CN111837922B

CN111837922B - Plant accuse root culture apparatus

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Publication number: CN111837922B
Application number: CN202010580906.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄庆阳; 何静; 曹宏杰; 谢立红; 杨帆
Original assignee: Institute Of Nature And Ecology Heilongjiang Academy Of Sciences
Current assignee: Institute Of Nature And Ecology Heilongjiang Academy Of Sciences
Priority date: 2020-06-23
Filing date: 2020-06-23
Publication date: 2022-02-01
Anticipated expiration: 2040-06-23
Also published as: CN111837922A

Abstract

The invention discloses a plant root control culture device, and belongs to the technical field of plant culture containers. Accuse root culture apparatus, including plant cultivation vessel, be equipped with accuse root unit on the plant cultivation vessel, accuse root unit is equipped with the bleeder vent including setting up the arc recess in the vertical ascending side of plant cultivation vessel in the arc recess, is equipped with the water receiving notch that the upper end is uncovered, the lower extreme meets with arc recess inner wall on the arc recess, and the position that corresponds with the water receiving notch in the arc recess is equipped with the opening, the water receiving notch is used for receiving the water that the bleeder vent above it flows, the opening is used for making the water that the water receiving notch was received to flow back to plant cultivation vessel originally internally. The device solves the problems that the root control device cannot be watered thoroughly and the middle and lower parts cannot obtain enough water, reduces the waste of water sources, and is easier to control the watering amount under the condition of automatic watering.

Description

Plant accuse root culture apparatus

Technical Field

The invention particularly relates to a plant root control culture device, and belongs to the technical field of plant culture containers.

Background

The root control container is a plant culture device for controlling the growth of plant root system. The principle is that the side wall and the bottom of the culture device are provided with the openings, when the root system of the plant seedling outwards grows downwards, the air is contacted with the openings, the root tip stops growing, then a new root is germinated at the rear part of the root tip and continues to grow outwards and downwards, the operation is repeated, and the air is used for pruning, so that the root system of the plant seedling is robust and grows vigorously. For example, in the chinese patent of invention, CN1217571, published 2003, 4/16, a plant cultivation container is disclosed, which is composed of pointed sheets, the side walls of the container are assembled by inserting sheets with small holes, plants are cultivated by air pruning, and the container is detachable and convenient to transplant.

In the practical use of the control container, the problem which is difficult to solve is that water flows out from the opening of the side wall of the container when watering, so that the water cannot be thoroughly watered, the phenomenon of semi-cut water occurs, and the middle lower part in the container cannot obtain the water required by plants. On the other hand, besides causing the loss and waste of water, the watering amount cannot be accurately controlled for the plant planting places using automatic watering.

The existing solution is mainly to control and select materials with good water permeability and air permeability, or to leave a water weir at the top of the container, or to control the watering speed, etc. None of these methods fundamentally solves the problem.

Disclosure of Invention

Therefore, the invention aims to provide a plant root control culture device which is designed for solving the problems that the existing root control culture device cannot be watered thoroughly due to the fact that water flows out from holes, and enough water cannot be obtained at the middle lower part. The invention solves the problems in the prior art by arranging a reflux link on the device.

The plant root control culture device comprises a plant culture container body, wherein a root control unit is arranged on the plant culture container body and comprises an arc-shaped groove arranged in the vertical direction of the plant culture container body, air holes are formed in the arc-shaped groove, a water receiving notch with an upper end open and a lower end connected with the inner wall of the arc-shaped groove is formed in the arc-shaped groove, an opening is formed in the position, corresponding to the water receiving notch, in the arc-shaped groove, and is used for receiving water flowing out of the air holes in the upper portion of the water receiving notch, and the opening is used for enabling the water received by the water receiving notch to flow back into the plant culture container body.

Furthermore, in order to improve the backflow efficiency of the overflowing water, the root control unit further comprises a water permeable body, the water permeable body is arranged between the water receiving notch and the opening, the top of the water permeable body is higher than the top of the opening, and the bottom of the water permeable body is lower than the bottom of the opening.

Furthermore, the water permeable body is cylindrical and is made of sand-free concrete, polyethylene or polypropylene materials, and a water permeable channel is arranged inside the water permeable body.

Furthermore, in order to prevent the culture medium in the device from blocking the water permeable body, the outer surface of the water permeable body is wrapped with geotextile.

Furthermore, in order to facilitate processing and manufacturing, the water receiving groove opening is bonded on the arc-shaped groove.

Furthermore, as one of the optional modes of the water receiving notches, the number of the water receiving notches is one, and the water receiving notches are arranged at the position, one third of the height away from the bottom, in the vertical direction of the plant culture container body.

Furthermore, as another optional mode of the water receiving notches, the number of the water receiving notches is two, and the two water receiving notches are respectively arranged at the position, one third of the height away from the bottom, and the two thirds of the height away from the bottom in the vertical direction of the plant culture container body.

Furthermore, the air holes are round holes and are arranged on the inner side of the arc-shaped groove in a single row or alternatively arranged in a single row and a double row.

Furthermore, the plant culture container body is made of plastic or wood, the base and the upper part of the plant culture container body are movably mounted, and the base of the plant culture container body is also provided with air holes.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: according to the plant root control culture device provided by the invention, through improvement on design, water overflowing from the air holes flows downwards into the water receiving groove along the arc-shaped groove, and through dredging of the water permeable body, backflow water flows back into the culture device from the opening, so that the problems that the root control device cannot be watered thoroughly when being watered and the middle and lower parts cannot obtain enough water are solved, the waste of water sources is reduced, and the watering amount is easier to control under the condition of automatic watering.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the plant root-control cultivation device of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of an arc-shaped groove;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the structure of a water-permeable body;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a permeable body wrapped geotextile;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the assembly of the water receiving slot and the water permeable body;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural view of two water receiving slot designs;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the vent design.

The reference numbers are as follows:

1. a plant culture container body; 2. a root control unit; 3. an arc-shaped groove; 4. air holes are formed; 5. a water receiving notch; 6. an opening; 7. a water permeable body; 8. and (4) geotextile.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present invention is provided with reference to the accompanying drawings:

as shown in figure 1, the plant root-control culture device is designed aiming at the problem that the middle and lower parts of the existing plant root-control culture container cannot obtain enough water due to overflow of the air holes, and water sources are wasted.

The main part of culture apparatus is plant cultivation container body 1, has set up accuse root unit 2 on plant cultivation container body 1, and accuse root unit 2 includes vertical arc recess 3, and the effect of arc recess 3 makes during water of overflowing flows to the backward flow unit along arc recess 3 downwards, and the setting of arc recess 3 has still played the effect of increasing device side surface area. A plurality of root control units 2 are distributed on the plant cultivation container body 1.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the arc-shaped groove 3 of the root control unit 2 is provided with air holes 4, and the air holes 4 are used for controlling the growth of plant roots and playing a role of air pruning, as in the conventional device.

On arc recess 3, be equipped with water receiving notch 5, the upper end of water receiving notch 5 is uncovered, and the lower extreme is as an organic whole with the interior wall connection of arc recess 3. The water receiving slot 5 is used for receiving water overflowing from the air holes 4 above the water receiving slot.

The position that corresponds water receiving notch 5 on the 3 inner walls of arc recess has set up opening 6, and opening 6's effect is as rivers passageway, makes the water reflux in the water receiving notch 5 inside plant culture container body 1.

In order to further improve the efficiency of water backflow, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, a water permeable body 7 is further arranged in the water receiving slot 5, and the water permeable body 7 can be made of sand-free concrete with a water permeable channel arranged inside, or made of polyethylene or polypropylene material with a water permeable channel. In order to prevent the water permeable channel of the water permeable body 7 from being blocked by the matrix of the planting soil in the plant cultivation container body 1, the side surface of the water permeable body 7 may be wrapped with geotextile 8.

The relative position relation of the water receiving notch 5, the opening 6 and the water permeable body 7 is that the water permeable body 7 is integrally placed inside the water receiving notch 5, the side face of the water permeable body 7 is adjacent to the opening 6, the top of the water permeable body 7 is higher than the top of the opening 6, and the bottom of the water permeable body 7 is lower than the bottom of the opening 6. An integral water backflow channel is formed among the water receiving notch 5, the opening 6 and the water permeable body 7 until the inside of the plant culture container body 1.

As shown in fig. 6, the water receiving notch 5 and the water permeable body 7 are assembled in such a way that the water receiving notch 5 is bonded to the corresponding position of the inner wall of the arc-shaped groove 3, and then the water permeable body 7 is wrapped with the geotextile 8 and then is integrally placed into the water receiving notch 5 from the upper end thereof.

In order to facilitate the processing and manufacturing of the plant root control culture device, the plant culture container body 1 is made of plastic or wood or other materials which are easy to process. Referring to the design of the existing root control culture container, the base of the plant culture container body 1 adopts a separated design, and the base is also provided with air holes for controlling roots. The side surface of the plant culture container body 1 can also adopt a detachable design as described in the background technical literature, so that the plant seedlings can be taken out and transplanted conveniently.

During the use, water for plant seedling in plant cultivation container body 1 through artifical or automatic watering, have rivers to go out on bleeder vent 4, and the water that flows out flows into in the water receiving notch 5 of below along arc recess 3, through the rivers passageway of water permeable 7 and opening 6, the water that flows out flows back in plant cultivation container body 1 for the well lower part of plant cultivation container body 1 obtains moisture, has avoided the water source extravagant, and simultaneously to automatic watering system, the volume of watering changes in the control more.

In the present invention, the number, shape and size of each structural unit part can be adjusted according to the shape of the culture device, the planting substrate condition, the plant type and the culture requirement.

As shown in fig. 7 and 8, only one water receiving notch 5 may be provided at a height of one third from the bottom in the vertical direction of the plant culture container body 1, or two water receiving notches 5 may be provided at a height of one third and two thirds. The return water mainly flows into the middle lower part of the culture device, and the air holes 4 are arranged below one third of the bottom, so that on one hand, the water is poured to the position and flows out little, and in addition, the influence on the water obtained by the plant root system is little, and therefore, a water receiving notch 5 is not arranged at the lower position any more.

The air holes 4 can be designed into round holes, and the spacing positions can be flexibly designed to ensure that the air holes are formed inside the arc-shaped groove 3. Such as the single-row and double-row alternate design shown in fig. 8, or other designs.

While the foregoing is directed to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a plant accuse root culture apparatus, cultivates the vessel including the plant, its characterized in that, be equipped with accuse root unit on the plant cultivation vessel, accuse root unit is equipped with the bleeder vent including setting up the arc recess in the vertical ascending side of plant cultivation vessel, arc recess, is equipped with the uncovered, the lower extreme of upper end and the water receiving notch that arc recess inner wall meets on the arc recess, and the position that corresponds with the water receiving notch in the arc recess is equipped with the opening, the water receiving notch is used for receiving the water that the bleeder vent above that flows, the opening is used for making the water that the water receiving notch was received to flow back to plant cultivation vessel originally internally.

2. The plant root-control cultivation device according to claim 1, wherein the root-control unit further comprises a water permeable body disposed between the water receiving notch and the opening, wherein a top of the water permeable body is higher than a top of the opening, and a bottom of the water permeable body is lower than the bottom of the opening.

3. The plant root-controlling cultivation apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the water permeable body is cylindrical and made of a material of sand-free concrete, polyethylene or polypropylene having a water permeable channel therein.

4. The plant root-control culture device of claim 3, wherein the outer surface of the water permeable body is coated with geotextile.

5. The plant root-controlling cultivation device according to claim 1, wherein the water receiving slot is adhered to the arc-shaped groove.

6. The plant root-control culture device of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the number of the water receiving notches is one, and the water receiving notches are arranged at a position which is one third of the height of the bottom of the plant culture container body in the vertical direction.

7. The plant root-control culture device of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the number of the water receiving slots is two, and the two water receiving slots are respectively arranged at a one-third height and a two-thirds height from the bottom in the vertical direction of the plant culture container body.

8. The plant root-controlling cultivation device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the ventilation holes are round holes, and are arranged in a single row or alternatively arranged in a single row and a double row inside the arc-shaped groove.

9. The plant root-controlling cultivation device according to claim 1, wherein the plant cultivation container body is made of plastic or wood, the base and the upper portion of the plant cultivation container body are movably installed, and the base of the plant cultivation container body is also provided with air holes.