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A plant growth bed for growing plants includes a bag formed of a relatively thin plastic sheet material impervious to passage of liquids and air therethrough with a relatively high loft bedding of crimped textile fibers substantially filling the bag. The major portion of the crimped textile fibers a

A plant growth bed for growing plants includes a bag formed of a relatively thin plastic sheet material impervious to passage of liquids and air therethrough with a relatively high loft bedding of crimped textile fibers substantially filling the bag. The major portion of the crimped textile fibers are hydrophobic staple fibers and the remaining minor portion of the crimped textile fibers are hydrophilic fibers intermixed or blended together. The high loft of the textile fibers provides open spaces around the fibers to allow for optimum air for proper root development and plant growth. The bedding is readily compressible as for compact shipment to about 1/5 the thickness of the uncompressed high loft bedding. In an uncompressed condition the bedding has an overall thickness of at least about 3 inches and a density of 0.5 to 2 pounds per cubic foot. The bedding of fibers has the ability to retain amongst the fibers forming the bedding at least about four times its weight of a liquid.

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A plant growth bed for growing plants comprising a substantially close-ended bag formed of a relatively thin plastic material impervious to passage of liquids and air therethrough, and a relatively high loft bedding of crimped textile fibers in said bag, the major portion of said crimped textile fib

A plant growth bed for growing plants comprising a substantially close-ended bag formed of a relatively thin plastic material impervious to passage of liquids and air therethrough, and a relatively high loft bedding of crimped textile fibers in said bag, the major portion of said crimped textile fibers being hydrophobic synthetic staple fibers, the remaining minor portion of said crimped fibers being hydrophilic staple fibers for enhancing liquid retention, said hydrophobic and hydrophilic fibers being blended together through the bedding and being unconnected to each other so as to permit readily forming a hole in the bedding for reception of a transplanted plant, said relatively high loft bedding of crimped textile fibers providing open spaces around the crimped fibers to allow for optimum air for proper root development and plant growth, said bedding of textile fibers substantially filling the bag to thereby substantially prevent the bedding from undesirably shifting about with the bag, said high loft bedding when not compressed having an overall thickness of at least about 3 inches and density of 0.5 to 2 pounds per cubic foot, and said bedding being readily compressible, as for compact shipment, to bout 1/5 the thickness of the uncompressed high loft bedding and to readily return to a high loft state upon the release of a compressive force thereon.