FIXATION OF SOIL FOR ORNAMENTAL PLANTS, FIXATION AGENT THEREFOR AND TERRARIUM PRODUCT

• Main Authors: KOBAYASHI MIOKO, MATSUE HAJIME, KOBAYASHI MINAKO, KOBAYASHI KOTARO, KOBAYASHI TAKAO, UCHISAWA HIDEMITSU, TAKATANI YOSHIAKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.01.1995
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED; DYES; FISHING; FORESTRY; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FORELSEWHERE; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PAINTS; POLISHES; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TRAPPING; WATERING

PURPOSE:To fix the soil in which an ornamental plant is grown thereby the plant is prevented from falling down and moving in the pot during the transportation and can be placed on a slope. CONSTITUTION:Dilute acetic acid is mixed with chitosan, natural polysaccharide such as cellulose, pectin or alginic acid to prepare a liquid fixing agent. This agent is applied at least to the surface of the soil in which the plant is grown and dried to fix the soil.