Patents Assigned to VINTAGE NURSERIES, LLC
  • Root socking process and distribution
    Patent number: 9706718
    Abstract: A root socking process for efficient transplanting of vines and similar plants. Each plant is grown in its own plant-growing container followed by an automated process of covering the root mass or rootball of each plant with a sock, preferably biodegradable; filling a cardboard box with multiple root-socked plants; and stacking multiple cardboard boxes in pallets for transportation to the field. The plants are then transplanted in the field by picking up and dropping each root-socked plant from the cardboard box into a hole in the soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: VINTAGE NURSERIES, LLC
    Inventor: Matthew McMillan