Plant husbandry – Water culture – apparatus or method
Patent
1995-07-06
1997-04-01
Raduazo, Henry E.
Plant husbandry
Water culture, apparatus or method
47 58, 47DIG3, 47 82, A01G 3100
Patent
active
056155190
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method for raising seedling such as strawberry, tomato, and the like.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
Hitherto, as shown in FIG. 7, seedlings have been grown by a method comprising; planting parent plant (2) in a soil bed (1) to grow plural runners linked mutually (3A, 3B, 3C, 3D), inserting rooting parts (4) between said runners (3A, 3B, 3C, 3D) into a water absorbing block (5) made of a rock wool, a polyurethane foam, and the like, putting said water absorbing block (5) into said soil bed (1) to grow roots and seedlings (6) from said rooting parts (4). The resulting seedlings (6) growing from said rooting parts (4) are then clipped with said rooting parts (4) inserted in said water absorbing block (5) from runners (3A, 3B, 3C, 3D) and said clipped seedlings (6) are originally pre-planted with said water absorbing block (5) by the water culture or the soil culture and after the differentiation of flower bud, said seedlings (6) are planted permanently. Nevertheless, in said traditional method, a prodigious labor has been necessary for workers to raise and pick seedlings because said traditional method use the soil bed (1) and workers must stoop down to plant parent plants (2), bury rooting parts (4) and pick seedlings (6).
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
As a means to solve the above described problem in said traditional method, a method for raising seedlings comprising; planting a parent plant (12) in a plant bed (11) disposed in a high position, growing plural runners linked mutually (13A, 13B, 13C, 13D) to hang from said parent plant (12) in said plant bed (11), attaching water absorbing block (15) to each rooting part (14) between said runners (13A, 13B, 13C, 13D) hanging in midair, supplying water to each water absorbing block (15) to grow root and seedling (16) from said rooting part (14) and clipping and collecting the resulting seedlings (16) from runners (13A, 13B, 13C, 13D) is provided in the present invention.
In the present invention, as said plant bed (11) is disposed in a high position, workers can attach said water absorbing block (15) to said runners (13A, 13B, 13C, 13D) growing from said parent plant (12) planted in said plant bed (11) in a comfortable position and the prodigious labor that workers stoop down to bury said rooting parts in the soil bed is saved.
Then water is supplied to said water absorbing block (15) hanging in midair to grow roots and seedlings (16) from said rooting parts (14). After the growth of seedlings (16) are completed, the resulting seedlings (16) are clipped from runners (13A, 13B, 13C, 13D). As said seedlings (16) hanging in midair, workers can clip said seedlings (16) in a comfortable position and the prodigious labor that workers stoop down to clip seedlings in the soil bed is saved.
Accordingly, in the present invention, the seedlings can be raised very easily and efficiently. The present invention can be applied all kind of plants whose seedlings grow from rooting parts between runners and said plants are such as strawberry, tomato, sweet potato and the like.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIGS. 1 to 6 show an embodiment of the present invention.
[FIG.] 1 a side view
[FIG.] 2 a cross section of plant bed
[FIG.] 3 a partially omitted front view
[FIG.] 4 an explanatory drawing of pre-attachment of water absorbing block
[FIG.] 4 an explanatory drawing of attachment of water absorbing block
[FIG.] 6 a perspective view of pre-plant bed
[FIG.] 7 a sectional view of the prior art
EXPLANATION OF THE MARK
DETAIL DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is described by an embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 6. Referring to Figures, a plant bed is put on a frame (17) to disposed in a high position in a green house (10). As shown in FIG. 2, said plant bed (11) consists of a bed body (11)A in to which a cultivating solution S is supplied, a perforated panel (11)B which is put on said bed body (11)A, and water absorbing block (15) carrying parent plants (12) such as strawberry and inserted in eac
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Plant Propagation Principles and Practices .COPYRGT.1986 by Prentice-Hall Inc. p. 491.
Abe Yoshimi
Murai Shinji
Dowden Donald S.
M-Hydroponics Research Co., Ltd.
Raduazo Henry E.
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