1. A plant pot system comprising:
a pot comprising:
a base; and
a sidewall extending from the base forming a cavity for the pot, the sidewall having a divider slot that divides the pot into a first section and a second section; and
a divider that is configured to be removably insertable into the divider slot.
2. The plant pot system of claim 1 wherein the sidewall is cylindrically shaped, and the divider slot is substantially parallel to the base of the container.
3. The plant pot system of claim 1 wherein the divider slot is sloped at an angle compared to the base of the pot.
4. The plant pot system of claim 1 wherein a volume ratio of the upper section to the lower section of the pot, which, when inserted with the divider, is about 1 to 2.
5. The plant pot system of claim 1 wherein the sidewall has at least one upper drainage hole in the upper section of the pot on an opposite side of the divider slot.
6. The plant pot system of claim 5, further comprising at least one upper drainage hole plug which is configured to plug the upper drainage hole.
7. The plant pot system of claim 6 wherein the divider slot is sloped compared to the base so that when the divider is inserted into the divider slot, the divider is sloped downwards towards the at least one upper drainage hole to promote water flow towards the at least one upper drainage hole.
8. The plant pot system of claim 1 wherein the pot comprises at least one lower drainage hole at a corner of the base and a bottom portion of the sidewall adjacent to the base.
9. The plant pot system of claim 1 wherein the base and a portion of the sidewall adjacent to the base are formed of a mesh with a plurality of openings.
10. The plant pot system of claim 1, further comprising a divider slot cap which is configured to plug the divider slot of the pot when the divider is removed from the pot.
11. The plant pot system of claim 1 wherein the upper section of the pot has an upper flange extending inwardly from the sidewall above the divider slot and wherein the lower section of the pot has a lower flange extending inwardly from the sidewall below the divider slot.
12. The plant pot system of claim 1 wherein the sidewall of the pot further comprises at least one additional divider slot, and the plant pot system further comprising at least one additional divider that is configured to be removably insertable into the at least one additional divider slot.
13. The plant pot system of claim 1 wherein the pot is biodegradable.
14. The plant pot system of claim 1 wherein the upper section of the pot is filled with a first growth media and the lower section of the pot is filled with a second growth media, which has a different nutritional content than the first growth media.
15. A method of using a plant pot system comprising a pot comprising a base having a periphery, and a sidewall extending uprightly from the periphery of the base forming an open top end and a cavity for the pot, the sidewall comprising a divider slot that divides the pot into an upper section and a lower section; and a divider that is configured to be removably insertable into the divider slot comprising:
filling the lower section with a second growth media;
inserting the divider into the divider slot;
filling the upper section with a first growth media and a plant; and
withdrawing the divider from the divider slot after the plant reaches a predetermined time.
16. The method of claim 15 wherein the pot has an upper drainage hole in the upper section and wherein the predetermined time is when roots of the plant are visible through the upper drainage hole.
17. The method of claim 15 wherein the first growth media and the second growth media have different nutritional content.
18. The method of claim 15 further comprising removing the plant from the pot after a second predetermined time.
19. The method of claim 15 wherein the sidewall is cylindrical and the base is flat and circular.
20. The method of claim 15 wherein the base and a portion of the sidewall adjacent to the base are formed of a mesh having a plurality of openings.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A manufacturing method of a honeycomb structure comprising:
a kneaded clay preparing step of mixing and kneading forming raw materials containing a ceramic raw material to obtain a kneaded clay;
a forming step of extruding and forming the obtained kneaded clay into a honeycomb shape to obtain a honeycomb formed article; and
a firing step of drying and firing the obtained honeycomb formed article to obtain the honeycomb structure including porous partition walls by which a plurality of cells that become through channels of a fluid are partitioned,
wherein in the kneaded clay preparing step, a pore former having an average particle diameter larger than a thickness of each of the partition walls of the obtained honeycomb structure is added to the ceramic raw material to prepare the kneaded clay.
2. The manufacturing method of the honeycomb structure according to claim 1, wherein the pore former is a water absorptive polymer, and the average particle diameter of the water absorptive polymer in a water saturation state is larger than the thickness of each of the partition walls.
3. A manufacturing method of a honeycomb structure comprising:
a kneaded clay preparing step of mixing and kneading forming raw materials containing a ceramic raw material to obtain a kneaded clay;
a forming step of extruding and forming the obtained kneaded clay into a honeycomb shape to obtain a honeycomb formed article; and
a firing step of drying and firing the obtained honeycomb formed article to obtain the honeycomb structure including porous partition walls by which a plurality of cells that become through channels of a fluid are partitioned,
wherein in the kneaded clay preparing step, a pore former having an average particle diameter which is smaller than a thickness of each of the partition walls of the obtained honeycomb structure and becomes larger than the thickness of the partition wall owing to thermal expansion is added to the ceramic raw material to prepare the kneaded clay.