| PATENT CLAIMS |
What is claimed is:
1. In the growing of plants in a zeolite crystal bed added to soil in which the plants are grown, and wherein the absence of watering has caused drying soil and accompanying deteriorating plant growth, a method of re-claiming the plant growth despite the deterioration of the plants, that comprises, adding an Artemesia plant nutrient extract aqueous solution that is substantially non-chemically reactive with zeolite to the zeolite crystal bed in sufficient quantity to saturate and coat the crystals, and thereby to reclaim and re-institute plant growth, and dispensing the coated zeolite crystals throughout the soil in volume ratios of soil to crystals of up to about 1 to 0.3.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said crystals are treated by diluting a water-based extraction of said Artemesia plant in the proportion of about 1 tablespoon of extract to about 32 ounces of water, and applying the water diluted extract to the zeolite crystals to coat said crystals.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1 and in which the plant comprises Artemesia arborescens.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the plant is selected from Artemesia arborescene and tridentata.
5. Zeolite crystals for plant-growth promotion produced by pulverizing zeolite into a zeolite crystal bed, soaked to saturation throughout the bed by a water-based solution of an Artemesia plant extract having one or more of plant-growth promoting, nutrient, anti-bacterial and insect and fungus-repelling properties.
6. Zeolite crystals as claimed in claim 5 wherein the solution is an extract of an Artemesia plant, diluted and applied over the crystals to coat them.
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