JP2000139233A - Container for cultivating plant - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the subject container excellent in convenience, functional properties and easy manufacturability and having the facility for operations to classify and recover the container body from soil and effectiveness in pollution control measures in waste disposal by forming specific perforated parts in a specified block unit. SOLUTION: This container A for cultivating plants is obtained by forming perforated parts 2 for setting the plants such as seeds or nursery stocks in one or plural sites in a block unit 1 prepared by molding and processing a material for molding consisting essentially of a fibrous material. The whole appearance shape of the block 1 may be, e.g. a hexahedron such as a cube or a rectangular parallepiped or a culumnar body or a flat columnar body such as a triangle, a polygon, a circle, an ellipse or an oval or a domed body, etc. For example, the whole shape of the block unit 1 may be nearly the cube and may be in a shape having a flat top surface part 3 in the top thereof, a flat base part 4 in the lower part, four lateral face parts 5 in the upper lateral part and four lateral face parts 6 entering the inside from the lateral face part 5 in the lower lateral part.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a container for growing plants.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in plant cultivation in a factory, plantation cultivation, or plant cultivation in a home garden,
Culture soil is placed in a plastic pot or planter, and seeds and seedlings of the plant, fertilizer and mulch are put into the germination to germinate the seedlings. There is also a cultivation method using urethane or the like as a substitute for soil.

[0003] When a plant germinates and grows, used pots and planters can be reused at the harvesting stage, but if they are broken by repeated use, they will be discarded.

[0004]

However, in large-scale cultivation such as plant cultivation in a factory or plantation cultivation,
A large amount of used plastic pots and planters and other cultivation containers are generated, requiring a great deal of labor and cost to separate the cultivation containers from the soil and take measures to dispose of them without causing pollution. At present, the treatment measures have become a major problem in disposal.

[0005] The present invention provides a plant cultivation container used in plant cultivation in a factory, plantation cultivation, or plant cultivation in a home vegetable garden, etc., while providing simplicity, functionality, and easy manufacturability. An object of the present invention is to provide easy separation and collection work between a container body and soil and to provide an effective measure for preventing pollution in disposal.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a planting method for planting a plant such as a seed or a seedling in a block formed by using a molding material mainly composed of a fibrous substance. A plant cultivation container characterized by having a hole.

Next, a second aspect of the present invention is the plant cultivation container according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein the planting holes are provided at one or more locations. .

[0008] Next, the invention according to claim 3 of the present invention is the plant cultivation container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the block bodies are connected so as to be detachable from each other. is there.

Next, a fourth aspect of the present invention is the container for cultivating a plant according to any one of the first to third aspects of the present invention, wherein a regenerated material is used for the fibrous substance. .

Next, the invention according to claim 5 of the present invention is the plant cultivation container according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein various fertilizers are mixed in the block.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A plant cultivation container of the present invention will be described below in detail according to an embodiment. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a plant cultivation container of the present invention, and FIG. 2 (b) is a cross-sectional view of the plant cultivation container of the present invention taken along the line NN.

As shown in FIG. 1, the plant cultivation container A of the present invention
The plant has a planting hole 2 for planting a plant such as a seed or a seedling in a block 1 formed using a molding material mainly composed of a fibrous substance.

The overall appearance of the block 1 is, for example,
Hexahedron such as cube, rectangular parallelepiped, or triangle, polygon,
The present invention is not particularly limited to a columnar body such as a circle, an ellipse, and an ellipse, a flat columnar body, or a dome-like body.

The block 1 shown in FIG. 1 shows an example of the external shape of the container for plant cultivation of the present invention. The entire shape of the block 1 is substantially cubic, and a flat upper surface 3 The lower portion has a flat bottom portion 4, the upper portion has four side portions 5, and the lower portion has four side portions 6 penetrating from the side portions 5.

As described above, the block body 1 shown in FIG.
The upper four sides 5 project from the lower four sides 6 so that the four sides 5 projecting to the upper part can be used as a plant cultivation container in a hydroponics or mechanical planting process. A can function as a support receiving portion.

1 and 2 (a).
As shown in (b), one is provided at a substantially central portion of the upper surface portion 3 of the block body 1, but is not particularly limited in the present invention. The number of holes for the planting holes 2 is not particularly limited, and two to five or more holes may be provided.

The diameter and depth of the planting hole 2 and the shape of the hole are not particularly limited, and the type of plant to be planted, such as the size of a seedling to be planted or the size of a plant root, is not limited. It can be set appropriately as needed.

The block body 1 can be manufactured by molding using a molding die such as a mold or a wooden mold having a predetermined shape, and the planting hole 2 may be molded simultaneously with the molding. Alternatively, after the outer shape of the block body 1 is formed, a hole may be separately formed by cutting or the like. As the molding material used for the block molding, a material mainly composed of a fibrous substance (or a fibrous material) which is degradable in nature such as soil degradability and photodegradability is used.

The fibrous substance which is decomposable in the natural world includes natural or synthetic substances or a mixture of natural and synthetic substances. For example, natural cellulose fibers for various papermaking,
Synthetic fiber such as synthetic cellulose fiber, pulp fiber, and other regenerated pulp fiber recycled from waste paper such as newspapers, magazines, corrugated cardboard, etc. There is no waste.

The molding material used for block molding is as follows:
Maintaining the fibrous substance as described above and mixing it with a binder (or binder) so that it can be molded and processed as a solid of a predetermined size while maintaining the appropriate strength as a predetermined cultivation container It is formed, and as a binder,
A water-soluble or hydrophilic substance such as casein, glue, egg white, starch paste, polyvinyl alcohol, or a soil-degradable or photodegradable natural or synthetic resin, a cellulose resin, pine resin, or the like may be used.

The molding material is mixed (kneaded) with various fertilizers (such as nitrogen fertilizer, phosphate fertilizer, potash fertilizer, mulch, etc.), plant growth agents, insecticides, plant disease preventive agents, and the like, as necessary. It may be something. Further, as a bulk material of the block body 1, clay, talc, eggshell powder, shell powder or the like may be mixed.

The plant cultivation container A of the present invention is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3 (b), no drainage hole is provided from the inner bottom portion 2a of the planting hole 2 to the bottom surface portion 4 of the block body 1, and the block body is in a closed state. 1 is mainly composed of a fibrous substance, and the whole or most of the inside of the structure of the block body 1 has a porous structure (or a continuous porous structure) having air permeability and water permeability to the outside of the structure. Structure), and because it contains various fertilizers and plant growth agents, it also functions as a soil for plant growth. In addition, the whole or most of the inside of the structure of the block body 1 or at least the inner wall surface and the inner bottom surface of the planting hole 2 have a large number of relatively coarse gap structures in which the growing roots of the plant are easily entangled. Is appropriate.

The plant cultivation container A of the present invention includes:
If necessary, one or more drainage holes (not shown) may be provided in the direction from the inner bottom portion 2 a of the planting hole 2 to the bottom surface portion 4.

FIG. 3A is a plan view showing another embodiment in which the block bodies 1 are continuously arranged in one row or multiple rows.
FIG. 3B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line NN. In the plant cultivation container A according to another embodiment of the present invention, as illustrated, a plurality of block bodies 1 are integrated in one row or multiple rows. The block bodies 1 are cut and cut from the lower side or the upper side, and can be separated from each other by a half-cut or perforated cut-off portion 7. .

[0025]

The plant cultivation container A of the present invention provides simplicity, functionality and easy manufacturability as a container for plant cultivation used in plant cultivation in a plant, plantation cultivation, or in a vegetable garden in a home garden. In addition, in the case of disposing of used cultivation containers, it is possible to provide the easiness of separation and collection work of the cultivation container body and soil and the effectiveness of pollution prevention measures in disposal treatment. Become.

The container for cultivating plants according to the present invention has a function as a cultivation soil because it is molded using a molding material of a fibrous substance. In molding, fertilizers necessary for germination and seedling raising are used. After the seedlings are planted in the planting holes of the manufactured plant cultivation container, the seedlings are placed on the ground in the case of above-ground cultivation, and in the case of hydroponics, Can be immersed in water and buried in soil in the case of soil cultivation to promote germination, and can be decomposed by water or soil when left as it is.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall external perspective view of a plant cultivation container according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2A is a top view of an embodiment of the plant cultivation container of the present invention, and FIG. 2B is a side sectional view thereof.

FIG. 3 (a) is a top view of another embodiment of the plant cultivation container of the present invention, and FIG. 3 (b) is a side sectional view thereof.

[Explanation of symbols]

A: plant cultivation container 1 ... block body 2 ... planting hole 2a ... inner bottom surface 3 ... top surface portion 4 ... bottom surface portion 5, 6 ... side surface portion

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A plant cultivation container characterized in that a block for forming a plant such as a seed or a seedling is provided in a block formed by using a forming material mainly composed of a fibrous substance. 2. The container for cultivating plants according to claim 1, wherein said holes are provided at one or more places. 3. The container for plant cultivation according to claim 1, wherein said blocks are connected to each other so as to be detachable from each other. 4. The plant cultivation container according to claim 1, wherein a recycled material is used for the fibrous substance. 5. The container for plant cultivation according to claim 1, wherein various fertilizers are mixed in the block.