Patents Assigned to Woods End Laboratories, Inc.
  • Compositions and methods for buffered growing media
    Patent number: 8617280
    Abstract: Techniques and tools reduce pH drift downward in growth media triggered by plant growth or ammoniated fertilizers. Methods and compositions provide growing media with buffering potential to prevent pH drifts in the growing media. A compost composition has a buffering potential against pH changes. A carbonate index test provides information on a buffering potential of a compost composition. A growing medium includes a compost composition with a buffering potential to provide a stable pH that is conducive to plant growth in the growing medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Woods End Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: William F. Brinton, Jr.