Presently, germination of plant seeds of flowering plants and/or of plant spores from non-flowering plants, may generally involve wetting the seed and/or spore to trigger germination. Such a process may generally involve a given seed and/or a given spore, a moisture source, and a growth medium. Often the moisture source may be water that may have wetted the growth medium, which may then retain some of the water. The growth medium may comprise: soil, potting soil, gardening soil, peat, moss, gravel, sand, vermiculite, fertilizer, manure, paper products (e.g. paper towels, napkins, tissues, and the like), fabrics, textiles, linens, and the like. Once the seed and/or the spore may be brought into contact with sufficient moisture, germination may initiate and then subsequent growth may be dictated by temperature, moisture content of the growth medium, and presence of light/dark cycles, the severity of such light, and possibility an applicable growing zone if not using artificial light and/or temperature sources.
However, the process of initiating seed and/or spore germination has historically and presently remains relatively benign, boring and uninteresting. Aside from wetting the seed and/or the spore in a growth medium, there is little to see and/or do.
There then is need in the art for devices, apparatuses, methods, and/or systems of initiating germination in a way which may be exciting, interesting—providing a dynamic visual event to observe and possibly specific smells to smell. For example, there is a need in the art for a solid container with a specific shape, that may comprise one or more seeds (spores), wherein the solid container with the specific shape may be triggered to dissolve in an aqueous acid base chemical reaction producing bubbles and fizzing to expose the plant seeds (and/or plant spores); wherein the wetted plant seeds (and/or wetted plant spores) may be wetted to initiate germination. And in some embodiments, the bubbles and fizzing may also emit specific smells (odors and/or fragrances). The specific shape may be a shape not traditionally associated with growing plants and thus it housing seeds (spores) which may germinate after the specific shape dissolves, may offer a pleasant surprise to the user.
It is to these ends that the present invention has been developed.