JP2002058349A - Inner container for flowerpot - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inner container to be used in combination with a commercial flowerpot, especially a plastic pot or a decorating pot, free from root rotting of a plant even in the case of excess watering, enabling the keeping of pot soil below the ambient temperature even under direct sunshine in midsummer, capable of freely exchanging a pot without damaging the plant, and further enabling the observation of the state of the pot soil from the periphery. SOLUTION: The inner container has a collar on the outer periphery of the upper end, a plurality of holes on the wall, a plurality of drainage holes on the bottom and such a shape that the inner container can be easily placed in or taken out from the commercial flowerpot, and it is colored or transparent.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an inner container for a flower pot used for gardening of flowers, trees, vegetables and the like (hereinafter referred to as plants).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, flower pots have been known as containers used for horticulture of plants, and unglazed pots, plastic pots,
There are types such as toilet bowls. The size is indicated by “No.” in the diameter according to the standard of the flowerpot industry, and when the number is multiplied by 3, the size of the pot top diameter can be determined in cm units. The height is displayed as "standard bowl, shallow bowl, deep bowl", etc.
Those having a diameter and height approximately equal to each other are referred to as a standard bowl, those having a height lower than half of the diameter are referred to as shallow bowls, and those having a height higher than the diameter are referred to as deep bowls.

[0003] Among them, the soil is compacted at 700 ° C-1
Unglazed pots baked at around 000 ° C have the property of allowing water and air to pass through the container itself because the material soil is porous, and improve the drainage of the soil (hereinafter referred to as pot soil) placed in the container,
It is a container suitable for plant cultivation because it can supply necessary air to the roots of the plant. However, they have the disadvantage that they look worse than plastic pots and are heavy and fragile.

[0004] On the other hand, plastic pots do not have the property of allowing water or air to pass therethrough like unglazed pots. Therefore, when water is sprayed on planted plants, surplus water flows out from a drain hole provided on the bottom of the pot, or There was no means for draining except for transpiring from the soil on the soil surface (hereinafter referred to as topsoil). Poor drainage results in a lack of air in the pot soil, which causes the plant roots to become oxygen deficient, weakening the ability to absorb moisture and fertilizers and send them from the stem to the leaves. It rots and dies. As a general rule of thumb, pots are dried three to four days in summer and five to seven days or more in winter compared to unglazed pots, so the cycle of watering must be changed according to the four seasons. However, plastic pots are inexpensive,
In addition to the advantages of being light, hard to break, and abundant in types, the recent advances in plastic molding technology have provided a good-looking appearance that can be used as decorative bowls. Was.

[0005] The mortar is put on the compacted soil by topping.
It is baked at a high temperature of around 00 ° C and can be used as a decorative pot as it is, and has the advantage that it can be wiped off immediately even if it is dirty. It is more expensive than a bowl.

As described above, unglazed pots, plastic pots, and makeup pots (hereinafter referred to as commercially available flower pots) each have advantages and disadvantages. For those whose root development influences the growth of plants, unglazed pots have been used according to the purpose. Generally, plants planted in commercially available flower pots are used until the cultivation of the first used pot is completed.Replacing the pots takes into account the hassle and damage to the plants. Almost no action was taken except when the pots grew and the pots became too narrow, when the pots found rot and found abnormalities caused by the pots, and when the pots were damaged. Also, among the commercially available flower pots, plastic pots that can make the container transparent, even if the pot soil is visible, the appearance is bad, or if the roots of the plant are illuminated, the roots grow poorly and the plants grow well There was no container that used a transparent color because there was no such thing.

[0007]

As described above, each of the commercially available flower pots is characterized by its container. Among them, the property of unglazed pots that allows air and water to pass through is dissolved in oxygen and water in pot soil. It provides an excellent effect of increasing nutrient supply, increasing root development and increasing plant growth. Therefore, it is ideal to grow any kind of plant using unglazed pots during the growth period before flowering or fruiting for the first time, but hassle of having to change pots from unglazed pots to pots and plastic pots. This operation was seldom performed, fearing the failure to damage the roots when replacing the pots, slowing or withering the growth of precious plants. Also, when the mature plant is viewed indoors or the like, it is not transferred to another pot in order to enhance the ornamental effect, because there is fear of trouble due to troublesome pot replacement and root damage at the time of replacement, Freely changing the pot according to the TPO (time, place, case) was rarely performed despite everyone's desire.

[0008] When using plastic pots and toilet bowls,
Since the moisture contained in the pot soil only evaporates from the top soil and the drain hole at the bottom of the pot, if it is left outdoors for a long time in the humid summer, the heat of the sunlight will remain in the pot soil as there is no transpiration from the wall surface and the sun will shine. The pot soil on the side becomes higher than the outside temperature. The root of the plant cannot grow when the pot soil is over about 30 ° C or higher, and only the root of the pot where the temperature of the pot soil is about 15 ° C to 25 ° C grows in a narrow vessel called a flower pot, so that sufficient nutrients are distributed to the plant. And weakened and slowed down the growth of plants. When the temperature rises above the outside temperature, the pot soil is constantly humid and eventually rots, and as a result, the plants rot and die. Therefore, the person who can manage the installation time and the installation place performs the troublesome work of adjusting the sun exposure time using a shading tool such as a “blind” or shifting the pot to a shade. It was often observed that those who could not do so were forced to leave as they were and grow plants that survived.

[0009] Another problem is that there is no container using a transparent color so that potted soil can be seen through commercially available flower pots.
If the plant is weakened or withered due to the pot soil, the causes (eg, the pot soil has rotted and rotted, the pest is infested with the pest and the root has withered, Or the growing and multiplying plants cause the vessels to become too narrow and clogged) to determine what happened to the potsoil by observing the condition of the topsoil and the state of the plants. There was no method other than taking out the planted plant from the pot together with the potted soil and directly observing the potted soil. As a result, skilled non-diagnostic laymen cannot take corrective measures, delay the replacement of potting soil, spray the medicine, or remove the potted plant from the pot, regardless of other causes. It often caused extra damage to the plants, often slowing or killing the growing plants. An object of the present invention is to provide a container which is used in a plastic pot or a decorative pot in order to solve the problems while utilizing the advantages of the respective flower pots.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, the container of the present invention has a flange on the outer periphery of the upper end, a plurality of holes in the wall, a plurality of drain holes in the bottom, and a flange. The outer diameter of the removed wall portion is smaller than the inner diameter of any flower pot wall portion used in combination, and when housed in the flower pot, the position of the flange portion is higher than the upper end portion of the flower pot. It is a featured container for flower pots, and the use of transparent color for the container can broaden the scope of problem solving.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 is a sectional view showing a basic structure of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view showing a use state of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the container body (1) of the present invention is provided with a flange (2) at the upper end of the container, a wall (3) of the container provided with a plurality of holes (4), and a plurality of drain holes (6). From the bottom of the container (5).

As shown in FIG. 3, the collar (2) at the upper end of the container is used when the container body (1) of the present invention, which contains the plant (10) and pot soil (12) and is heavy, is taken in and out of the flowerpot (7). It is provided to make it easy to operate with a finger and to provide a reinforcing effect of preventing deformation of the container due to the force of the fingertip when putting in and taking out.

As shown in FIG. 3, the container main body (1) of the present invention has a wall (3) excluding a flange (2) with respect to a flowerpot (7) used in combination with the container main body (1) of the present invention. It is preferable to form the outer diameter smaller by about 10% than the inner diameter of the wall portion (8) of the flowerpot. Thereby, not only can it be easily put in and taken out of the flowerpot (7), but also when the flowerpot (7) is carried around, the container body (1) of the present invention contained therein can be prevented from tilting or falling down in the pot.

[0014] wall (3) of the hole (4) of the magnitude piled the potting soil (12) is approximately 0.1mm ² ~3.2mm ² about desirably not spilled through the hole, the hole (4)
May have any shape. The number of the holes (4) is preferably about 4 to 25 per 1 cm ^{2 in} order to maintain the strength of the wall (3) or not to impair the transparency. Also, the hole (4) is raised from the lower end of the wall (3) to approximately one tenth to one sixth of the total height of the container body (1) of the present invention from the lower end of the wall (3) as shown in FIG. It is desirable not to provide the same height from the upper end of the wall portion (3) to a position approximately 1/10 to 1/6 lower than the total height. Among the reasons, as for the lower end portion of the wall portion (3), as shown in FIG. 3, the pot soil (12) does not spill out from the drain hole (6) of the container body (1) of the present invention.
The ground soil (13) is drained from the container bottom (5) to 1/10 to 6 of the total height of the container so that the surplus water at the time of watering flows out of the limited drain hole (6) without staying in the pot soil (12). 1 /
Since it is laid all over the surface to the height of about, the hole (4) of the wall (3) of the part (13) which does not need the effect of passing water or air is unnecessary. The top soil of the wall (3) is formed such that the topsoil is located at a position about one tenth to one sixth of the total height of the container from the upper end of the wall (3).
By filling 2), water sprinkled in the formed space can be temporarily stored and uniformly infiltrated into the pot soil (12), so that water leaks into the wall (3) of this portion. This is because it is better not to have the hole (4).

A drain hole (6) at the bottom of the container (5) is provided for draining spillage from the plant body (1) of the present invention as shown in FIG. was intended, the size of the drain hole (6) is grounder soil (13) approximately 12mm ² ~180mm ² about desirably not spill is, the shape of the drain hole (6) may be in any form. Although the number of drainage holes (6) varies depending on the size of the holes, the plant (10), the pot soil (12), and the ground soil (1) in the container body (1) of the present invention.
The smaller the weight, such as 3), as long as the bottom (5) can be kept strong so that the bottom (5) is not deformed and the surplus water at the time of watering can quickly flow out of the container, it is desirable. Incidentally, the total area of the drainage hole (6) is approximately 8% to 1% of the bottom area.
2% is sufficient. The excess water flowing out of the drain hole (6) is discharged out of the pot through the drain holes (9) and (9 ') of the flowerpot.

The overall height of the container body (1) of the present invention, that is, the height from the lower end to the upper end of the container, is set such that a finger can be hung on the flange (2) so that the container can be put in and out of any commercially available pot (7). When stored in (7), the collar (2) is in a flowerpot (7)
It is formed to have a size higher than the upper end of. As a measure of the size of the higher size, about 5 mm to 10 mm for a flower pot up to about 5 and about 10 mm to 20 mm for a flower pot with a number of 5 or more is sufficient.

FIGS. 4 and 5 are a sectional view and a plan view, respectively, showing an embodiment of the present invention. In order to prevent deformation of each part of the container, the flange (2) has its peripheral edge folded downward and the wall (3). ) Have ring-shaped ribs (14), (1)
4 ′), and a ring-shaped convex portion (15) and a disk-shaped convex portion (16) are provided on the bottom portion (5). The number of the ring-shaped ribs (14) and the ring-shaped protrusions (15) may be any number as long as they are suitable for preventing deformation.

FIGS. 6 and 7 are a sectional view and a plan view showing another embodiment of the present invention. In order to prevent deformation of the flange (2), reinforcing plates (17) are provided at several places around the flange (2). Is formed by integral molding, and the wall portion (3) is changed from a cylindrical shape to a polygonal cylindrical shape to prevent deformation of the wall portion (3). By doing so, deformation is prevented. The drawing of the hole (4) in the wall portion of FIGS. 2, 5, and 7 makes it difficult to see the drawing, so the illustration of the hole (4) is omitted.

According to the above description, the container of the present invention is a container which is used by placing potted soil in the container, planting the plant therein, and putting it in any commercially available flowerpot, especially a plastic pot or a decorative pot. Even if a plastic pot or a toilet bowl that does not allow water or air to pass through the container wall is used, water and air can enter and leave the pot soil from the container wall of the present invention, which is an inner container. Further, since the outer diameter of the container of the present invention excluding the flange portion is smaller than the inner diameter of any commercially available flower pot used in combination, and when placed in the flower pot, the flange portion is located higher than the upper end of the flower pot. The user can put a finger on the collar and put it in and out of the flowerpot. When the container of the present invention is housed in any commercially available flower pot used in combination, a space is formed between the outer wall surface of the container of the present invention and the inner wall surface of the flower pot, so that the wall portion of the flower pot heated in direct sunlight is heated. In addition to the heat not being directly transmitted to the potting soil in the container of the present invention, the heated air in the space is released to the outside from the opening at the upper end of the space, and instead, the outside air enters through the drain hole of the flower pot as the outer container. Therefore, the temperature of the pot soil does not rise above the outside air temperature, and any portion of the pot soil in the container can maintain a constant temperature. In addition, the water in the pot soil evaporating from the plurality of holes provided on the wall surface of the container of the present invention is also released from the upper end of the space portion, so that the pot soil does not become stuffy. The temperature can be kept lower than the outside temperature. Since the container of the present invention is an inner container, appearance is unnecessary, and it is possible to adopt a structure or material that prioritizes the function,
When a transparent color is used for the container, it becomes possible to observe the pot soil near the wall from the container periphery. Even if the container of the present invention is transparent, a commercially available flowerpot, which is an outer container, acts as a light shield, so that the growth of roots of plants that dislike light is not hindered.

[0020]

When the container of the present invention is used in a flower pot used in combination, the following effects are exhibited. One of the effects is that even when using a plastic pot or a toilet bowl that does not have the property of allowing water or air to pass through the wall as an outer container, a plurality of holes provided on the container wall of the present invention that is an inner container allow water or air to pass through. So it can supply enough oxygen and fertilizer to the plant roots,
It can increase its growth over plants planted directly in plastic pots and pots. In addition, since the residual water in the pot soil is transpired from the holes in the wall surface, it is possible to prevent failure of the planted plant that is weakened or withered due to excessive watering. The second effect is that the container of the present invention can be easily taken in and out of the flower pot used in combination, so that it is easy to replace the flower pot which is an outer container without any troublesome work and without damaging the planted plant. be able to.
For example, if you are growing outdoors during the growing season and growing indoors during the ornamental period, use a used or damaged scratched pot that you would otherwise throw away as an outer container during the growing period, and use a pot that looks good during the viewing period It is possible to increase the ornamental effect by changing the bowl or changing the bowl from time to time, and then replace the bowl with an old one or a damaged one after the end of the viewing period. The third effect is that the space formed between the flowerpot used in combination and the container of the present invention lowers the temperature of the midsummer pot soil to the outside temperature or less, and furthermore, keeps the entire pot soil at a substantially constant temperature. Prevents root rot of the plant, and the root of the plant can grow throughout the pot soil, so that even those who can not manage the installation place and installation time can prevent the failure to weaken or wither the plant it can. Fourthly, since the container of the present invention is an unnecessary inner container, the container can be made of a transparent color through which potted soil can be seen, or a recycled plastic material can be used as the container material. And
When the container of the present invention is made to be transparent or nearly transparent, the state of the pot soil near the wall surface from the container periphery as needed at any time without any troublesome work to remove the planted plant from the pot together with the pot soil It is possible to directly observe the cause of plant abnormalities caused by pot soil, such as pot soil rot and discoloration, insects parasitizing, plant roots are often seen near the container wall, etc. be able to. As a result, it is possible for an amateur to take an appropriate action before it is too late.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view showing a use state of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of FIG. 6;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Container main body 2 ... Flange part 3 ... Wall part 4 ... Hole 5 ... Bottom part 6 ... Drain hole 7 ... Plant pot 8 ... Plant pot wall part 9, 9 '... Plant pot drain hole 10 ... Plant 11 ... Root 12 ... Pot soil 13 ... ground clay 14, 14 '... ring-shaped rib 15 ... ring-shaped protrusion 16 ... board-shaped protrusion 17 ... reinforcing plate

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A flange (2) is provided on the outer periphery of an upper end, a plurality of holes (4) are provided in a wall (3), and a plurality of drain holes (6) are provided in a bottom (5). ), The outer diameter of the wall portion (3) is smaller than the inner diameter of the wall portion (8) of an arbitrary flowerpot (7) used in combination, and when placed in the flowerpot (7), the flange (2) ) Has a shape that is higher than the upper end of the flowerpot (7). 2. The inner container for a flowerpot according to claim 1, wherein said inner container is transparent or nearly transparent.