Patent ID: 8122637
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: A01C,C05F,C05G

Abstract:
1. A method to improve the yield of an acre of a crop having a growing season of less than one year, comprising the steps of (a) providing an irrigation system to direct irrigation water on to the acre of the crop; (b) providing an integration system to introduce a composition into said irrigation system; (c) providing an ecosystem to produce algal by products, said ecosystem including (d) metering during daylight hours with said nutrient input system 0.001 to 0.05 ounces of nutrient composition per cubic foot of water in said volume of water; (e) injecting during daylight hours with said reconstitution system said supplemental water into said volume of water at a rate in the range of two to twenty gallons per hour to produce (f) skimming during daylight hours with said algal by-product removal system two to twenty gallons per hour of said aqueous solution of algal by-products; and, (g) applying 250 to 400 gallons of said aqueous solution of algal by-products to the acre of crop by utilizing said integration system to introduce said aqueous solution of algal by-products into said irrigation water.