Patent ID: 6108970
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
A plant guard that may be used to deliver water to a plant adjacent to which the guard is positioned, the plant guard comprising:a hollow tubular body adapted to contain water, said body having a length measured between two ends of said body, a width measured between a pair of spaced apart walls, and a height measured in a vertical direction between a lower edge and an upper edge, the height of said body being very much greater than the width of said body and being less than the length of said body, said body including a lower reservoir compartment at said lower edge and a plurality of vertically extending reservoir compartments in fluid communication with the lower reservoir compartment;means to permit the addition of water to the body adjacent said upper edge; andmeans adjacent said lower edge of the body to permit the delivery of water in a controlled manner from said lower reservoir compartment to a plant surrounded by the guard,wherein said body is formed so that it may be maintained with said lower edge on the ground adjacent a plant and said walls rise substantially vertically from the ground by vertically extending supporting means and define an open topped growing space for a plant.