WO2004008840A1 - Growing apparatus - Google Patents
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- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
- A01G31/00—Soilless cultivation, e.g. hydroponics
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- This invention relates to devices for growing plants in particular but not limited to a novel growing apparatus for growing plants typically strawberries above the soil.
- Prior art window boxes and above ground flower beds are known. In most cases, such growing devices simulate a captive area of land. The disadvantages of such prior art growing devices are therefore similar if not identical to that experienced on land. Plants have to be spaced from each other and leaching of nutrients and dispersion of water into non-growing areas between the plants are typical limitations of the prior art. Multi-tiered window boxes have the further disadvantage that boxes on lower tiers are shaded from light by boxes on upper tiers. In most prior art systems production cannot exceed the surface area of the land or soil available.
- the invention resides in a growing apparatus including in combination, support frame members adapted to support a plurality of longitudinal hollow plant growing tube members, the tube members having spaced apertures for planting plants in plant growing medium, the support frame members joined together at an upper region wherein the bases of the frame members can be splayed apart at different distances, liquid supply means for irrigating the growing medium in each tube member, drainage means for draining the liquid from the tube members, and recirculation means for recirculation of drained fluid, wherein in operation, the liquid supply means and the drainage means are controlled and coordinated by the recirculation means so that the growing medium is irrigated for a given period of time before the liquid is drained and recirculated for reirrigation of the growing medium in a periodic cycle.
- the support frame members and the growing tube members are
- the liquid supply means preferably comprises a pump means and a supply line connected to an uppermost growing tube member adapted to supply liquid to the plant growing medium and a collection means to collect unused liquid from the lowermost tube member to be recirculated by the pump.
- the liquid supply means preferably comprises a pump means supplying liquid to each tube member via individual supply lines and a collection means to collect unused liquid from each tube member for recirculation by the pump.
- valve means to control the flow of liquid to and from the tube members.
- the recirculation means is automated recirculation means comprising a timer control to control and coordinate the operation of the pump of the liquid supply means and the drainage means on a periodic or cyclical basis.
- the recirculating means can be manually operated wherein the liquid supply to and drainage from the tube members is controlled by manually operated taps or valves.
- each tube member is inclined at a slight angle to the horizontal to facilitate the flow of liquid along the length of the tube member.
- inclination adjustment means to enable the adjustment of the angle of inclination from the horizontal of each of the tube members to control the rate of flow of the liquid along the lengths of the tube members.
- the growing medium is irrigated by being submerged or partially submerged in the liquid for a period of time sufficient to allow for maximum carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and nutrient uptake by the plants.
- CO 2 carbon dioxide
- the level of liquid in the tube members for irrigating the growing medium is controlled by one or more drainage outlets connected to the drainage means.
- the liquid supply means also comprises the drainage means wherein one of the drainage outlets also function as a supply line.
- the irrigation period will be for one hour before complete drainage and reirrigated every two hours on a repetitive cycle.
- the plants are planted in porous pots containing the growing medium located in the apertures of the tube members.
- the growing medium is an environmentally safe material such as coconut husk, perliteTM or vermiculiteTM or a combination of the same.
- the support frame bases can be adjusted by splaying apart to vary the angle of exposure of the tube members and the plants to light.
- the invention resides in a method of growing plants above soil, utilising the growing apparatus as herein described, the method including the steps of:
- the first period of time is a duration of one (1) hour.
- the second period of time is a duration of two (2) hours.
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the invention according to Example 1.
- Figure 2 is an end view of the preferred growing apparatus of Figure 1
- Figure 3 is an end view of preferred drainage and recirculating means of the invention.
- Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a preferred growing apparatus of the invention according to Example 1.
- the support frame members 10, 12, 14. 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 support a plurality of longitudinal hollow plant growing tube members
- Liquid supply means 34, 36 are shown preferably at either end of the growing apparatus to supply liquid to the tube members. Apertures 26a, 26b,
- FIG. 1 shows an end view of the growing apparatus of Figure 1.
- the liquid supply means 34 preferably comprises a 19 mm diameter poly pipe 36 fed with liquid from a 50 mm diameter PVC feeder pipe 38.
- the poly pipe 36 is joined by a 12 mm tee piece 40 to 12 mm poly pipe sections 42, 44 which feed the liquid to a pair of opposed 12 mm diameter poly lines 46, 48 running along each side of the frame member 12. Liquid from the 12 mm diameter poly lines is transferred to the growing tubes 26, 28, 30, 32 by means of 5 mm diameter micro tubes 50, 52,
- the 19 mm diameter growing tube members are preferably attached to the frame members by U bolts 58, 60, 62, 64. They are shown the inclusion of valves 66, 68. 70 that control the supply of liquid to and from the tube members. Suitably there are spaced apertures (not shown) along the lengths of the 19 mm diameter poly pipe growing tube members for the insertion of porous pots (not shown).
- Figure 3 shows an end view of a preferred drainage and recirculating
- drainage outlets 84, 86 and 88, 90 comprise preferably of a pair of 19 mm
- the lower drain lines 84, 88 completely drain the liquid from the tube
- the irrigation cycle lasts for a duration of one hour before the
- the liquid is drained into a collecting means comprising
- diameter return line is recirculated by a pump 102 of the liquid supply means
- liquid supply means also includes the drainage means.
- drainage means In this example,
- the lower drain line also functions as a supply line during the irrigation phase.
- the level of liquids rises until it reaches the level of the upper drain line where excess liquid is returned to the collection means for recirculation.
- the feeder pipe and lines of Figure 2 are not required as with the liquid supply means shown by Figure 2, flow of liquid is preferably controlled by valves. It has been found that by use of the growing apparatus herein mentioned, that a highly efficient method of growing small crops, typically strawberries, iceberg lettuces, fancy lettuces, Asian vegetables and herbs, cherry tomatoes, rock melon and other vegetables and fruits can be grown in the off season.
- the advantages of the present invention include the ability to save power wherein it has been found that instead of continuous irrigation by means of an electric pump, the electricity used is reduced relatively by a third as the automatic timer switches on the pump for one hour and switches it off for two hours.
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Abstract
A growing apparatus and a method for using the same, including: (a) support frame members (12) adapted to support a plurality of longitudinal hollow plant growing tube members (26, 28, 30, 32 etc), having spaced apertures for planting plants in plant growing medium, with the frame members (12) joined together at an upper region wherein the bases of the frame members (12) can be splayed apart at different distances (b) liquid supply means (84, 88 etc) for irrigating the growing medium in each tube member (26, 28, 30, 32 etc) (c) drainage means (86, 90 etc) for draining the liquid from the tube members (26, 28, 30, 32 etc) (d) recirculation means (102) for recirculating the drained fluid wherein, in operation, the liquid supply means (84, 88 etc) and drainage means (86, 90 etc) are controlled and coordinated by the recirculation means (102) so that the growing medium is irrigated for a given period of time before the liquid is drained and recirculated for reirrigation of the growing medium in a periodic cycle.
Description
GROWING APPARATUS
FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to devices for growing plants in particular but not limited to a novel growing apparatus for growing plants typically strawberries above the soil.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Prior art window boxes and above ground flower beds are known. In most cases, such growing devices simulate a captive area of land. The disadvantages of such prior art growing devices are therefore similar if not identical to that experienced on land. Plants have to be spaced from each other and leaching of nutrients and dispersion of water into non-growing areas between the plants are typical limitations of the prior art. Multi-tiered window boxes have the further disadvantage that boxes on lower tiers are shaded from light by boxes on upper tiers. In most prior art systems production cannot exceed the surface area of the land or soil available.
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to seek to ameliorate at least one of the disadvantages and limitations of the prior art or to at least provide the public with a useful choice. STATEMENT OF THE INVENTION
According to one aspect, the invention resides in a growing apparatus including in combination, support frame members adapted to support a plurality of longitudinal hollow plant growing tube members, the tube members having spaced apertures for planting plants in plant growing medium,
the support frame members joined together at an upper region wherein the bases of the frame members can be splayed apart at different distances, liquid supply means for irrigating the growing medium in each tube member, drainage means for draining the liquid from the tube members, and recirculation means for recirculation of drained fluid, wherein in operation, the liquid supply means and the drainage means are controlled and coordinated by the recirculation means so that the growing medium is irrigated for a given period of time before the liquid is drained and recirculated for reirrigation of the growing medium in a periodic cycle. Preferably, the support frame members and the growing tube members are
PVC tubing of suitable diameter.
Where, the tube members form a continuous channel for the liquid to flow from an uppermost tube member to a lowermost tube member, the liquid supply means preferably comprises a pump means and a supply line connected to an uppermost growing tube member adapted to supply liquid to the plant growing medium and a collection means to collect unused liquid from the lowermost tube member to be recirculated by the pump.
In the alternative where the tube members do not form a continuous channel for the flow of liquid, the liquid supply means preferably comprises a pump means supplying liquid to each tube member via individual supply lines and a collection means to collect unused liquid from each tube member for recirculation by the pump.
Preferably, there are valve means to control the flow of liquid to and from the tube members.
Preferably the recirculation means is automated recirculation means comprising a timer control to control and coordinate the operation of the pump of the liquid supply means and the drainage means on a periodic or cyclical basis.
In the alternative, the recirculating means can be manually operated wherein the liquid supply to and drainage from the tube members is controlled by manually operated taps or valves.
Preferably, each tube member is inclined at a slight angle to the horizontal to facilitate the flow of liquid along the length of the tube member.
Preferably, there are inclination adjustment means to enable the adjustment of the angle of inclination from the horizontal of each of the tube members to control the rate of flow of the liquid along the lengths of the tube members.
Preferably the growing medium is irrigated by being submerged or partially submerged in the liquid for a period of time sufficient to allow for maximum carbon dioxide (CO2) and nutrient uptake by the plants. Preferably, the level of liquid in the tube members for irrigating the growing medium is controlled by one or more drainage outlets connected to the drainage means.
In another version, the liquid supply means also comprises the drainage means wherein one of the drainage outlets also function as a supply line. Preferably the irrigation period will be for one hour before complete drainage and reirrigated every two hours on a repetitive cycle.
Preferably the plants are planted in porous pots containing the growing medium located in the apertures of the tube members.
Preferably the growing medium is an environmentally safe material such as coconut husk, perlite™ or vermiculite™ or a combination of the same.
Preferably the support frame bases can be adjusted by splaying apart to vary the angle of exposure of the tube members and the plants to light.
Preferably, there is splay adjustment means to adjust the distance between the bases of the support frame members when splayed apart. J In another aspect, the invention resides in a method of growing plants above soil, utilising the growing apparatus as herein described, the method including the steps of:
1. planting plants in porous pots containing growing medium,
2. locating the pots in the aperture of the longitudinal growing tube w members,
3. irrigating with liquid the tube members wherein the growing medium is submerged or partially submerged for a first period of time sufficient to allow for maximum carbon dioxide (CO2) and nutrient uptake by the plants,
15 4. draining completely the liquid from the tube members,
5. reirrigating after a second period of time the tube members as in step (3), and
6. repeating step (4) and step (5) on a cyclical basis. Preferably the first period of time is a duration of one (1) hour. 0 Preferably the second period of time is a duration of two (2) hours.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In order that the present invention be more readily understood and put into practical effect, reference will now be made to the accompanying illustrations wherein:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the invention according to Example 1.
Figure 2 is an end view of the preferred growing apparatus of Figure 1 , and Figure 3 is an end view of preferred drainage and recirculating means of the invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Example 1
Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a preferred growing apparatus of the invention according to Example 1. The support frame members 10, 12, 14. 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 support a plurality of longitudinal hollow plant growing tube members
26, 28, 30, 32. Liquid supply means 34, 36 are shown preferably at either end of the growing apparatus to supply liquid to the tube members. Apertures 26a, 26b,
30a, 30b for insertion of the porous pots containing the growing medium are shown preferably equally spaced along the tube members. Figure 2 shows an end view of the growing apparatus of Figure 1. The liquid supply means 34 preferably comprises a 19 mm diameter poly pipe 36 fed with liquid from a 50 mm diameter PVC feeder pipe 38. The poly pipe 36 is joined by a 12 mm tee piece 40 to 12 mm poly pipe sections 42, 44 which feed the liquid to a pair of opposed 12 mm diameter poly lines 46, 48 running along each side of the frame member 12. Liquid from the 12 mm diameter poly lines is transferred to the growing tubes 26, 28, 30, 32 by means of 5 mm diameter micro tubes 50, 52,
54, 56. The 19 mm diameter growing tube members are preferably attached to the frame members by U bolts 58, 60, 62, 64. They are shown the inclusion of valves 66, 68. 70 that control the supply of liquid to and from the tube members. Suitably there are spaced apertures (not shown) along the lengths of the 19 mm
diameter poly pipe growing tube members for the insertion of porous pots (not
shown) containing growing medium for the planting of plants, typically
strawberries, iceberg lettuces and other small crops.
Figure 3 shows an end view of a preferred drainage and recirculating
means of the invention. Corresponding 19 mm diameter growing tube members
26 and 28, 30 and 32 on either side of the frame member 12 are joined together
by 19 mm diameter PVC tee members 80, 82. Entering the tee members are
drainage outlets 84, 86 and 88, 90 comprise preferably of a pair of 19 mm
diameter lines located at different heights in the tee members. The upper drain
lines 86, 90 drain liquid from substantially a half way mark in each of the tube
members which is the preferable liquid level for irrigating by submerging or
partially submerging the porous pot members containing the growing medium (not
shown). The lower drain lines 84, 88 completely drain the liquid from the tube
members.
Preferably the irrigation cycle lasts for a duration of one hour before the
liquid is completely drained from the growing tube members. At interval of two
hours is the preferred duration before the reirrigation of the plants. This period of
time has been found to be optimal enabling the plants to absorb carbon dioxide
(CO2) from the liquid and growing medium.
Preferably the liquid is drained into a collecting means comprising
preferably 110 mm diameter PVC return line 100. Liquid collected in the 110 mm
diameter return line is recirculated by a pump 102 of the liquid supply means
under an automatic timer control of the recirculation means. In a more preferred
version, liquid supply means also includes the drainage means. In this example,
the lower drain line also functions as a supply line during the irrigation phase. The
level of liquids rises until it reaches the level of the upper drain line where excess liquid is returned to the collection means for recirculation. In this version, the feeder pipe and lines of Figure 2 are not required as with the liquid supply means shown by Figure 2, flow of liquid is preferably controlled by valves. It has been found that by use of the growing apparatus herein mentioned, that a highly efficient method of growing small crops, typically strawberries, iceberg lettuces, fancy lettuces, Asian vegetables and herbs, cherry tomatoes, rock melon and other vegetables and fruits can be grown in the off season. It has been found that by irrigating by submerging or partially submerging the roots of these crops for the duration of one hour, optimal CO2 and nutrient uptake by the roots of the plants will occur. The draining of the liquid completely for period lasting two hours before reirrigating the roots enables the plants to efficiently convert the nutrients and CO2 into healthier and more productive plant growth.
The advantages of the present invention include the ability to save power wherein it has been found that instead of continuous irrigation by means of an electric pump, the electricity used is reduced relatively by a third as the automatic timer switches on the pump for one hour and switches it off for two hours.
Other advantages over previous growing systems are the ability to use environmental friendly growing mediums such as coconut husk, perlite™ or vermiculite™ and to avoid the use of minerally based growing mediums such as Growool™
VARIATIONS
It will of course be realised that while the foregoing has been given by way of illustrative example of this invention, all such and other modifications and variations thereto as would be apparent to persons skilled in the art are deemed to fall within the broad scope and ambit of this invention as is herein set forth.
Throughout the description and claims this specification the word "comprise" and variations of that word such as "comprises" and "comprising", are not intended to exclude other additives, components, integers or steps.
Claims
CLAIMS 1. A growing apparatus including in combination, support frame members adapted to support a plurality of longitudinal hollow plant growing tube members, the tube members having spaced apertures for j planting plants in plant growing medium, the support frame members joined together at an upper region wherein the bases of the frame members can be splayed apart at different distances, liquid supply means for irrigating the growing medium in each tube member, drainage means for draining the liquid from the tube members, and 0 recirculation means for recirculation of drained fluid, wherein in operation, the liquid supply means and the drainage means are controlled and coordinated by the recirculation means so that the growing medium is irrigated for a given period of time before the liquid is drained and recirculated for reirrigation of the growing medium in a periodic cycle. 5 2. A growing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the support frame members and the growing tube members are PVC tubing of suitable diameter.
3. A growing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the tube members form a continuous channel for the liquid to flow from an uppermost tube member to a lowermost tube member. 0
4. A growing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the liquid supply means preferably comprises a pump means and a supply line connected to an uppermost growing tube member adapted to supply liquid to the plant growing medium and a collection means to collect unused liquid from the lowermost tube member to be recirculated by the pump.
5. • A growing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the tube members do not form a continuous channel for the flow of liquid, the liquid supply means comprises a pump means supplying liquid to each tube member via individual supply lines and there is a collection means to collect unused liquid from each tube member for recirculation by the pump.
6. A growing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein there are valve means to control the flow of liquid to and from the tube members.
7. A growing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the recirculation means is automated recirculation means comprising a timer control to control and coordinate the operation of the pump of the liquid supply means and the drainage means on a periodic or cyclical basis.
8. A growing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the recirculating means can be manually operated and wherein the liquid supply to and drainage from the tube members is controlled by manually operated taps or valves.
9. A growing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein each tube member is inclined at a slight angle to the horizontal to facilitate the flow of liquid along the length of the tube member.
10. A growing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein there are inclination adjustment means to enable the adjustment of the angle of inclination from the horizontal of each of the tube members to control the rate of flow of the liquid along the lengths of the tube members.
11. A growing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the growing medium is irrigated by being submerged or partially submerged in the liquid for a period of time sufficient to allow for maximum carbon dioxide (CO2) and nutrient uptake by the plants.
12. A growing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the level of liquid in the tube members for irrigating the growing medium is controlled by one or more drainage outlets connected to the drainage means.
13. A growing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the liquid supply means also comprises the drainage means and wherein one of the drainage outlets also function as a supply line.
14. A growing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the irrigation period is for one hour before complete drainage and reirrigated every two hours on a repetitive cycle.
15. A growing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the plants are planted in porous pots containing the growing medium located in the apertures of the tube members.
16. A growing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the growing medium is an environmentally safe material such as coconut husk, perlite™ or vermiculite™ or a combination of the same.
17. A growing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the support frame members can be adjusted by splaying apart to vary the angle of exposure of the tube members and the plants to light.
18. A growing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein there is splay adjustment means to adjust the distance between the bases of the support frame members when splayed apart.
19. A method of growing plants above soil, utilising the growing apparatus as herein described, the method including the steps of:
• planting plants in porous pots containing growing medium,
• locating the pots in the aperture of the longitudinal growing tube members, • irrigating with liquid the tube members wherein the growing medium is submerged or partially submerged for a first period of time sufficient to allow for maximum carbon dioxide (CO2) and nutrient uptake by the plants,
• draining completely the liquid from the tube members,
• reirrigating after a second period of time the tube members as in step (3), and
• repeating step (4) and step (5) on a cyclical basis.
20. The method of claim 19 wherein the first period of time is a duration of one (1) hour.
21. The method of claim 19 wherein the second period of time is a duration of two (2) hours.
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