US 12,419,211 B2
Plant propagation medium and methods of making and using it
Joel Douglas, Bonita Springs, FL (US); Shem Lachhman, West Harrison, NY (US); and Michael Curtis, Columbia, CT (US)
Filed by JS INVENTION FACTORY LLC, Bonita Springs, FL (US)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/907,539.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/544,347, filed on Oct. 16, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0120333 A1, Apr. 17, 2025
Int. Cl. A01C 7/00 (2006.01); C05F 3/00 (2006.01); C05F 17/00 (2020.01); C05G 3/80 (2020.01); C05G 5/00 (2020.01)
CPC A01C 7/004 (2013.01) [C05F 3/00 (2013.01); C05F 17/00 (2013.01); C05G 3/80 (2020.02); C05G 5/45 (2020.02)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of producing a dissolvable soil conditioner container and soil conditioner, the method comprising the steps of:
dewatering at least one digestate solid from an anaerobic digester to form a liquid biproduct and a dewatered fiber digestate having a moisture content of 2 to 60% by weight;
mixing said dewatered fiber digestate with at least one nutrient to form a uniformly mixed mixture of the dewatered fiber digestate and the at least one nutrient;
drying said uniformly mixed mixture to form a dry uniformly mixed mixture that provides a soil conditioner;
placing said dry uniformly mixed mixture in a polyvinyl alcohol film tube wherein said polyvinyl alcohol film is 85-90% hydrolyzed; and
sealing the ends of the polyvinyl alcohol film tube to create a tube with sealed ends.