Patent ID: 6073563
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: A01C,Y10S

Abstract:
An underwater planter for planting aquatic plants comprising:a. a hull which has sufficient buoyancy for transporting and positioning the planter to an area where aquatic plants are to be planted underwater;b. a planting wheel which is supported by said hull and said planting wheel is adapted to roll underwater over the bottom of an estuary wherein spaced on the periphery of said planting wheel are planting nipples which are adapted to receive aquatic plants wherein said planting nipples incorporate a groove which is adapted to receive and retain at least one plant shoot;c. a means for varying the distance that the planting wheel extends below the waterline of said hull;d. a means for propelling the hull through the water thereby causing the wheel to roll along the estuary bottom causing the aquatic plants to be planted thereon as the planting nipples come into contact with the estuary bottom.