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A combined root deflector and watering collar which may be assembled from a plurality of panels. Each panel has a preselected shape and is formed of a comparatively thin body member having an upper arcuate edge, a lower arcuate edge and a pair of spaced apart lateral edges extending between the uppe

A combined root deflector and watering collar which may be assembled from a plurality of panels. Each panel has a preselected shape and is formed of a comparatively thin body member having an upper arcuate edge, a lower arcuate edge and a pair of spaced apart lateral edges extending between the upper and lower arcuate edges. The upper and lower arcuate edges are concentric about a center remotely spaced from the upper and lower arcuate edges. The body has an outer surface of an inner surface and radially extending ribs project from the inner surface between the upper arcuate edge and regions adjacent the lower arcuate edge. A notch in the body at the lower arcuate edge adjacent each of the ribs and a thin section of the body extending along the rib from the notch are provided to achieve a weakening of the body so that as roots of the plant growing through the notch enlarge, the body will tear adjacent to the ribs and starting at the notch. Edge ribs are provided on each lateral edge defining a “T”-shape with the body and extending both from the inner surface and outer surface. A connector having walls defining a cavity for engaging edge ribs is provided so that lateral edges of adjacent panels may be joined together and a plurality of the panels may be thus joined together to define a substantially frusto-conical root deflector and watering collar. The dimensions of the panels are controlled so that the same panel may be used in combinations of, for example three, four and five to define different sized frusto-conical root deflectors and watering collars.

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A panel for a multiple panel combined planter and watering collar, said panel comprising, in combination: a thin, flexible body means having an upper arcuate edge, a lower arcuate edge spaced from said upper arcuate edge, a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge spaced from said first lateral edg

A panel for a multiple panel combined planter and watering collar, said panel comprising, in combination: a thin, flexible body means having an upper arcuate edge, a lower arcuate edge spaced from said upper arcuate edge, a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge spaced from said first lateral edge, an inner surface and an outer surface; interior rib means on said inner surface of said body means and projecting therefrom and said interior rib means intermediate said first lateral edge and said second lateral edge of said body means; body means weakening means adjacent said interior rib means at said lower arcuate edge for providing an initial location for tearing said body means for the condition of a root exerting body means tearing force at said body weakening means; and joining means on said first and said second lateral edges.