.
- the end of the apparatus is formed from an end panel which consists of a square section 15 on either side of the central panel 13 and two triangular sections 16 on either side of the two side panels 13.
- the external edges of the two outermost panels 14 are stitched, glued, or fastened by a range of other more reversible fastening means (e.g hooks and eyes, zips, buckles) to the side panels 13 so that the underneath sides of panels 13 and 14 are in contact, and therefore form a sleeve, referred to hereafter as the engaging means .
- Poles may be inserted along the length of this sleeve to provide a rigid lifting means whilst also helping to retain the shape of the apparatus and its contents during lifting.
- the outermost panels 14 are provided with small holes at appropriate distances along the sleeve in order that areas of the poles are exposed and thus can be grasped by hand or attached to lifting machinery, via for instance hooks.
- the support will preferably be made from any rotable/biodegradable material, this is particularly advantageous in overcoming the potential environmental problems, such as toxicity and long-term waste associated with the use of plastics, such as polystyrene.
- the support apparatus may be formed from a single piece of material or be formed from multiple parts, and in the later case the multiple parts may be made from the same or different materials.
- Fig 2 shows an example of the lifting means for the support apparatus.
- the lifting means shown is designed for a rectangular support apparatus and may be in the form of a rigid or semi-flexible pole 21.
- the pole may be telescopic or made from multiple parts, which may screw together or snap-fit with each other and which when in use extends at least substantially along the length of the support apparatus.
- the pole can be manufactured from high tensile strength materials, such as metals (e.g stainless steel) or plastics.
- the poles need to be strong enough to support the weight of the apparatus when it is filled with growing medium and plants.
- a pole can be inserted into sleeves on either side of the apparatus and lugs 22 are provided in order to aid in the retention of the pole within the sleeve.
- gripping means may be integral with the support apparatus and thus manufactured from the same material or they may be attached by a range o.f means, such as gluing or stitching or by more reversible fastening means (e.g hooks and eyes, zips, buckles), and may be made of different materials, such as rope or plastics.
- a range o.f means such as gluing or stitching or by more reversible fastening means (e.g hooks and eyes, zips, buckles), and may be made of different materials, such as rope or plastics.
- An alternative is to provide straps having loops at each end running under the base of the support .
- Fig. 3 shows an example of the type of material that the support apparatus can be manufactured from.
- a range of ' materials may be used and will be obvious to those skilled in the art, but preferably the material is natural and biodegradable, for example sisal or hessian.
- the material is in the form of a woven or non-woven mesh, in which the holes are sufficiently small to prevent the growth medium, such as compost, from falling out whilst being sufficiently large enough to allow roots to spread outside of the apparatus .
- the selection of a suitable material as a result of its inherent properties will be very much dependent on the particular use to which the support apparatus will be put and the growth period of the plants it is to support. If the plant has tap roots the support will need to be deeper than for a plant having clump roots.
- the apparatus is being provided to support the growth of a display of annuals from seed and then to further support the display during transport within the year to a number of locations, a specific requirement is for the apparatus not to degrade within this year, but the actual tensile strength of the material may not be as an important consideration.
- the support apparatus is being used to provide support during the growth of a hedge, it would be desirable for the material not to degrade for a more extended period, such as 5 years and for the material to have a higher tensile strength, as the loads that it will be support whilst the apparatus is being lifted from site to site will be far greater.
- the fibres of the material may consist. of homogenous or heterogeneous filaments of natural or synthetic materials .
- Fig. 4 shows a schematic view of a bag lifting frame 41 which can be attached to a vehicle 42 capable of lifting the support apparatus, such as a crane.
- the frame 41 has a variable number of chains 43 attached to its under side, dependent on the size of load to be lifted.
- the chains can be of variable length and are preferably manufactured from metals, such as stainless steel.
- the chains are provided with hooks 44 at their ends which attach to the poles 21 and allow the apparatus to be transported securely to the desired location.
- Fig. 5 shows a schematic view of an example of a location where the support apparatus containing plants may be sited, such as a roundabout 51.
- the support apparatus can be designed from flexible, high tensile strength material to fit into a site of varying shapes such as circular 52 or be in the form of an arcuate box 53.
- the support apparatus 54 has been designed to fit into the circular site 52 and the external surface of side panels 13 are shown, with the poles 21 being inserted into the sleeves provided by the side panels 13 and outermost panels 14.
- the support apparatus described above may be used as a support during the growth period and transport of one or a plurality of plants without effecting the growth period of the plants, specifically by damage to the root structure .
- the support apparatus can be adapted for a range of plant species, ages and sizes and can be designed with particular functions in mind, whether this is to provide a floral display,- to easily provide turf or for providing a hedgerow.
- An initial step is to plant a seed or seedling or even a mature plant into an appropriate container, bearing in mind the size of the mature plants and the end result required.
- the container would contain a mixture of growing medium, preferably recycled soft waste material present as a mulch and mixed with a suitable percentage of waste soil for example, sugarbeet soil .
- the growing medium may be topsoil or peat.
- the plants will be maintained during their growth to a specified level of maturity by methods that will be obvious to those skilled in the art, including watering, feeding, protecting from pathogen attack with the selective use of insecticides, pesticides, biocides and fungicides and judicious pruning.
- a new location will be identified and prepared in readiness for the transport of the support apparatus containing the plants. If the site is for a temporary display of floral plants, for example in an office reception area, minimal preparation of the area will be required, as the plants will in all possibility remain in the support apparatus whilst on display. In this case the apparatus may need to be covered/ wrapped in a waterproof material in order that the plants can still be watered without damaging the site.
- the support structure may, in such a case, be constructed from a non biodegradable material .
- more preparation will be required. This will include digging a trench for the hedge of the same size as the support apparatus and possibly preparing the soil on the bottom and sides in this trench.
- the support apparatus can be transported to it. This will involve introducing lifting means, for example a pole into an engaging means, for example a sleeve on the support bag. The support apparatus can then be transported to the new location, depending on size this may be by hand, involving one or several people, keeping the supporting apparatus upright with as little disruption to the surrounding soil/mulch as possible.
- a crane or alternative lifting means such as a winch can be used to lift the apparatus onto a suitable mode of transport, examples of which include a trolley, trailer or lorry.
- the apparatus can be transported to the new location by road, rail or air dependent on the distance to the contracted site, because ordinary plant requirements such as water can be easily rendered to the plant due to the surface of the display being readily accessible .
- the engaging means such as the poles removed from the sleeves and returned back to the supplier/grower and the sleeves reversibly removed if desired.
- the apparatus can stay in the site temporarily or indefinitely as required, where it will degrade in situ over time.
- Embodiments of the present invention provide for horticultural, silvicultural and agricultural plants to be maintained at a first location until a selected chosen level of maturity is reached and thereafter these plants may be transferred either singly or in multiples to another site without interruption to their growth.
- a flexible receptacle for the containment of the root systems of trees, plants, shrubs, grasses, vegetables and fruits may be provided without limitation to their root system or growth.
- the container may be made of any polymeric, metal or natural material of any length breadth or shape .
- the support bag will be lifted vertically so as not to disturb the surrounding soil, mulch, roots and foliage.
- This lifting process may be carried out by a device suitable to be fixed onto the back hoe of a mechanical lifting vehicle.
- the support bag may be of any size so as to be capable of carrying an individual plant for say a windowsill up to a bag capable of containing the roots of a tree of trees .
- the support bag being the receptacle and container of the roots of the plant or plants does not restrict, by virtue of its mesh construction, the roots of the plants as does a plant pot or solid sided container.
- the grower and the purchaser could agree to return to the grower the spoil from the newly excavated site thus allowing that soil to be adequately sterilised for reuse in another support bag.
- Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a flexible various shaped bag capable of holding plants, trees, shrubs or any growing vegetation or coral.
- Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a bag made of netting i.e. plastic or natural or mess made of wire, wood, rope, sisal, hessian, metal, fabric, fibreglass, rubber or any other material of synthetic or natural substance.
- Some embodiments of the present invention provide a support bag which is made rigid and sufficiently strong to be lifted from the place of growing on its upper • surface . It is made rigid by the insertion of sufficiently strong, shaped to suit the bag, poles which can be slid into sleeves incorporated into the top surface of the bag. These poles may have cleats to allow carrier chains to fix position on the reinforced lifting areas of the bag.
- Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a support bag which may have two or more tunnels or sleeves for the poles which may themselves be telescopic straight or curved and which may be inserted into the sleeve to lift the bag.
- the tunnels or sleeves may be round or square or elliptical or shaped to suit the lifting pole or the shape may be determined because of design factors such as shape or weight of the growing plants and growing medium in the support bag.
- Certain Embodiments of the present invention provide for the transport of support bags prior to the growing period and after the final lifting procedure would be via suitably designed and constructed vehicles, ramps, flat beds and containers capable of carrying the bags in the air, on the sea or over land. Certain embodiments of the present invention provide small hand held bags which may be designed to have their own inserted handles of wood, plastic or other man made or natural substance so as to be suitable for hand held carrying and personal transport .
- Certain embodiments of the present invention provide support bags which are flexible receptacles for the planting and growing of trees, shrubs, plants, fruits, vegetables, hedging (deciduous and non-deciduous varieties) parental and all other flower, seedling or all varieties, vines, corals and all of the plant life required to grow and then move with undisturbed rooting.
- Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a support bag which may be filled with a suitable growing medium made up of, for instance, a mixture of a mulch made up of soft land fill waste suitably dressed and a waste soil possible sugarbeet. Alternatively compost or other growing medium may be used.
- a suitable growing medium made up of, for instance, a mixture of a mulch made up of soft land fill waste suitably dressed and a waste soil possible sugarbeet.
- compost or other growing medium may be used.
- Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a support bag which is very convenient for the transference of mature gardens in the event of a need to create, as is presently fashionable, city roof gardens, shrubbery's etc.
- Certain embodiments of the present invention provide for all types of hedging to be grown at any level of maturity for use in environmental circumstances such as providing attractive screens within new housing estates, immediately creating a mature garden, agricultural hedging replacement, climatic requirements in places where there is difficulty in growing trees from small saplings or whips.
- support bags could be planted with mature grasses or creeping plants which may be placed in suitable drop sites to allow the spread over the surrounding area of the desired species which would be advantageous in sites with climatic plant growth challenges, for example in desert areas. Mature tree plantings may also be used in such places .
- Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a support bag that is buried in the ground and which has the capacity to allow water (or any other required liquid, to flow both in and out of its material construction.
- Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a support bag that will retain its strength up to the desired time of its useful life. For example ten years for hedging, longer for tree planting, the method of controlling the desired time span being the type of substance used in the production of the mesh.
- the mesh may be made of a hessian or sisal mesh, the bag would then eventually degrade non-toxically into the surrounding area.
- the mesh can be made to, as it degrades, provide a long acting fertiliser, pesticide or fungicide to support the plant as it grows on.
- Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a bag which will allow the roots of the growing plants contained with there within to spread in their natural manner unhinded by the mesh.
- Certain embodiments of the present invention provide support bags which are suitably sized to accommodate sufficient growing medium to allow the roots of the plants to grow up to the required maturity without growing through the mesh thus causing difficulties lifting the bag when the plants reach the level of maturity required.
- Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a support bag of any shape or size which is designed to accommodate lifting poles which are themselves designed for that bag. In this way a kit of parts is provided.
- Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a support bag which is designed to best accommodate any type of previously mention plant whereby the lengths, depths and widths of the support bag may be from a few centimetres to tens of metres .
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