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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1989
Albert W Knop, Herkenbosch, NL;
Robert J van Banning, Munstergeleen, NL;
Rockwool Lapinus B.V., , NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a grow-mat for cultivating plants, and to the production thereof, which grow-mat comprises a layer of mineral fibres cross-linked to one another by cured binding agent and treated with hydrophilic wetting agent, characterized in that in said grow-mat the principal direction of said mineral fibres extending in said layer extends in the longest dimension of said mat, in which preferably in both upright longitudinal surfaces of the grow-mat a curing oven profile is present, and/or the layer is a primary layer and at least two of said primary layers forming a secondary layer are present in a horizontal longitudinal plane of said grow-mat.