公开(公告)号：US10356974B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-23

申请号：US14914486

申请日：2014-08-26

Applicant: SWETREE TECHNOLOGIES AB

Inventor： Jonas Ohlund ,  Asa Forsum ,  Henrik Svennerstam

IPC: A01G27/04 ,  A01G31/02 ,  A01C1/02 ,  A01C1/04 ,  A01G17/00 ,  A01G23/00 ,  A01G9/029

Abstract: A sowing unit including water-absorbing material, an enclosure and a seed, wherein the water-absorbing material includes a hygroscopic negatively-charged material capable of binding a positively charged nutrient ion selected from NH4+, L-arginine, L-lysine and L-histidine; and optionally a nutrient including a positively charged nutrient ion selected from K+, NH4+, L-arginine, L-lysine and L-histidine. Methods and uses of the sowing unit are described.