Seed growth kits

Claim 1

SEED GERMINATING APPARATUS, COMPRISING AN ASSEMBLY INCLDUING A SHELL HAVING UPPER AND LOWER OPENINGS AND ADAPTED TO BE PLACED IN A WATER CONTAINER SO THAT SAID UPPER OPENING IS ABOVE WATER LEVEL AND SAID LOWER OPENING IS BELOW WATER LEVEL TO ADMIT WATER INTO THE LOWERMOST INTERIOR OF THE SHELL, AND MEANS WITHIN THE SHELL TO SUPPORT A SEED AT AN ELEVATION POSITION CHARACTERIZED AS LOWER THAN SAID UPPER OPENING AND ALWAYS IN DIRECT OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH THE SHELL AT SAID ELEVATION AS WELL AS WITH SAID OPENING THROUGH THE UPPER AND LOWER INTERIORS OF THE SHELL AND FOR SUPPLYING MOISTURE TO THE SUPPORTED SEED; SAID MEANS INCLUDING LIQUID ABSORBENT MATERIAL ADAPTED TO BE CONTACTED BY BOTH THE SEED AND CONTAINER WATER WHICH ENTERS THE SHELL THROUGH SAID LOWER OPENING, SAID ABSORBENT MATERIAL BEING IN SHEET FORM AND INCLUDING A FIRST PORTION EXTENDING TO FORM SAID SEED SUPPORT MEANS AT SAID ELEVATION AND AT A TERMINAL LOCATION ADJACENT ONE INTERIOR WALL OF SAID SHELL AND A SECOND PORTION EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID FIRST PORTION TOWARD THE OPPOSITE INTERIOR WALL OF SAID SHELL, SAID SHEET FORM MATERIAL CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE APERTURE FOR SAID DIRECT OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH THE LOWER INTERIOR OF THE SHELL AND THROUGH WHICH SEED ROOTS MAY GROW DOWNWARDLY FROM THE SEED.