Claims
- 1. An apparatus for planting a houseplant comprising:
- a container defining an interior soil containing space, defined by a perforated base and a surrounding wall rising to a top level;
- a plurality of vertical vent tubes upwardly extending from said base up to, and terminating at, said top level, said tubes being open through said base, and open at said top level;
- said vent tubes being imperforate and sealingly enclosed from said base to an intermediate level;
- said vent tubes being perforated from said intermediate level to said top level.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
- said intermediate level defining a level a water within said container;
- a vertical watering tube extending form said top level to said base, an opening in said watering tube between said intermediate level and said base for the passage of water from said watering tube to the interior of said container.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 2 further comprising:
- means for indicating the level of water within said container.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 2 further comprising a water indicator tube positioned within said container, projecting above the container to a distal end, said tube formed of a transparent material;
- a float slidably mounted within said water indicator tube;
- a rod and indicator extending upwardly form said float;
- a series of indicia extending downwardly from the distal end of the water indicator tube, cooperative with said indicator tube for indicating the position of the float within said container.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This Application is a continuation in part of my co-pending application Ser. No. 07/832,479 filed Feb. 7, 1992, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,217,696 on Jun. 8, 1993, which is incorporated in full herein.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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