Plant cultivating pot
A plant cultivating pot is disclosed. The pot has top and bottom wall spaced apart by a sidewall or panel. The cross-section of the top is larger than the bottom wall so that the sidewall is inwardly sloped from the bottom wall to the top. Openings in the sidewall provide points for planting a plant in media for supporting plant growth from within the interior volume of the body of the pot. The increasing cross-section of the pot from the top to the bottom maximizes exposure of each plant to sunlight. A frusto-pyramidal shaped, non-woven geotextile material provides an optimal shape and material for the body of the pot for growing strawberries.
1. A plant cultivating pot comprising:
a material body comprising a top, a plurality of collapsible sidewalls, and a bottom wall extending between the plurality of collapsible sidewalls, wherein the top has a smaller cross-section than the bottom wall, and further wherein the material body is formed only of a geotextile and seam connections;
wherein each of the plurality of collapsible sidewalls having at least one opening adapted for receiving a plant, each at least one opening being formed from four triangular flaps;
wherein the material body has a use configuration wherein:
(a) the plurality of collapsible sidewalls has a length extending between the top and the bottom wall defining an interior volume adapted for housing media for supporting plant growth;
(b) the top and the bottom wall are separated by the length of the plurality of collapsible sidewalls;
(c) the top is spaced above the bottom wall;
(d) the bottom wall is configured to rest upon a surface;
(e) the housing media supports vertical weight forces of each of the plurality of collapsible sidewalls; and
wherein the material body has a non-use configuration wherein the top and the bottom wall are substantially coplanar, and the plurality of collapsible sidewalls are in a collapsed state, and the triangular flaps of the at least one opening contact each other and are co-planar.
2. The pot of claim 1 wherein the body is generally frusto-pyramidal in shape.
3. The pot of claim 1 wherein the top is open and the bottom wall is closed.
4. The pot of claim 1 wherein the at least one opening comprises four openings, and further wherein each of the plurality of collapsible sidewalls includes a singular column of the four openings.
5. The pot of claim 1 wherein the plurality of collapsible sidewalls is sloped inward from the bottom wall to the top wall.
6. The pot of claim 1 wherein the at least one opening further comprises a series of openings, the series of openings aligned between the bottom wall and the top, one on top of another.
7. The pot of claim 6 wherein an opening of the series of openings near the bottom wall is spaced farther away from a center vertical plane than an opening of the series of openings near the top, the center vertical plane extending between the bottom and the top.