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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Andrew Robert Templeton, Vincentown, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Smithers-Oasis Company, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B / ; A01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
47 59 ; 47-14 ; 47 4101 ; 47 581 ; 47 60 ; 47 64 ;
Abstract
A novel and improved method for relieving hydrophobicity of peat moss, bark and rockwool used in horticultural media for plant propagation using an effective level of a composition consisting of certain copolymerized alkane oxides as described. A more effective method of delivering these materials based on a composition of hydrous, amorphous silica using the compositions of the present invention is described.