Abstract: In a method of hydroponical growing of plants, a drip irrigation pipe having outlets disposed along the length thereof is inserted between a pair of flatwise juxtaposed layers of water-impervious material of an apparatus alongside a first closed longitudinal edge thereof. The apparatus including the supply pipe is suspended with said first closed longitudinal edge along a suspension means placed at a substantially horizontal level. Roots of plants are inserted in between said two layers downstreams of said outlets and with the stems extending through throughcuts in one of said two layers. Nutrient solution is fed through said supply pipe and outlets and guided to the roots of each plant and is quickly percolated through said roots and collected below the roots for recirculation or discharge thereof.

Abstract: In a tape or packaged tape provided along the length thereof with pockets disposed transversely to the tape and with a desired spacing, said pockets are containing viable plant material such as seeds, other kinds of sproutable germs, cuttings, meristems, or tissure culture fixed thereto and intended for development into seedlings or bedding plants within the packaged tape before being transplanted as a continuous tape. The pockets comprise two wall-forming layers being fixed to each other at intervals and being adapted to enable the necessary supply and regulation of air and water for the development of the plant material inside the tape without the coexistence of any further growth medium thereabout. One of the layers prevents the roots of the plants from penetrating through said layer, and one of the layers is adapted to allow the roots to penetrate into or adhere to said layer, thereby securing the plants inside the pockets. The pockets are open at the top and bottom thereof.

Abstract: In a tape or packaged tape provided along the length thereof with pockets disposed transversely to the tape and with a desired spacing, said pockets being open at the top and the bottom and containing plants such as seedlings and beddingplants ready for transplantation together with the pockets as a continuous tape. The tape including the pockets and the plants is quite flat and bendable, windable spirally and foldable flat upon itself into a package. The pockets comprise two wall-forming thin layers of material fixed to each other at intervals and being adapted for the supply and regulation of the air and water necessary for the development and growth of the plants inside the packaged tape without the coexistence of any further growth medium thereabout.

Abstract: An apparatus for transplanting the tape comprises a share (1) for providing a slot opening in the soil, a holding device (24, 25) for one or several packages (26) of tape (27), and elevationally adjusting members, leading members and guide members (33, 34) for the tape, as well as members (15, 16) for pushing together and pressing down the soil around the tape. The share (1) is substantially V-shaped, open to the rear and preferably elevationally adjustable. The guide member (33) is an obliquely forwardly turned guide rod (33) rising from the share (1) or one or several inclined rollers. The holding device (24, 25) comprises a plate-shaped substratum (25) for the package. The elevationally adjusting members are members for adjusting the course of the tape, in particular its angle position, in relation to the guide member (33). The leading means leads the tape from the package to its contact with the guide member (33).

Abstract: A germinator is formed by locating a plastic sheet cover around a textile material, preferably plant-"Fibertex".RTM., being in contact with a seed, a sprout or a cutting.As a consequence of its distinct capillary effect the textile material ensures the sufficient amount of moisture during the beginning germination of a seed, and after bedding out of the germinated plant the surrounding plastic sheet cover protects the root or the roots against drying up for the first few days after the bedding out.

Abstract: A means of preserving cut flowers placed in water, said means comprising one or more bactericidal substances, with the possible additions of one or more bacteriostatic substances, one or more surfactants, and/or one or more nutritious substances. The bactericidal substance may be 1.3-dichloro-5.5-dimethylhydantoin which splits off chlorine in relation to the pH-value of the aqueous solution. Said derivative forms part of a thin coating applied to the front surface of a strip of paper or cardboard which is very small in relation to the length of the stems of the flowers. A layer of non- (or very little) water-soluble self-adhesive substance is applied to the back surface of the strip, the substance being tolerable by the stems of flowers. The consumer can easily fasten the strip unit close to the lower end of the stem before placing the latter in water. The strip unit is easily dispensible from a protective container.