Patent ID: 9706718
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A01G

Claim:
1. A root socking and distribution method comprising: slipping a sock over a pot such that a portion of the sock remains unengaged outside of the pot, wherein said sock comprises a stretchable material that is open at both ends, and said slipping over said pot comprises stretching a first one of said open ends of said sock over said pot, and said unengaged portion comprises a second one of said open ends; inserting a rootball of a plant into said pot, thereby causing the portion of the sock outside the pot to cover the rootball, and causing said sock to transfer from said pot and automatically cling onto the rootball to form a root-socked plant; removing said root-socked plant from said pot; and placing said root-socked plant into a shipping box, wherein said shipping box is capable of holding a plurality of root-socked plants.