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WO2004008840A1
WO2004008840A1 PCT/AU2003/000899 AU0300899W WO2004008840A1 WO 2004008840 A1 WO2004008840 A1 WO 2004008840A1 AU 0300899 W AU0300899 W AU 0300899W WO 2004008840 A1 WO2004008840 A1 WO 2004008840A1
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Joseph Agius
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A&B Hydroponics International Pty Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • 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
    • A01G31/02—Special apparatus therefor
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P60/00—Technologies relating to agriculture, livestock or agroalimentary industries
    • Y02P60/20—Reduction of greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions in agriculture, e.g. CO2
    • Y02P60/21—Dinitrogen oxide [N2O], e.g. using aquaponics, hydroponics or efficiency measures

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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

L'invention concerne un appareil de culture et une méthode d'utilisation de cet appareil. Ledit appareil comprend : (a) des éléments de cadre (12) conçus pour supporter une pluralité d'éléments tubulaires (26, 28, 30, 32, etc.) creux longitudinaux de culture de plantes, ces éléments tubulaires comportant des ouvertures espacées par lesquelles des plantes peuvent être plantées dans un milieu de culture de plantes et les éléments de cadre (12) se rejoignant au niveau d'une zone supérieure, tandis que leurs bases peuvent être évasées à différentes distances, (b) des moyens d'alimentation en liquide (84, 88, etc.) servant à irriguer le milieu de culture dans chaque élément tubulaire (26, 28, 30, 32, etc.), (c) des moyens d'évacuation (86, 90, etc.) servant à évacuer le liquide des éléments tubulaires (26, 28, 30, 32, etc.) et (d) des moyens de recirculation (102) servant à recirculer le fluide évacué. Selon l'invention, lors du fonctionnement, les moyens d'alimentation en liquide (84, 88 etc.) et les moyens d'évacuation (86, 90 etc.) sont commandés et coordonnés par les moyens de recirculation (102) de sorte que le milieu de culture soit irrigué pendant une durée donnée avant que le liquide soit évacué et recirculé pour irriguer à nouveau le milieu de culture selon un cycle périodique.
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CN103733969A (zh) * 2013-12-30 2014-04-23 江苏农林职业技术学院 一种一体式培育植物装置
CN108401867A (zh) * 2018-01-23 2018-08-17 杭州天月科技有限公司 荠菜在植物工厂内的种植方法
CN108496776A (zh) * 2018-01-23 2018-09-07 杭州天月科技有限公司 冰菜在植物工厂内的种植方法
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IT201800002999A1 (it) * 2018-03-14 2019-09-14 Salvatore Graziano Parrinello Modulo di coltivazione a ciclo continuo con tecnica idroponica o acquaponica

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WO2013128049A1 (fr) * 2012-03-02 2013-09-06 Investigaciones Y Desarrollos La Macaronesia S L Dispositif agricole pour culture autosuffisante
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CN103733969A (zh) * 2013-12-30 2014-04-23 江苏农林职业技术学院 一种一体式培育植物装置
CN110099562A (zh) * 2017-06-14 2019-08-06 成长方案技术有限责任公司 用于管理生长舱中的植物重量的系统和方法
CN108401867A (zh) * 2018-01-23 2018-08-17 杭州天月科技有限公司 荠菜在植物工厂内的种植方法
CN108496776A (zh) * 2018-01-23 2018-09-07 杭州天月科技有限公司 冰菜在植物工厂内的种植方法
IT201800002999A1 (it) * 2018-03-14 2019-09-14 Salvatore Graziano Parrinello Modulo di coltivazione a ciclo continuo con tecnica idroponica o acquaponica

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