FR2609860A1 - Method for activating the vitality, growth and immunisation of plants - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for activating the vitality, growth and immunisation of plants, particularly from seeds, bulbs, crowns (tendrils), rhizomes, plants, seedlings, cuttings or the like. A device for implementing the method includes a tank 1 with a water reserve 2, on the walls of which are arranged a sheet of metal which is the positive electrode 3 and a sheet of another metal which is the negative electrode 4 fixed onto the walls 7, 7a of the said tank. It is sufficient for the substrate 8 to be sufficiently moist to constitute the electrolyte; the plants to be processed, whatever form they may be in, will then be arranged in the substrate 8. The method according to the invention is particularly intended for growing and treating plants.

Description

 The invention relates to a method for activating vitality.

plant growth and immunization, especially from seeds, bulbs, claws, rhizomes, plants, seedlings.

cuttings or the like.

 Before approaching the provisions of the invention, it is necessary to recall the difficulties encountered during the cultivation of plants of different nature and in particular from seeds, bulbs or onions, claws or rhizomes, plants, seedlings, cuttings, shoots or the like and any state of plants capable of forming a plant.

 When one wishes to initiate the process of vegetative activity for plants of any kind, whatever the advancement of their vegetative state, they are most often placed in a culture or substrate medium, in a provide them with the elements necessary for their growth or for the maintenance of the evolution of the plant.

 Many factors intervene in this general process which impede, slow down or block the optimum growth of the ves- tal. Among these factors one can cite, apart from the deviations from such unacceptable temperature, diseases, parasites, impoverishment.

soil, the substrate or the nourishing environment. We have tried to avoid these difficulties by introducing into the soil or the substrate, soil improvers, solid or liquid fertilizers, fertilizers, which leads to better control of the development of plant life, all these contributions natural or artificial, however, do not solve growth problems as well as functional disorders due to disease or the environment.

 A new way of treating plants has been opened by the application of bioelectricity as it results, in particular, from patent application n 82 10550, in which an electrical device for activating germination and proliferation is described. Plant.

 The device of this patent consists in short-circuiting a series of electrodes arranged alternately at the bottom of a tank or freely in the ground, so as to form a network capable of locally raising the temperature of the soil or of the substrate and thus promoting the process germination.

 Although such a device has proved to be effective for this function, long-term tests have demonstrated that this activity is limited in time and that it had little influence on the development of the aerial system of plants.

 We therefore feel very strongly the need for a new type of process and device which improves the growth, vitality and immunization of plants from the front, depending on the target, throughout the life cycle. their life.

 It is known that electric currents normally circulate in the terrestrial ground which one commonly calls "telluric currents"; these currents, of very low potential, are the effects of electrical couples from a metalliferous deposit, for example positive, to another metalliferous deposit of a different nature, for example negative.

The implementation of the device according to the invention made it possible to note in a completely surprising manner that an immunological effect was obtained by blocking evolution and a growth activating effect; we observe that the latter is directly linked to the immunological effect because, if it ceases abruptly, the protected plants are very quickly destroyed, while the plants maintained in the artificial telluric field grow. This would confirm the reason for the gigantism of the plants of the secondary era where it existed.

was very powerful telluric fields produced on the one hand by the faster rotation of the ground and the formation of sedimentary deposits of recent metalliferous deposits and still little polarized.

 The object of the present invention is to provide a method and a device locally producing an artificial telluric field in order to benefit from these effects, for accelerated growth, immunization and activation of the vitality of plants.

 Another object is to provide a process and a device which allow the blooming of the treated plants, without the addition of nutritive substances which can affect the health of consumers.

 Another object of the invention is to provide a device for simple implementation, without any external energy supply and allowing at any time a control of the nourishing state of the soils, substrates or of the culture environment.

 To this end, the invention relates to a method for activating the vitality, growth and immunization of plants, in particular from seeds, bulbs or onions, claws or rhizomes, plants, seedlings, roots, cuttings, shoots or the like, method characterized in that it consists in placing, at least, two electrodes of different metal, one positive and the other negative, the electrical torque between them is less than 0.85 Volt, and more especially a positive electrode of copper and a negative electron of iron near the plant or plants which one desires ant ve ;; said electrodes being arranged in such a way that at no time are they short-circuited by direct or layered contacts, so as to create between said electrodes, in the presence of a natural or synthetic electrolyte, an artificial telluric field resulting in particular , of the potential for tearing off of electrons and of the migration of ions from the negative metal iron, towards the positive metal copper whose electric voltage is of the order of 0.60 Volt to 0.68 Volt depending on the oxidation state According to a characteristic of the process, the negative and positive iron-copper, plE-F- phosphoric acid, orthophosphoric, orthophosphorous, phosphatas or acid phosphites which are soluble and compatible or acid and compatible pyrophosphates are coated with negative and positive electrodes. to promote and increase the ion exchange between said electrodes.

 According to one embodiment, the device comprises aiminir two electrodes, one negative, like iron, the other positive.

like copper, preferably arranged parallel and vertically on either side of the plant or plants to be treated and cultivated.

said electrodes preferably having an afleura end; - or exceeding the level of the substrate, the soil or the culture environment. Other characteristics and advantages will become apparent on reading the following description of the embodiments of the method and associated devices, described below and represented in which - FIG. 1 represents a plant container comprising a device connected to a measuring device ; - Figure 2 represents a positive electrode placed on a rigid support - Figure 3 represents a device, intended for a general-purpose application - Figure 4 represents another application of the device on a trunk - Figure 5 represents another version of the device on a small diameter rod or trunk.

 The device for implementing the method shown in FIG. 1 comprises a tank (1) with water reserve (2) preferably parallelepiped, of dimension suitable for the cultivation of plants, on the walls of which are arranged in opposition, a thin sheet or plate of metal which is the positive electrode (3) preferably of copper, and a plate of a suitable metal which is the negative electrode (4) of the same size, preferably of iron. These two electrodes are coated (5) (5a) on their face opposite piesphoric, phosphorous, orthophosphoric, orthophosphorous acid, soluble and compatible acid phosphates or phosphites or acid and compatible pyropllosphates. The negative electrode (4) is insulated on its fixing face by a protective treatment (6) which may be an anti-corrosion product such as a varnish, a paint, or any other means, such as an electrolytic and stainless treatment. The two electrodes are fixed or held in place on the side walls of the tank by gluing (7, 7a) or any other suitable means. The substrate (8) can be of any kind: earth, peat, humus, potting soil, heather earth, organic, mineral or synthetic product, and it suffices that it is sufficiently moist to constitute the electrolyte and immediately observe the presence of the artificial telluric field caused by the ion exchange from the negative electrode (3) iron, to the positive electrode (4) copper. Said electrodes preferably having one end flush with or exceeding the level of the substrate, of the soil or the growing environment. We will then have, in the substrate, the plants to be treated in whatever form or state they are, for example non-limiting, seed (9), seedling (10), plant (11) etc, most plants except leeks , can be treated with such a device. The positive electrode, like copper (3) is connected to a measuring device (12) by a conductive wire (13), as well as the negative electrode, like iron ( 4), by a conducting wire (14), in order to control the nutrient content and the moisture content of the substrate; it suffices to operate the switch (15) to obtain, by direct reading, according to the position of the needle (16) the electric voltage between the two electrodes (3) and (4). Of course, this control device (12) may be provided with other display means, such as for example, liquid crystals, relayed indicator light, or any other means making it possible to observe the voltage between said electrodes, in order to compensate. to the possible deficiency of the substrate (8) in humidity and nutritive substance necessary for the growth of plants. The negative electrode (4) being the only one to degrade, it is planned to make it removable in order to clean it or replace it after deterioration. Advantageously, it can be seen in FIG. (2) a positive electrode (3a), the latter not degrading, constituted by a thin foil of the foil type, secured to a frame or a rigid support plate (17) made of insulating material and neutral, insensitive to hydrolysis and compatible with the nature of said positive electrGd like copper; this rigid support (17) possibly being, for example, a plate made of plastic, wood, agglomerate, plywood, composite plastomer, glass, ceramic, proud cement or the like. In the embodiment of the selrr device.

the process which is the subject of the invention. Figure 3 shows a versatile application for forcing greenhouses, planters or for application in the ground; the positive (3b) and negative (4a) electrodes are in the form of rigid plates slightly belted from 5 to 20 ′, and placed in the ground or the substrate, so as to each have a concave face and a convex face so such that we can say, for a couple of negative (4a) and positive electrodes i 3 "copper, the convex faces or the concave faces opposite. The positive electrode (3b) copper and the negative electrode (4a! Iron preferably treated with an acid coating of a phosF'iceric nature (5b) (5c); the inactive side of the negative electrode (4a) will preferably be - coated with an anti-corrosive protective layer at.

in order to limit the oxidation of said electrode. The control of the artificial telluric field can of course be operated with the help of a removable measuring device.

 According to another embodiment of the device for implementing the method, FIG. 4 shows the application of the electrodes in the form of penetrating bodies sunk at the base of the trunk (18) of a tree or of a vegetable, the positive (3c) copper and negative (4b) iron electrodes preferably being of square section and of polygonal shape like the upholsterer's seed, more or less long, depending on the thickness of the bark, it is sufficient that the penetrating electrodes pass through completely the bark and sapwood of the plant to be treated, so that the said electrodes are separated by a natural electrolyte constituted by the sap of the plant. First, place at the base of the trunk (18) positive electrode (3c) copper, then the negative electrode (4b) and alternately, positive electrode and negative electrode, arranged in a rising spiral around the trunk or rod (18) to terminate a negative electrode (4c) iron , after having completed at least u does not revolve around the trunk (18). The effects of the present device being <t to encourage the rise of the sap and to immunize the plant from most diseases originating from the earth as well as those called crypt-gamic; for this device, the negative electrodes, iron, may advantageously have been previously treated by an electrolytic process such as, zincing, cadmium plating or the like in order to preserve them from oxidation. FIG. 5 shows another device according to the process, applied to a plant whose stem (19) is of small diameter; the positive penetrating electrode (3d) copper is placed first at the base of the rod, then alternately, the negative penetrating electrode (4d) iron, then positive (3rd) copper, negative (4th) iron, positive ( 3f) copper, negative (4f) iron feels each placed at 9Q of each other in a rising spiral in order to constitute at least 3 pairs of electrodes: positive electrode negative electrode always ending in a negative electrode.

Depending on the type of application, the negative and positive electrodes can be in different forms depending on the nature of the growing environment of the plant to be treated. They can, for example, be in the form of particles of the filings type mixed and mixed with the substrate or the cultivation soil.

Of course, the invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiments described above and shown for which other variants can be provided, such as for example the equipment for a place of cultivation as varied as those of vines, market garden plants, reforestation, cultivation above ground or in an aqueous environment, without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

Claims (10)

R E V E N D I C A T I O N S  1) Method for activating the vitality of growth and the immunization of plants, in particular from seeds, claw bulbs, rhizomes, seedlings, plants, cuttings or the like, method characterized in that it consists in placing at at least two different metal electrodes, one positive (4) and the other negative (? whose electrical torque between them is less than 0.85 Volt, more specifically a positive copper electrode (4) and a negative electrode of iron (3) near the plant or plants which it is desired to activate, the said electrodes being arranged in such a way that at no time are they short-circuited by direct contact or relayed, so as to create between said electrodes ( 3, 4) in the presence of a natural or artificial electrolyte, u .. an artificial telluric field resulting in particular from the potential for the removal of electrons from the migration of ions from negative metal like iron to positive metal like copper and whose electric voltage is around 0.68 Volt.  2) Method according to claim 1 characterized in that gold, covers the negative (3) and positive (4) electrodes preferably copper iron of phosphoric acid (5), phosphorous, orthophosphoric, ortnc-phosphorous, phosphate or phosphite compatible soluble acid or compatible acid pyrophosphates, in order to promote and increase the ion exchange between said electrodes.  3) Method according to any one of claims 1 and 2 characterized and in that one coats or one treats one of the faces of the negative electrode (3), like iron, with an anti -corrosion,  4) Device for implementing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 3 characterized and in that it comprises at least two electrodes one negative (3), like iron, the other positive (4 ), like copper, preferably arranged parallel and vertically on either side of the plant to be activated, said electrodes preferably having one end flush with or exceeding the level of the substrate (8), the soil or the environment of culture.  5) Device according to claim 4 characterized in that the electrodes: positive (4) and negative (3), like copper-iron, are connected to a measuring device (12! Allowing to obtain by direct reading the voltage of said electrodes to check the humidity and the content of nourishing substance necessary for plant growth.  6) Device according to claims 4 and 5 characterized in that it consists of a culture tank (1) preferably å water reserve (2) on the walls of which are arranged in opposition. at least a negative electrode (3), such as iron, and a positive electrode (4), such as copper, so that the culture substrate (8) is subjected to the generated artificial telluric field F) ai the electrodes.  7) Device for implementing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 3 characterized in that ;; positive (4b, c, d, e, f) and negative (3c, d, e , b) are in the form of penetrating bodies capable of being placed by pressing into the trunk (18) or the stem (19) of a plant, passing entirely through the bark and the sapwood, in alternate arrangement and in rising spiral, copper-iron-copper-Ser and successively copper-iron so that the said electrodes are separated by the natural electrolyte constituted by the sap of the plant the negative electrodes iron (4) can advantageously be treated with a electrolytic process in order to preserve them from oxydatioll.  8) Device according to any one of claims? to 3 characterized in that the electrodes (4a, 3b) are in the form of thin rigid plates, flat or curved so as to each have a concave face and a convex face so that one can arrange for a couple negative electrodes (3b), like iron, positive (4a), like copper, the convex or concave faces opposite.  9) Device according to any one of claims 3 to 0 characterized in that the positive electrode, like copper, is in the form of a thin sheet (3a) disposed on one or both sides of a frame or rigid support plate (17) made of insulating and neutral material.  10) Device according to one of claims 1 and 2 characterized in that the positive and negative electrodes are in different forms-depending on the nature of the culture environment of the plant to be treated such as: particles of the filings type mixed and mixed to the substrate or to the growing soil.