DE29806509U1 - Planters - Google Patents

Description

GRÜNECKER, KINKELDEY, STOQKrjl£l'i?

LAW FIRM

LAW FIRM ETAT MAXIMILIANSTRASSE 58 D-80538 MUNICH GERMANY

German Patent Office

Zweibrückenstr. 12
80297 Munich

LAWYERS

DR. HERMANN SCHWANHÄUSSER
DR. HELMUT EICHMANN
GERHARD BARTH
DR. ULRICH BLUMENRÖDER. LLM
CHRISTA NIKLAS-FALTER

YOUR REF.

OUR REF.

G 3833 -829/bi PATENT ATTORNEYS

EUROPEAN PATENT ATTORNEYS

AUGUST GRUNECKER

DR. HERMANN KLINKELDEY

DR. WILFRIED STOCKMAIR (-1996)

DR. KLAUS SCHUMANN

PETER H JAKOB

DR. GUNTER SEZOLD

WOLFHARD MEISTER

HANS HILGERS

DR. HENNING MEYER-PIATH

ANNELLE EHNOLD

THOMAS SCHUSTER

DR. WALTER LANGHOFF

DR. KLARA GOLD8ACH

MARTIN AUFENANGER

GOTTFRIED KLITSCH

DR. HEIKE VOGELSANG-WENKE

REINHARD KNAUER

DIETMAR KUHL

DR. FRANZ-JOSEF ZIMMER

BETTINA K. REICHELT

DR. ANTON K. PFAU

DR. UDO WEIGELT

DATE

08.04.98

Applicant: EMSA-WERKE

Wulf GmbH & Co. Grevener Damm 215-225

48282 Emsdetten

Plant pots

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DESCRIPTION

The invention relates to a plant pot with a base and side walls projecting upwards from the base, which delimit a receiving space having an upper pot opening, which can be divided into a water storage area and a planting area by an intermediate floor arranged at a distance from the base, whereby the water storage area can be filled directly via a filling channel and is in fluid connection with a riser pipe with a water level indicator device.

Such a planter is known from DE 42 01 118 A1. In the previously known planter, the intermediate floor is formed from two floor halves that are pivotably mounted within the receiving space. These have a large number of openings that serve, on the one hand, to hold the floor halves in a closed position by locking them with overflow channels, and, on the other hand, to allow plant roots to pass through or to surround a filling channel. In one embodiment, the filling channel can be formed as one piece with the floor of the planter and protrude from it in the direction of the opening of the pot. In another embodiment, the filling channel can be inserted through the intermediate floor into a holding recess in the floor of the planter. In order to be able to determine the water level in the water storage area, a riser pipe with a water level indicator is arranged as a separate component either outside or inside the filling channel. Clamps are used to fasten the riser pipe, which protrude outwards or inwards from the filling channel.

In a plant pot known from practice, an intermediate floor dividing the receiving space into a water storage area and a planting area can be removed as a whole or arranged in the plant pot. A filling shaft can be attached to the intermediate floor, which has an essentially triangular cross-section. The filling shaft is designed as a profile that is open towards one side of the triangle and which, by resting against the inside of a side wall of the plant pot, can be filled through this side.

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The filling shaft can also be opened and placed on the intermediate floor.

In order to be able to determine the water level in the water storage area, a dipstick can be inserted and removed into a corresponding opening in a side wall of the planter as a water level indicator.

Based on the planter according to DE 42 01 118 A1, the subject matter of the application is based on the task of producing the filling channel and riser pipe more cost-effectively and simply and at the same time making it easier to assign them to each other and to the intermediate floor.

This object is achieved in connection with the features of the preamble of patent claim 1 in that the filling channel and riser pipe are formed in one piece from sub-channels arranged next to one another, with at least one sub-channel being detachably fastened to the intermediate floor with its lower end.

The one-piece design of the filling channel and riser pipe means that they can be manufactured and handled together. It is no longer necessary to use additional devices to detachably attach the riser pipe to the filling channel. Furthermore, at least one part of the channel is detachably attached directly to the intermediate floor, whereby the other part of the channel is also attached due to the one-piece design of the part of the channel. As the intermediate floor can be removed accordingly, it and the filling channel and riser pipe can be stored and transported separately from the plant pot.

A simple, detachable arrangement of the intermediate floor in the receiving space is achieved, for example, if wall projections protrude from the side walls and/or the floor to support the intermediate floor. As a rule, three such wall projections are sufficient. To ensure the precise insertion of the intermediate floor, guides protruding inwards towards the receiving space can be designed over at least part of the height of the side walls, which can be brought into engagement with corresponding edge recesses in the intermediate floor. In addition, the intermediate floor can have a large number of openings in order to dehumidify the plant material if there is too much moisture.

supplied liquid and on the other hand to enable the removal of liquid from the water storage area, for example by means of the plant roots.

Simple wall projections can be designed as support walls that protrude essentially vertically from the side walls, onto whose upper support ends the intermediate floor can be placed with its underside. To further simplify the alignment and placement of the intermediate floor, the support walls can extend along the guide.

Possible cross-sections for the intermediate floor, receiving space or plant pots include squares, rectangles, polygons, but also circular or oval, as well as irregular cross-sections. In order to ensure that the planting area is filled with plant material such as soil and/or peat and possibly fertilizer or the like, so that as little of this plant material as possible gets into the water storage area, the intermediate floor can be designed with a cross-section that corresponds to the receiving space. The intermediate floor should be in relatively sealed contact with the inside of the side walls at its point of contact with the wall projections, at least with regard to the plant material.

In connection with the separate design of the filling channel and riser pipe relative to the intermediate floor, it should be noted that this means that these can be made from other materials, for example. Preferably, the first and second partial channels, i.e. the filling channel and riser pipe, are made from a plastic extrusion part and then cut to the length required for the respective plant pot. This simplifies the production of the partial channels and also enables them to be used for different plant pots due to the adjustable length.

A simple fastening of at least one partial channel to the intermediate floor by means of an insertion device formed on the intermediate floor is achieved, for example, by the insertion device being essentially formed by an edge surrounding a filling opening arranged in the intermediate floor and an insertion edge surrounding this. At least the insertion edge is designed as an upwardly extending edge from the intermediate floor.

An edge protruding from the bottom is formed which can be inserted frictionally into an opening at the lower edge of the filling channel, for example.

In a further embodiment, the insertion edge surrounds the lower end of the detachably attached partial channel in its insertion position, so that, for example, this lower end is held frictionally between the filling edge and the insertion edge. In this context, it is not necessary for the filling opening edge to protrude upwards from the intermediate floor along the entire filling opening. It is sufficient if the filling opening edge rests in places from the inside on the lower end of the corresponding partial channel.

In order to be able to easily determine how much liquid is still or already in the water storage area, the water level indicator device can be formed by a water level indicator at the upper end of the riser pipe and by a scale body, the upper end of which is arranged in the water level indicator and which extends through the riser pipe to a buoyancy body in the water storage area. The buoyancy body, which can be formed as one piece with the scale body, for example, contains enough buoyancy from the liquid filled in the water storage area to be arranged with its upper end in the water level indicator higher or lower depending on the water level. In a manner known per se, the water level indicator can be provided with a "maximum" and a "minimum" scale. The length of the buoyancy body can also be adjusted analogously to the length of the two channels for use in a specific plant pot.

The buoyancy body can be arranged to float freely in the water storage area, especially if it is designed as the lower end of the scale body, for example. However, it is also possible for a buoyancy channel designed with at least one flow opening open to the water storage area to protrude from the underside of the intermediate floor and to be in fluid communication with the lower end of the riser pipe in the inserted position, with the buoyancy body being movably arranged in the buoyancy channel. The scale body can also be connected to the buoyancy body in this embodiment. However, such a physical connection is not necessary, since the buoyancy body is guided in the buoyancy channel and, for example, the

Scale body can stand loosely on top of the buoyancy body. Such a buoyancy body can be, for example, a ball made of a suitably light material. In order to prevent the buoyancy body from leaving the buoyancy channel when the plant pot is tipped over or the intermediate floor is removed, a corresponding retaining device can be designed, for example, as an edge arranged adjacent to or at an upper opening of the buoyancy channel and protruding into the buoyancy channel.

In order to be able to arrange the two sub-channels as close together as possible, the buoyancy channel can be arranged next to the filling opening and open within the insertion edge. This allows for a simple assignment of the buoyancy channel and riser pipe or scale body.

In order to enable a quick reaction of the buoyancy body to liquid that has been added in a simple manner, the buoyancy channel can have a lower bottom opening and/or at least one slot opening extending essentially along the buoyancy channel as a flow opening. These flow openings enable a quick exchange of liquid between the water storage area and the buoyancy channel.

Due to the separate but one-piece design of the sub-channels, a liquid level in the water storage area can be determined almost simultaneously and without disruption while liquid is being filled via the filling channel. In this way, the buoyancy body is not pushed below the liquid level by the liquid supplied, for example, and a correct liquid level can be read in parallel with the filling.

In order to be able to manufacture the water level indicator from a different material than the riser pipe and separately from it, if necessary, and to be able to transport both more easily, the water level indicator can be designed as an indicator pipe that can be plugged onto an upper end of the second sub-channel (riser pipe).

Transport is further simplified and the space required for the sub-channels is reduced if at least the first sub-channel is made up of two or more channel wall sections that can be connected to one another. If further simplification of transport is not desired, the sub-channels can also be made of one piece.

It is particularly advantageous if the channel wall parts are essentially designed as half shells that are pivotably mounted along an edge on the second partial channel and can be connected to one another, in particular locked, via their free edges. In this way, the partial channels are easier to manufacture and easier to transport. In addition, they are easy to assemble and can be plugged onto the intermediate floor.

A simple pivoting bearing can be seen when a film hinge is formed between the half-shell and the second partial channel.

The two half shells can be securely locked together, for example, if one half shell is designed with a locking groove along its free edge and the other half shell is designed with a locking projection along its free edge. To lock the two half shells together, the locking projection is simply pressed into the locking groove.

In order to be able to transport the plant pot more easily, the partial channels can be inserted into a substantially complementary base holder in the upper side of the intermediate floor when the filling channel is in the open position. In this way, the intermediate floor can be stored with the channels when it is not in use. In this context, it is also advantageous if the channels are held in the base holder with friction when opened and cannot easily fall out. The base holder can be so deep that the channels are arranged in the base holder at least flush with the upper side of the intermediate floor when opened.

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In order to be able to arrange the water level indicator in the intermediate floor next to the channels, the floor mount can have a recess for arranging the water level indicator that extends to the second partial channel.

In order to facilitate the removal of the channels in the base holder when they are arranged in a friction-locking manner, the base holder can have an access recess for removing the opened channels stored in the base holder.

In order to be able to arrange the filling channel and riser pipe directly next to a side wall in the case of side walls that run conically outwards in the direction of the bucket opening, it also appears to be advantageous if the insertion device is designed in a swivel edge area of the intermediate floor that can be swivelled up and/or down relative to the rest of the intermediate floor. Depending on the inclination of the side walls, the swivel edge area can be swivelled up or down so that the filling channel or the riser pipe with water level indicator can be arranged close to a side wall or in contact with it in the bucket.

In a simple design of a swivel edge area, this can be formed between two slots that are open to the intermediate floor edge and run essentially parallel to each other. The swivel edge area is partially separated from the rest of the intermediate floor by the slots and can be swiveled through the remaining connection to the intermediate floor.

Such pivoting is facilitated if the pivoting edge area between the ends of the slots located on the intermediate floor is connected to the rest of the intermediate floor via a film hinge.

It was already mentioned at the beginning that plant roots can extend into the water storage area through corresponding openings in the intermediate floor. In order to be able to supply liquid not only via such roots or also directly to the plant material in the case of less deeply rooted plants, at least one through-opening can be formed in the intermediate floor through which a suction device can be formed that transports liquid from the water storage area into the planting area.

extends. This forces liquid to be fed to the planting material. The suction device can be designed in such a way that the planting area is just sufficiently watered. In a simple embodiment of such a suction device, it can be designed like a wick, in particular from a felt material. For example, the suction device can be formed by at least one suction felt strip that extends from the intermediate floor into the planting material and continuously sucks a certain amount of liquid from the water storage area and feeds it to the planting material.

In the following, an advantageous embodiment of the invention is explained and described in more detail with reference to the figures attached to the drawing.

Show it:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an inventive

Plant pot with wheels;

Figure 2 is a perspective side view of an intermediate floor with an inserted filling channel that can be inserted into the plant pot according to Figure 1;

Figure 3 Filling channel and riser pipe according to Figure 2 in opened position;

Figure 4 a perspective side view of the intermediate floor

according to Figure 2 with exploded view of filling channel and riser pipe;

Figure 5 is a section along the line V-V of Figure 1 through

the planter, and

Figure 6 shows a pivoting edge area of the intermediate floor in detail.

Figure 1 shows a perspective side view of a plant pot 1 according to the invention. This has a substantially octagonal cross-section. Longer octagonal sides

are formed by side walls 3 and shorter octagonal sides by side walls 4. Between the side walls 3 and 4, recesses are formed as guide strips 56 that protrude inwards into a receiving space 5 delimited by the side walls 3, 4 and a base 2.

Upper ends of the side walls 3, 4 surround a bucket opening 6 and form an engagement edge 61 pointing downwards towards the base 2.

At their lower ends, the side walls 3, 4 have a shoulder 62 in which the octagonal cross-section is continued. The shoulder 62 surrounds the base 2, from which at least in places along its edge, support projections 54 protrude downwards. These extend at least along the lower ends of the side walls 3.

In the base 2, roller holding devices 60 are designed as recesses, see also Figure 5. These are used to detachably fasten four rollers 55 to the base 2, for example. The rollers 55 are designed as double rollers that can rotate about a roller rotation axis 57. The rollers 55 have a pivot axis 58 that is essentially perpendicular to the roller rotation axis 57, and the free end of the pivot axis can be inserted into corresponding insertion openings 59, see Figure 5. An intermediate floor 7 can be inserted into the receiving space 5 surrounded by the side walls 3, 4 and the base 2, see Figure 5. This divides the receiving space 5 into a water storage area 8 formed between the base 2 and the intermediate floor 7 and a planting area 9 formed above the intermediate floor 7. The latter extends to the bucket opening 6.

Figure 2 shows the intermediate floor 7 according to Figure 1 in detail in a perspective side view.

The intermediate floor 7 also has an octagonal cross-section with circumferential sections that match the longer and shorter side walls 3, 4, which form an intermediate floor edge 31. Recesses 13 are formed in the intermediate floor edge 31 at points that match the guide strips 56, see Figure 1. Furthermore, clamping slots 52 that are open to the intermediate floor edge 31 are formed as through-openings. These are provided with

smaller width for clamping suction felt strips as suction device 53, see Figure 4.

A plurality of openings 14 are arranged in the intermediate floor 7, which create a connection between the water storage area 8 and the planting area 9, see Figure 1. In the embodiment shown, the openings 14 are arranged in groups of five openings each in the shape of a pentagon.

A base holder 45 is formed in an upper side 46 of the intermediate base 7, which is designed to complement a folded-out filling channel 10 with riser pipe 36, see Figure 3. The base holder 45 has a recess 47 on one side as an extension, in which a water level indicator 25 can be placed. Furthermore, the base holder 45 has an access recess 48, through which a folded-out filling channel 10 with riser pipe 36 according to Figure 3 can be manually removed from its position in the base holder 45.

Filling channel 10 and riser pipe 36 protrude essentially vertically from the top 46 of the intermediate floor 7 and are detachably attached to the intermediate floor 7 by means of an insertion device 18. The insertion device 18 is arranged in a pivoting edge area 49 of the intermediate floor 7, which can be pivoted upwards and/or downwards relative to the rest of the intermediate floor. The pivoting edge area 49 is separated from the rest of the intermediate floor 7 on both sides by slots 50, see also Figure 6.

The insertion device 18 with insertion edge 22 will be explained in more detail later in connection with Figure 6.

A hollow foot 62 protrudes from a bottom side 17 of the intermediate floor 7 approximately in the middle of the intermediate floor 7, which stands on the bottom 2 of the plant pot 1 when the intermediate floor 7 is arranged in the plant pot 1 (see Figure 1). Furthermore, a buoyancy channel 30 protrudes from the bottom side 17, which also extends essentially to the bottom 2 of the plant pot 1 (see Figure 1). According to Figure 2, the buoyancy channel 30 has at least one slot opening 34 as a flow opening 29.

Filling channel 10 and riser pipe 36 are shown in Figure 2 in their inserted position 23. The filling channel is formed by a first and the riser pipe by a second sub-channel, see also Figure 3. The first sub-channel 35 is composed of two half-shells that can be locked together as channel wall parts 38, 39. An upper end 24 of the filling channel 10 extends at least to the bucket opening 6 or protrudes upwards from it. An indicator pipe 25 is inserted into the second sub-channel 36 as a water level indicator. A scale body 27 is arranged in the indicator pipe and in the second sub-channel so as to be movable essentially in the vertical direction. An upper end 26 of the scale body 27 is visible in the water level indicator 25 and serves to show a filling level or a water level in the water storage area 8. The scale body 27, see also Figure 4, extends into the buoyancy channel 30 and is essentially pin-shaped with a thickened end 63.

In Figure 3, the filling channel 10 is shown in the opened position. The first partial channel 35, see Figure 2, can be formed by folding the channel wall parts 38, 39, whereby the locking groove 43 and locking projection 44 formed along their free edges 41 can be brought into engagement with one another, see Figure 2.

At their edges 40 opposite the free edges 41, the channel wall parts 38, 39 or half-shells 38, 39 are pivotably mounted opposite one another via a film hinge 42 on the second partial channel 36. The film hinges 42 extend along the second partial channel 36 over its entire length.

In Figure 4, the intermediate floor 7 according to Figure 2 is shown in a perspective view obliquely from below and channels 10, 36 with water level indicator 25 and scale body 27 are shown exploded.

A suction felt strip is shown in dashed lines as a suction device 53, which is inserted into a clamping slot 52, see Figure 2. A lower section of the suction felt strip extends into the water storage area 8, see Figure 1, and a section arranged above the intermediate floor 7 extends upwards into the planting area 9, see Figure 1 again.

On the underside 17 of the intermediate floor 7, the downwardly projecting floor mount 45 with the mounting recess 47 and the engagement recess 48 is visible. Furthermore, the hollow foot 62 projects downwards in the middle of the floor mount 45.

In the pivoting edge area 49, see Figure 2, the buoyancy channel 30 is arranged on the underside 17 of the intermediate floor 7. This has a length 33, with the slot openings 34 formed in a wall of the buoyancy channel 30 also extending over this length 33 to the underside 17. At its lower end, the buoyancy channel 30 has a bottom opening 32 as a further flow opening 29.

A buoyancy body 28 is arranged within the buoyancy channel 30, on which the lower, thickened end 63 of the scale body 27 can stand.

At the lower end of the water level indicator 25, an insertion edge 64 can be seen, which is designed for detachable insertion of the water level indicator 25 into the upper end of the second partial channel 36.

With its lower end 19, the filling channel 10 can be inserted into the insertion device 18, wherein the first partial channel 35 is fluidly connected to a filling opening 20 and the second partial channel 36 is fluidly connected to the buoyancy channel 30.

Figure 5 shows a section through the planter 1 along the line V-V from Figure 1. The same reference numerals indicate the same parts and are only partially mentioned.

Within the receiving space 5, the support walls 15 protruding vertically from the side walls 3, 4, see Figure 1, are shown as projections 11. Their upper ends 16 serve as support ends for the underside 17 of the intermediate floor 7, or can also serve as a support for a lower end of another planter 1' inserted into the planter 1.

The guide rails 56 visible as recesses in the outer sides of the side walls 3, 4 protrude into the receiving space 5 as guides 12.

the intermediate floor 7 with its corresponding edge recesses 13 can be lowered until it rests against the upper support ends 16 of the support walls 15.

The support walls 15 are each formed in the area of the guide rails 56 and extend from the base 2 over part of the height of the guide rails 56 in the direction of the bucket opening 6. The various support ends 16 of the support walls 15 are arranged at the same height with respect to the base 2.

Figure 5 shows a cross-section of a roller holding device 60. This essentially has the shape of a truncated cone that is closed at the top, with an insertion opening 59 projecting downwards from the closed end. The pivot axes 56, see Figure 1, can be removably inserted into this.

Figure 1 shows an enlarged, basic representation of the pivoting edge area 49, see also Figure 2. This is partially separated from the rest of the intermediate floor 7 at the sides by two slots 50 that are parallel to one another and open to the intermediate floor edge 31. The ends of the slots in the intermediate floor 7 are connected to one another via a film hinge 51, whereby the pivoting edge area 49 can be pivoted upwards and/or downwards relative to the rest of the intermediate floor 7.

The insertion device 18 is arranged in the pivoting edge area 49. This is formed by an edge 21 surrounding the filling opening 20 and an insertion edge 22 arranged at a distance from it. Both the edge 20 and the insertion edge 22 protrude upwards from the top 46 of the intermediate floor 7 in the direction of the bucket opening, see also Figures 2 or 4. The smallest distance between the edge 21 and the insertion edge 22 is just large enough that at least the filling channel 10 is held between the edges in a frictional manner. This means that the smallest distance between these edges corresponds approximately to the wall thickness of the first partial channel 35. The first partial channel is plugged onto the edge 21 and is thus in fluid communication with the filling opening 20. The second partial channel 36 is plugged into the insertion edge 22 in the area of the mouth opening 65, so that the second partial channel is in fluid communication with the buoyancy channel 30 at its lower end. The mouth opening 65 has a smaller diameter than the buoyancy channel 30 due to a radially inwardly projecting edge 66.

so that the buoyancy body 28, which is movably mounted in the channel, can only partially exit through the mouth opening 65 in the direction of the second partial channel 36.

Claims (21)

• · m &igr; »· ■ CLAIMS 1. Plant pot (1) with a base (2) and side walls (3, 4) projecting upwards from the base, which delimit a receiving space (5) having an upper pot opening (6), which can be divided into a water storage area (8) and a planting area (9) by an intermediate floor (7) arranged at a distance from the base (2), wherein the water storage area can be filled directly via a filling channel (10) and is in fluid connection with a riser pipe (36) with a water level indicator device (25), characterized, that the filling channel (10) and the riser pipe (36) are formed in one piece from sub-channels (35, 36) arranged next to one another, with at least one of the sub-channels (35, 36) being detachably fastened to the intermediate floor (7) by its lower end (19). 2. Plant pot according to claim 1,
characterized, that the one-piece partial channels (35, 36) are made from a plastic extrusion and in particular are cut to a length required for the respective plant pot. 3. Plant pot according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an insertion device (18) is designed for inserting a lower end (19) of a channel (35, 36) on the intermediate floor (7), characterized, that the insertion device (18) is essentially formed by an edge (21) surrounding a filling opening (20) arranged in the intermediate floor (7) and an insertion edge (22) surrounding this. 4. Plant pot according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the insertion edge (22) surrounds the lower end (19) of at least the partial channel (35) forming the filling channel (10) in its insertion position (23). 5. Plant pot according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the water level indicator device has a water level indicator (25) arranged at an upper end (24, 37) of the riser pipe (36) and a scale body (27) whose upper end (26) is arranged in the water level indicator (25) and which extends through the riser pipe to a buoyancy body (28) in the water storage area (8). 6. Plant pot according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a buoyancy channel (30) formed with at least one flow opening open to the water storage area (8) protrudes from the intermediate floor underside (17) and is in fluid communication with the lower end of the riser pipe in the insertion position (23) of the first and second partial channels (35, 36), the buoyancy body (28) being movably arranged in the buoyancy channel (30). 7. Plant pot according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the buoyancy channel (30) has a lower bottom opening (32) and/or at least one slot opening (34) extending essentially along the buoyancy channel (30) as flow-through openings. 8. Plant pot according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the buoyancy channel (30) is arranged adjacent to the filling opening (20) and opens within the insertion edge (22). · 9. Plant pot according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first partial channel (35) is fluidly connected to the filling opening (20) and the second partial channel (36) is fluidly connected to the buoyancy channel (30). 10. Plant pot according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the water level indicator (25) can be plugged as an indicator tube onto an upper end (37) of the second partial channel (36). 11. Plant pot according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least the first partial channel (35) is formed from two or more channel wall parts (38, 39) which can be connected to one another . 12. Plant pot according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the channel wall parts (38, 39) are designed essentially as half-shells which are pivotably mounted along one edge (40) on the second partial channel (36) and can be locked together via their free edges (41). 13. Plant pot according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a film hinge (42) is formed between the half-shell (38, 39) and the second partial channel (36). 14. Plant pot according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that one half-shell (38) has a locking groove (43) along its free edge (41) and the other half-shell (39) has a locking projection along its free edge (41). 15. Plant pot according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the filling channel (10) and riser pipe (36) can be inserted in the opened position of the first partial channel (35) into a base receptacle (45) in an upper side (46) of the intermediate base (7) which is designed essentially complementarily to these. 16. Plant pot according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the base receptacle (45) has a receiving recess (47) extending in extension to the second partial channel (36) for arranging the indicator tube (25). 17. Plant pot according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the base holder (45) has an engagement recess (48) for removing the unfolded partial channels deposited in the base holder. 18. Plant pot according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the insertion device (18) is formed in a pivoting edge region (49) of the intermediate floor (7) which can be pivoted upwards and/or downwards relative to the rest of the intermediate floor (7). 19. Plant pot according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the pivoting edge region (49) is formed between two slots (50) which are open to the intermediate bottom edge and arranged substantially parallel to one another. 20. Plant pot according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the pivoting edge region (49) between ends of the slots (50) located in the intermediate floor (7) is connected to the rest of the intermediate floor (7) via a film hinge (51). 21. Plant pot according to at least one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one through-opening (52) is formed in the intermediate floor (7), through which a suction device (53) extends, which transports liquid from the water storage area (8) into the planting area (9), in particular formed by a wick-like suction felt strip.