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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1987
Sherwood L Fawcett, Columbus, OH (US);
Martha S Fawcett, Columbus, OH (US);
Donald L Cullen, Worthington, OH (US);
Transmet Corporation, Columbus, OH (US);
Abstract
The invention comprises a mulch sheet to be placed on the soil around the stalk of a plant. The mulch comprises aluminum flakes bonded to a woven mesh which aluminum flakes will reflect rays of the sun upward to the underside of the leaves and the mat will hold moisture in the ground which has seeped into the ground through the porous mat. The aluminum flakes are applied to the upper tacky surface of a thermoplastic woven mat and are pressed into the tacky surface to hold them in position after the thermoplastic, fibrous mat cools to freeze the flake in place. In additional embodiments, it is sometimes appropriate to make a pod containing a seed which will be secured to the underside of the matting in the open hole. A layer on the underside of the mat could include a layer of fertilizer.