Patent ID: 8474179

Claim:
A plant pot comprising: a first plant pot housing with an open bottom; a first plate member supported by the first plant housing at its open bottom, wherein the first plate member is separated from the plant pot during transplanting; and a second plate member nesting with the first plate member after the first plate member is separated from the plant housing, wherein the first and second plate members are supported by a second plant housing and also have an open bottom to complete a sequence of transplanting; wherein the first plant housing is a first pot that has a first bottom side terminated by a first neck, which is connected through a first shoulder to first sidewalls, wherein the first shoulder faces upwardly to provide a first engaging surface, wherein the first plate member is adapted to rest on the first engaging surface of the first shoulder before transplantation; wherein the second plant housing is a second pot that has a second bottom side terminated by a second neck, which is connected through a second shoulder to second sidewalls, wherein the second shoulder faces upwardly to provide a second engaging surface, wherein the second plate member is adapted to rest on the second engaging surface of the second shoulder; wherein the first plate member nests with and rests on top of second plate member after transplantation, wherein the first plate member continuously supports the plant soil and is not detached from the plant soil during transplantation, wherein the first plate member and second plate member have frusto-conical sidewalls that merge into a flat bottom.