METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NATURAL FERTILIZATION AND IRRIGATION OF PLANTS

摘要

The device includes a porous ceramic implant which may be permanently positioned within a hole drilled in a plant stem. The implant is connected to an external supply of gases or liquids, such as water, fertilizer or insecticide, and the liq. is then permitted to seep by capillary action through the implant into the plant. Seepage is effected by the natural negative sap pressure within the plant. Thus a plant naturally determines the amount of water or fertilizer needed and will draw only that amount into its system. When no negative sap pressure is present, no seepage through the ceramic implant will occur.