NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS 



A Practical Invention 



A New Hampshire greenhouse 

 worker has created a low-tech 

 device that makes a basic green- 

 house task easier. Don Cashion, 

 an employee at Plants Alive, has 

 invented "The Skid Manual Pot 

 Filler;" its patent is now pending. 



This pot filler consists of a 

 large box (which could sit on legs) 

 with a platform to accommodate 

 soil behind it. Templates have 

 been designed for various pot 

 sizes ranging from four-inch to one 

 gallon. There are ten templates. 

 And there's a plastic grate used 

 for breaking up soil. 



The procedure is simple. Place 

 pots in the box. Select proper 

 template and place over pots. 

 Place the grate over box. Put soil 



on grate and sift it onto template. 

 Cover template completely, then 

 sweep soil to other side. Remove 

 template, then remove filled pots. 



The pot filler can fill 20 eight- 

 inch hangers or 48 six-inch pots or 

 120 four-inch pots at one time — 

 which can add up to a great deal 

 accomplished by one or two 

 people in a very short time. 



Don is interested in marketing 

 this Skid Manual Pot Filler. For 

 more information or a brochure, 

 contact him by writing Don Cashion, 

 7 Acre Street, Bennington, NH 

 03442, or by calling 603-588-2647. 



A Service Offered 



Ron Laurence, a recent new mem- 

 ber of the NHPGA and recently 

 registered Licensed Professional 



Engineer, is now establishing a 

 consulting practice offering assis- 

 tance in greenhouse engineering — 

 specifically fluid systems and 

 components/controls — relating to 

 water and nutrient distribution as 

 well as to heating, cooling, and 

 ventilating. 



Ron writes, "My background, in- 

 tensively/extensively in valves and 

 fluid systems, coupled with my 

 keen interest in agriculture, should 

 yield a useful service to members 

 of the association and the ag indus- 

 try in general I also have consider- 

 able experience in marketing, busi- 

 ness development, and export ad- 

 ministration and can offer assis- 

 tance in these areas as well." 



Ron is at 6 Greenleaf Woods 

 Drive, #302, Portsmouth, NH 03801. 

 He can be reached at 603-431-3 290. 



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