EP0230463A1 - Plant pot for plants with a small root volume - Google Patents

Plant pot for plants with a small root volume

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EP0230463A1
EP0230463A1 EP86904772A EP86904772A EP0230463A1 EP 0230463 A1 EP0230463 A1 EP 0230463A1 EP 86904772 A EP86904772 A EP 86904772A EP 86904772 A EP86904772 A EP 86904772A EP 0230463 A1 EP0230463 A1 EP 0230463A1
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plant pot
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root volume
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Günter DEMMEL
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Jakob Vetter & Co GmbH
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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
    • A01G27/00—Self-acting watering devices, e.g. for flower-pots
    • A01G27/04—Self-acting watering devices, e.g. for flower-pots using wicks or the like
    • 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
    • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
    • A01G9/02—Receptacles, e.g. flower-pots or boxes; Glasses for cultivating flowers
    • A01G9/029—Receptacles for seedlings
    • 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
    • A01G22/00—Cultivation of specific crops or plants not otherwise provided for
    • A01G22/60—Flowers; Ornamental plants
    • A01G22/67—Dwarf trees, e.g. bonsai

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  • Plant pot for plants with a reduced root volume Plant pot for plants with a reduced root volume.
  • the invention relates to a plant pot for plants with a reduced root volume.
  • DE-PS 26 02 107 proposes the use of root baskets about the size of a foxglove, through the numerous small openings of which the root tips cannot penetrate from the inside out, but which allow nutrients and moisture to enter from the outside in, since the said root baskets enter a growing medium - be it in a container or in the field.
  • the disadvantage here is that the root basket must have a large number of openings with plant-specific diameters, which makes production and storage more expensive, and that daily moisture checks and irrigation are required.
  • the invention is based, to avoid these disadvantages, to propose a reduced root potty that only has one or two openings for the task has access to liquid that takes place automatically over longer, multi-day periods.
  • the invention solves the underlying object by a plant pot with an outer collar at its opening, which is supported on the opening edge of an outer container which is filled with water into which a wick protrudes, which has one or two through openings in the plant pot with its nutrient substrate filling in Ve - bond stands.
  • the useless water evaporation mentioned is also prevented by eliminating the own support structure.
  • the outer container according to the invention also expediently has a viewing window, so that the respective water level of the water supply can be checked with ease.
  • FIG. 1 an outer container in a side view approximately in natural size
  • Figure 2 the plant pot in side view in natural size
  • Figure 3 the two nested containers and with plant filling in longitudinal section.
  • this plant pot is dimensioned much smaller than other conventional plant pots. This guarantees that a plant grown in such a reduced plant pot can only develop a greatly reduced root volume, so that reduced plants 9 occur above the soil.
  • the plant pot 2 has an outer collar 5 at its opening, with which it can be supported on the opening edge 11 of an outer container 1.
  • a water supply 7 can then be accommodated in the space between the outer container 1 and the plant pot 2, which only needs to be added from time to time.
  • the separation between the plant pot 2 and the outer container 1 for the purpose of water refilling is very great easy to do, because for this purpose the plant pot 1 is gripped only with the fingers on the outer collar 5 and held in a raised position during the water refill.
  • the plant pot 2 has no openings apart from one or two openings 6 and is therefore inexpensive to produce as a smooth-walled container with the usual injection molding processes.
  • the two said openings 6, 6 are almost completely closed by a wick 3 inserted through them, which protrudes with its two ends into the water reservoir 7 below.
  • the fine root tips present in the interior of the plant pot 2 thus have no possibility of leaving the area of the plant pot, and the desired constriction of the root ball and the reduced root volume result.
  • a viewing fan 4 can also be provided in the outer container 1, the respective water level 10 can be optically monitored over any longer period of time.
  • the device described has particular advantages for the growing phase in nursery businesses. Many plant pots 1 can be observed and looked after side by side for a long time on a garden table that is only moistened on the surface. The wick ends emerging from the plant pots on both sides absorb sufficient water from the treatment table to be kept moist, so that the plant pots can be used without an outer container during the growing phase. After the completion of the cultivation phase, only those plant pots are selected and placed in an outer container for the purpose of sale that show a good cultivation result. Plant pots with error results are held back and duckers thrown away or used again after emptying in the cultivation phase without using an outer container.

Abstract

Le pot de fleurs (2) ci-décrit repose, à l'aide d'une collerette externe, sur le rebord d'un récipient externe (1) rempli d'eau, et est alimenté en eau nutritive par une mèche (3).The flowerpot (2) described rests, using an external collar, on the rim of an external container (1) filled with water, and is supplied with nutritious water by a wick (3) .

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Pflanzentopf für Pflanzen mit einem verringerten Wurzelvolumen.Plant pot for plants with a reduced root volume.
Die Erfindung betrifft einen Pflanzentopf für Pflanzen mit einem verringerten Wurzelvolumen.The invention relates to a plant pot for plants with a reduced root volume.
Gemäß der alten japanischen Kunst Bonsai ist es bekannt, aus Samen oder aus Pfropfreisern, Stecklingen und Ablegern von normalen Bäumen verkrüppelte Bäumchen von wenigen Zentimetern Höhe aufzuziehen. Die besondere Behandlung der Pflanzen beruht neben einem Beschneiden und Einengen der Wurzeln, Auskneifen des Austriebs und geringer Düngung vor allen Dingen darauf, daß die Aufzucht in kleinen Töpfen mit fester Erde erfolgt.According to the ancient Japanese art of bonsai, it is known to raise small trees a few centimeters high from seeds or from grafts, cuttings and offshoots of normal trees. The special treatment of the plants is based not only on pruning and concentrating the roots, pinching out the shoots and low fertilization, but above all on growing them in small pots with solid soil.
In der DE-PS 26 02 107 wird die Verwendung etwa fingerhutgroßer Wurzelkörbchen vorgeschlagen, durch deren zahlreiche kleine Öffnungen die Wurzelspitzen nicht von innen nach außen dringen können, die aber Nährstoffe und Feuchtigkeit von außen nach innen hineinlassen, da die besagten Wurzelkörbchen in ein Mährsubstrat -sei es in einem Behälter oder im Freiland- hineingesteckt sind. Nachteilig ist hierbei, daß die Wurzelkörbchen über sehr viele Öffnungen mit pflanzenspezifischen Durchmessern verfügen müssen, was die Herstellung und Lagerhaltung verteuert, und daß tägliche Feuchtigkeitskontrollen und Bewässerungen erforderlich sind.DE-PS 26 02 107 proposes the use of root baskets about the size of a foxglove, through the numerous small openings of which the root tips cannot penetrate from the inside out, but which allow nutrients and moisture to enter from the outside in, since the said root baskets enter a growing medium - be it in a container or in the field. The disadvantage here is that the root basket must have a large number of openings with plant-specific diameters, which makes production and storage more expensive, and that daily moisture checks and irrigation are required.
Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, in Vermeidung dieser Nachteile ein verkleinertes Wurzeltöpfchen vorzuschlagen, das nur eine oder zwei Durchbrechungen für einen Flϋssigkeitszutritt aufweist, der sich über längere, mehrtägige Zeiträume selbsttätig vollzieht.The invention is based, to avoid these disadvantages, to propose a reduced root potty that only has one or two openings for the task has access to liquid that takes place automatically over longer, multi-day periods.
Die Erfindung löst die zugrundeliegende Aufgabe durch einen Pflanzentopf mit einem Außenbund an seiner Öffnung, der sich auf dem Öffnungsrand eines Außenbehälters abstützt, welcher mit Wasser gefüllt ist, in das ein Docht hineinragt, der über eine oder zwei Durchtrittsöffnungen im Pflanzentopf mit dessen Nährsubstratfüllung in Ve-rbindung steht.The invention solves the underlying object by a plant pot with an outer collar at its opening, which is supported on the opening edge of an outer container which is filled with water into which a wick protrudes, which has one or two through openings in the plant pot with its nutrient substrate filling in Ve - bond stands.
In der DE-PS 27 44 143 (Figur 3) wird zwar schon offenbart, ein Wurzelkörbchen freischwebend in einem es umgebenden Behälter anzubringen, dessen Boden wasserbedeckt ist und das Wasser über einen Docht in das Wurzelkörbchen leitet. Nachteilig ist hierbei jedoch, daß zwischen Wurzelkörbchen und 3ehälter zwecks Wassernachfüllmöglichkeit ein Abstand freiblsiben muß, der zu nutzloser Wasserverdunstung führt und dessen Überbrückung eine eigene, das Wurzelkörbchen freischwebend haltende Tragekonstruktion erfordert.In DE-PS 27 44 143 (Figure 3) is already disclosed to attach a root basket free-floating in a container surrounding it, the bottom of which is covered with water and guides the water through a wick into the root basket. The disadvantage here, however, is that there must be a gap between the root basket and the container for the purpose of water refill, which leads to useless water evaporation and bridging it requires its own supporting structure that keeps the root basket floating.
Nach dem erfindungsgemäßen Vorschlag wird durch Fortfall der eigenen Tragekonstruktion zugleich auch die erwähnte nutzlose Wasserverdunstung unterbunden.According to the proposal according to the invention, the useless water evaporation mentioned is also prevented by eliminating the own support structure.
Zweckmäßig weist ferner der erfindungsgemäße Außenbehälter ein Sichtfenster auf, so daß der jeweilige Wasserstand des Wasservorrats ohne Mühe kontrollierbar ist.The outer container according to the invention also expediently has a viewing window, so that the respective water level of the water supply can be checked with ease.
Nachfolgend wird anhand der Zeichnung eine Ausführungsform der Erfindung näher erläutert.An embodiment of the invention is explained in more detail below with reference to the drawing.
Es zeigen : Figur 1 : einen Außenbehälter in Seitenansicht etwa in natürlicher Größe,Show it : FIG. 1: an outer container in a side view approximately in natural size,
Figur 2 : den Pflanzentopf in Seitenansicht in natürlicher Größe undFigure 2: the plant pot in side view in natural size and
Figur 3 : die beiden ineinandergesteckten Behälter und mit Pflanzenfüllung im Längsschnitt.Figure 3: the two nested containers and with plant filling in longitudinal section.
Wie die Darstellung des Pflanzentopfes 1 in Figur 1 in seiner natürlicher Größe zeigt, ist dieser Pflanzentopf wesentlicher kleiner bemessen als sonstige übliche Pflanzentöpfe. Hierdurch ist die Gewähr dafür gegeben, daß eine in einem solchen verkleinerten Pflanzentopf angezüchtete Pflanze nur ein stark verringertes Wurzelvolumen entwickeln kann, so daß oberhalb des Erdreichs verkleinerte Pflanzen9zustandekommen.As the illustration of the plant pot 1 in FIG. 1 shows in its natural size, this plant pot is dimensioned much smaller than other conventional plant pots. This guarantees that a plant grown in such a reduced plant pot can only develop a greatly reduced root volume, so that reduced plants 9 occur above the soil.
Die wichtigste Bemühung bei der Anzucht und bei der Weiterpflege derart verkleinerter Pflanzen besteht jedoch in der regelmäßigen, täglichen Flüssigkeitszufuhr, da der in dem verkleinerten Pflanzentopf befindliche kleine Erdballen natugemäß auch nur eine stark verringerte Flüssigkeitsmenge bevorraten kann und sehr rasch austrocknet.The most important effort in the cultivation and maintenance of such reduced plants, however, is the regular, daily hydration, since the small bale of earth in the reduced plant pot can only store a greatly reduced amount of liquid and dries out very quickly.
Bsi der hier vorliegenden Vorrichtung besitzt der Pflanzentopf 2 einen Außenbund 5 an seiner Öffnung, mit dem er sich auf dem Öffnungsrand 11 eines Außenbehälters 1 abstützen kann. In dem freibleibenden Zwischenraum zwischen Außenbehälter 1 und Pflanzentopf 2 kann dann ein Wasservorrat 7 untergebracht sein, der nur von Zeit zu Zeit ergänzt werden braucht. Die Trennung zwischen Pflanzentopf 2 und dem Außenbehälter 1 zum Zwecke der Wassernachfüllung ist sehr einfach zu bewerkstelligen, da man zu diesem Zweck den Pflanzentopf 1 lediglich mit den Fingern am Außenbund 5 erfaßt und während der Wassernachfüllung in einer angehobenen Position hält.In the present device, the plant pot 2 has an outer collar 5 at its opening, with which it can be supported on the opening edge 11 of an outer container 1. A water supply 7 can then be accommodated in the space between the outer container 1 and the plant pot 2, which only needs to be added from time to time. The separation between the plant pot 2 and the outer container 1 for the purpose of water refilling is very great easy to do, because for this purpose the plant pot 1 is gripped only with the fingers on the outer collar 5 and held in a raised position during the water refill.
Der Pflanzentopf 2 weist bis auf eine oder zwei Durchbrechungen 6 keinerlei Durchbrechungen auf und ist daher als glattwandiges Behältnis mit den üblichen Spritzgußverfahren billig herstellbar. Die beiden besagten Durchbrechungen 6,6 werden nahezu vollstän dig durch einen hindurchgesteckten Docht 3 verschlossen, der mit seinen beiden Enden in den darunter befindlichen Wasservorrat 7 hineinragt. Die im Innenraum des Pflanzentopfes 2 vorhandenen feinen Wurzelspitzen haben somit keine Möglichkeit, den Bereich des Pflanzentopfss zu verlassen, uodurch die gewünschte Einengung des Wurzelballens und das verringerte Wurzelvolumen zustandekommt.The plant pot 2 has no openings apart from one or two openings 6 and is therefore inexpensive to produce as a smooth-walled container with the usual injection molding processes. The two said openings 6, 6 are almost completely closed by a wick 3 inserted through them, which protrudes with its two ends into the water reservoir 7 below. The fine root tips present in the interior of the plant pot 2 thus have no possibility of leaving the area of the plant pot, and the desired constriction of the root ball and the reduced root volume result.
Da in dem Außenbehälter 1 auch ein Sichtfanster 4 vorgesehen sein kann, läßt sich der jeweilige Wasserstand 10 in größeren beliebigen Zeiträumen optisch überwachen.Since a viewing fan 4 can also be provided in the outer container 1, the respective water level 10 can be optically monitored over any longer period of time.
Die beschriebene Vorrichtung hat für die Anzuchtphase in Gärtnareibetrieben besondere Vorteile. Es können viele Pflanzentöpfe 1 dicht nebeneinander auf einem lediglich oberflächlich befeuchteten Gärtnertisch längere Zeit nebeneinandergestellt beobachtet und betreut werden. Die aus den Pflanzentöpfen beiderseits austretenden Dochtenden saugen ausreichend Wasser vom feucht zu haltenden Behandlungstisch auf, so daß also in der Anzuchtphase die Pflanzentöpfe ohne Außenbehälter verwendbar sind. Es werden nach Abschluß der Anzuchtphase dann nur diejenigen Pflanzentöpfe ausgewählt und zum Zwecke des Verkaufs in einen Außenbehälter gestellt, die ein gutes Anzuchtergebnis zeigen. Pflanzentöpfe mit Fehlerergebnissen werden zurückgehalten und enteeder weggeworfen oder nach Entleerung erneut in der Anzuchtphase verwendet, ohne daß hierbei ein Außenbehälter zum Einsatz kommt. The device described has particular advantages for the growing phase in nursery businesses. Many plant pots 1 can be observed and looked after side by side for a long time on a garden table that is only moistened on the surface. The wick ends emerging from the plant pots on both sides absorb sufficient water from the treatment table to be kept moist, so that the plant pots can be used without an outer container during the growing phase. After the completion of the cultivation phase, only those plant pots are selected and placed in an outer container for the purpose of sale that show a good cultivation result. Plant pots with error results are held back and duckers thrown away or used again after emptying in the cultivation phase without using an outer container.

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1. Pflanzentopf für Pflanzen mit einem verringerten Wurzelvolumen, gekennzeichnet durch1. Plant pot for plants with a reduced root volume, characterized by
- einen Außenbund (5) an seiner Öffnung,- an outer collar (5) at its opening,
- der sich auf dem Öffnungsrand (11) eines Außenbehälters (1) abstützt,- which is supported on the opening edge (11) of an outer container (1),
- welcher mit Wasser (7) gefüllt ist,- which is filled with water (7),
- in das ein Docht (3) hineinragt,- into which a wick (3) protrudes,
- der über eine oder zwei Durchtrittsöffnungen (6,6) im Pflanzantopf (2) mit dessen Nährsubstratfüllung (8) in Verbindung steht.- Which is connected via one or two through openings (6, 6) in the plant pot (2) to its nutrient substrate filling (8).
2. Pflanzentopf nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Außenbehälter (1) ein Sichtfenster (4) aufweist. 2. Plant pot according to claim 1, characterized in that the outer container (1) has a viewing window (4).
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