Title:
OPERATIONAL SYSTEM FOR TRANSPLANTING GROWING PLANTS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002100159
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
A transplanting system including both methods and specific types of transplant apparatus such as propagule transplant trays( 3, 4, 5, 6 ) addresses the need for the use of a propagule punch machine ( 8 ) on a variety of adolescent tray configurations ( 9, 11, 12, e.g.) and the increased operational efficiency that such enhanced operational capability affords. The system may involve at least one areally continuous propagule tray ( 3, 4, 5, 6 ) that is operationally compatible with a numerically significant number of adolescent plant trays. Other embodiments of the invention disclose punch pins ( 59 ) for use in a plant punch machine transplanter that are user-detachable and differentially designed so that plant punch elements of a certain design may be installed as part of the machine to customize the transplant process for a given species and transplant modality. The invention also provides for a consultable collection (such as printed documents or an electronic database, e.g.) of plant transplant process information usable to increase transplant process efficiency.
Inventors:
TAGAWA KENNETH K (US)
TAGAWA GEORGE H (US)
TAGAWA RANDALL E (US)
KLUTH WILLIAM A (US)
BLACKMORE FRED NAYLOR JR (US)
TAGAWA GEORGE H (US)
TAGAWA RANDALL E (US)
KLUTH WILLIAM A (US)
BLACKMORE FRED NAYLOR JR (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/018704
Publication Date:
January 30, 2003
Filing Date:
June 10, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TAGAWA GREENHOUSES INC (US)
TAGAWA KENNETH K (US)
TAGAWA GEORGE H (US)
TAGAWA RANDALL E (US)
KLUTH WILLIAM A (US)
BLACKMORE FRED NAYLOR JR (US)
TAGAWA KENNETH K (US)
TAGAWA GEORGE H (US)
TAGAWA RANDALL E (US)
KLUTH WILLIAM A (US)
BLACKMORE FRED NAYLOR JR (US)
International Classes:
A01G9/08; A01G9/10; (IPC1-7): A01G9/00
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