Plant husbandry – Receptacle for growing medium – Specific container material
Patent
1983-01-27
1984-10-16
Hafer, Robert A.
Plant husbandry
Receptacle for growing medium
Specific container material
47 17, A01G 1500
Patent
active
044766513
ABSTRACT:
Plants are supported, positioned, and transported in a hydroponic growing system by notched spacer bars riding on wheeled rails and interlocking with external ribs on elongated troughs in which the plants are grown. The apparatus permits easy and efficient movement of large arrays of plants by one worker, while maintaining the troughs in precise parallel relation to one another. The apparatus also provides automatic locating of the troughs with individual liquid nutrient feed points and alignment with a spent nutrient collecting system. Plant spacing in troughs transferred from one growing stage to the next is increased by alternating filled troughs with empty troughs on the spacer bars and transferring alternate plants from a filled trough to an adjacent empty trough.
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Hafer Robert A.
Lewis Bradley M.
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