Patent ID: 6286253
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: A01C

Abstract:
A method for planting and stabilizing sods grown over plastic sheeting comprising:planting and growing pure, whole sod stock of a desired cultivar over plastic sheeting in a sterile medium;harvesting said whole sod;separating harvested sod into vegetative planting material to form plantlets;suspending said plantlets in a liquid slurry;laying plastic sheeting of a predetermined width on a ground surface, said plastic sheeting being bounded on the lateral edges thereof by only an adjacent second plastic sheeting of the same width to be laid down; anddischarging said slurry evenly over said plastic sheeting, wherein said plantlets in the liquid slurry are applied onto said plastic sheeting in an amount such that they are both a planting material and a stabilizing, protective mulch that maintains the integrity and the purity of the young sod crop, thereby obviating the need to dispense a cover sheet over said discharged slurry of plantlets.