PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a water-retaining implement having a simple structure and high versatility, facilitated in fixation of a cut end part of a stalk by a simple operation, and supplying water or nutrients necessary for plants to satisfactorily retain the freshness of the plants.SOLUTION: The water-retaining implement 10 is fixed to the cut end part of a stalk to supply water or nutrients to the stalk, and has a holding member 12 fixedly held on the stalk, and a water-retaining material 11 integral with the holding member 12 and retaining the water or the nutrients to be supplied to the stalk.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】簡単な構成で、汎用性が高く、簡単な作業で容易に茎の切断端部に固定することが可能で、植物に必要な水分あるいは養分を供給して鮮度を充分に維持する保水具を提供すること。【解決手段】茎の切断端部に固定され、茎に水分あるいは養分を供給する保水具10であって、茎に固定保持される保持部材12と、該保持部材12と一体化され、茎に供給する水分あるいは養分を保持する保水材11とを有すること。【選択図】図1
