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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2020
Applicant:
Profile Products L.l.c., Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Scott Spittle, Vero Beach, FL (US);
Gary Lane Bowers, Jonesborough, TN (US);
Assignee:
PROFILE PRODUCTS L.L.C., Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 17/52 (2006.01); C05F 11/00 (2006.01); C05G 3/80 (2020.01); C05D 9/02 (2006.01); A01G 24/23 (2018.01); A01G 24/28 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 17/52 (2013.01); A01G 24/23 (2018.02); A01G 24/28 (2018.02); C05D 9/02 (2013.01); C05F 11/00 (2013.01); C05G 3/80 (2020.02);
Abstract
A method for making a growing medium includes a step of combining tree bark and/or wood components together to form an initial composition; heating the initial composition to a temperature greater than about 149° C. under steam in a pressurized vessel; processing the initial composition through a refiner with a plurality of opposing disks to obtain the fibrous growing medium, the refiner separating fibers from each other; wherein the growing medium has total porosity of 88 volume % or more.