SPLICE BAR

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a splice bar capable of easily applying additional manure near roots of a plant. SOLUTION: A splice bar 1 for tomato comprises a supporting body 2 which stands aside tomato with one end buried in the ground around the tomato. The supporting body 2 has a shape of a tube. On the upper end face 2b existing above the ground when the supporting body 2 stands, an upper side opening 2d is formed, and on the lower end face 2c existing in the ground when the supporting body 2 stands, a lower side opening 2e is formed. The supporting body 2 has plural round holes 4 formed on the side face 2h in the soil portion 2f which is buried in the ground when the supporting body 2 stands, and the round holes 4 and the lower side opening 2e constitute the total opening formed in the soil portion 2f. Further, seals 5 are applied on the supporting body 2 to close the lower side opening 2e and the round holes 4, and they are designed so that it is dissolved with water present in the ground in a month. Further, in the inner part 2i of the supporting body 2, granular fertilizer A for tomato is placed in an adequate amount.