Patent ID: 8333032
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
1. A method of planting and growing mangrove propagules or seedlings comprising the steps of: providing an elongated shell casing with an upper end and a lower end, and a through opening therebetween; providing at least one longitudinal groove along an interior wall of the shell casing formed between the upper end and the lower end, the groove having a depth less than a thickness of the wall of the elongated shell casing; tamping and inserting the lower end of the elongated shell casing into a bottom sediment of a shore line to anchor and stabilize the encasement device in position; establishing a planting elevation of a mangrove propagule or seedling inside of the elongated casing to an approximately mean-high water level; and hingedly expanding the elongated shell casing along the at least one longitudinal groove without splitting the elongated shell casing at the groove while the mangrove propagule or seedling grows into the plant.