US2005274074A1PendingUtilityA1

Plant and mushroom growth medium

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Sep 4, 1998Filed: Jun 20, 2003Published: Dec 15, 2005
Est. expirySep 4, 2018(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:John Stamp
A01G 24/28A01G 24/25A01G 24/27A01G 18/00C05F 5/002Y02A40/20C05F 11/00Y02P20/145
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Abstract

A growth medium for plants or mushrooms, the medium comprising sugar cane mill mud and non sphagnum-peat material selected from the group consisting of a non-sphagnum-peat and coconut fibre.

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       17 . A growth medium for plants or mushrooms, the medium comprising sugar cane mill mud and a non sphagnum-peat material, the material being a non sphagnum-peat.  
   
   
       18 . The growth medium of  claim 17  wherein the ratio of sugar cane mill mud to non sphagnum-peat is between about 1:1.4 to about 1:2 parts by weight.  
   
   
       19 . The growth medium of  claim 18 , wherein the ratio is about 1:1.4.  
   
   
       20 . The growth medium of  claim 17 , wherein the peat is sedge peat.  
   
   
       21 . The growth medium of  claim 17  which is in the form of a casing soil composition.  
   
   
       22 . The growth medium of  claim 21 , further comprising about 65 to 75% wt/vol water.  
   
   
       23 . The growth medium of  claim 22 , which further includes an additive selected from the group comprising a fungicide, an insecticide, a nematicide, a wetting agent and a pH controlling agent.  
   
   
       24 . The growth medium of  claim 17 , which further includes about 30 to about 80 wt % of an inert filler.  
   
   
       25 . The growth medium of  claim 24 , which includes between about 60 to about 70% of an inert filler.  
   
   
       26 . The growth medium of  claim 24 , wherein the inert filler is bagasse.  
   
   
       27 . A growth medium for plants or mushrooms, the medium comprising sugar cane mill mud and a non sphagnum-peat material selected from the group consisting of a non sphagnum-peat and coconut fibre.  
   
   
       28 . The growth medium of  claim 27 , wherein the material is coconut fibre and the ratio of sugar cane mill mud to non sphagnum-peat material is between about 1:1.4 to about 1:2 parts by weight.  
   
   
       29 . The growth medium of  claim 28  which is in the form of a casing soil composition.

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