Patent ID: 8443548

Claim:
A plant container for a transplantable plant for bounding a growing medium in which the transplantable plant is grown comprising: a sidewall support including a sheet-like sidewall lattice framework having a sidewall surface area, and defining a plurality of relatively uniformly spaced sidewall apertures that collectively define a sidewall aperture area, said sidewall aperture area comprises at least about 60% to about 95% of said sidewall surface area; and a bottom support having a support surface area, and coupled to said sidewall support, said bottom support including a sheet-like bottom lattice framework defining a plurality of relatively uniformly spaced support wall apertures, extending through said bottom support from a respective interior wall to a respective exterior wall thereof, that collectively define a support wall aperture area, said support wall aperture area comprises at least about 60% to about 95% of said support surface area, said bottom support being vertically oriented at a location above the ground by a sufficient distance to promote and encourage air root pruning of the transplantable plant proximate said bottom support.