Bark and wood fiber growing medium

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PATENT NO 10519373
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15322906

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A method for making a growing medium includes a step of combining tree bark and/or wood components together to form an initial composition; heating the initial composition to a temperature greater than about 149° C. under steam in a pressurized vessel; processing the initial composition through a refiner with a plurality of opposing disks to obtain the fibrous growing medium, the refiner separating fibers from each other; wherein the growing medium has total porosity of 88 volume % or more.

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  • PROFILE PRODUCTS LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bowers, Gary Lane Jonesborough, US 23 81
Spittle, Kevin Scott Vero Beach, US 24 177

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