Patent ID: 6460473
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: A01C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A seedling-growing sheet comprising:a laminate body including an elongated support member and an elongated porous sheet body laminated on the support member; a number of receptacles for housing seeds and seedlings grown from the seeds, the receptacles being formed in the sheet body of the laminate body and arranged apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of the sheet body; and a series of cutting perforations for use in cutting out planting pieces each including at least one receptacle from the laminate body, each planting piece being defined between associated adjacent two of the series of cutting perforations, each of the cutting perforations extending in a width direction of the laminate body, the series of cutting perforations being arranged in a longitudinal direction thereof, wherein the series of cutting perforations penetrate both the support member and the sheet body, and the support member includes a plurality of first cutting areas defined by associated two of the series of cutting perforations, the sheet body includes a plurality of second cutting areas each defined by associated adjacent two of the series of cutting perforations, and the first cutting areas and the second cutting areas are put together to constitute the planting pieces.