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Planting of plant material

US-8938910-B2

Abstract

A method of treatment and seeding or planting of seeds and/or plantable material in a substrate with at least one planting position, including in any order: (a) treating the seeds and/or the plantable material with a treatment substance by depositing the treatment substance in or at the planting position with the aid of treatment depositing device; and (b) depositing the seeds and/or the plantable material at the planting position with the aid of a seed and/or plantable material depositing device; (c) displacing the substrate and at least one of the treatment depositing device and the seed and/or plantable material depositing device relative to one another; (d) providing a substrate having at least two plant positions formed independently from the process in advance thereof at a pre-defined distance in the direction of relative displacement; and (e) controlling the treatment depositing device and the seed and/or plantable material depositing device for depositing at least one specimen of the seeds and/or the plantable material and a desired amount of treatment substance for deposition thereof at the pre-defined planting positions in the substrate on the basis of at least one of the group consisting of: a depositing trajectory, a depositing time, and a speed of movement from the depositing means relative to the substrate.

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Legal status & events

2015-01-27
Patent granted
2018-07-27
Maintenance fee paid (4th year)
2022-09-19
Maintenance fee reminder mailed
2023-03-06
Patent lapsed due to failure to pay maintenance fees under 37 CFR 1.362
2023-03-28
Lapse effective date (January 27, 2023)
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