JP2003134936A - Method for hydroponic of cultivated body of field crop - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for hydroponics of cultivated bodies of field crops by which the cultivated crops kept in a fresh state thereof subjected to the hydroponics can be shipped from production places to consumer places to carry out cultivation by consumers, and residues, or the like, can be recovered, pulverized and composted for reutilization. SOLUTION: The hydroponics are carried out as follows. A cagelike rack 2 made of a biodegradable resin is embedded in an upland field to cultivate the crops therein. The cagelike rack 2 is then dug up after growth of the crops and rootlets 5 exposed to the outside of the cagelike rack 2 are washed with water. The crops with the cagelike rack 2 are then moved for carrying out the hydroponics.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention mainly relates to hydroponic cultivation of a crop cultivating body for cultivating crops such as vegetables in a field, delivering the crops to a consumer in a fresh state, and providing them to consumers. Regarding the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, although the production area for cultivating agricultural products such as vegetables and the consumption area for consuming the agricultural products have a long-departed relationship, the agricultural products are consumed as fresh as possible. It is an important issue to provide to others.

However, generally in agriculture in the production area, the roots and leaves of leaf vegetables are separated, the leaves are bundled and shipped to the market, and the unsold products in the consumption areas are discarded as garbage, and further tomatoes and cucumbers are used.・ Eggplant was shipped in the same way, and the unsold items were discarded as kitchen garbage.

On the other hand, in the production of agricultural products, many cultivation methods and devices have been proposed which allow cultivation of as many plants as possible in a given space while providing sufficient nutrients and light necessary for growing the crops. Inventions have been made in various fields.

[0005] For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-2001
In the invention of 211772, a constant space is provided by a cultivation box in which a container box for planting a plant in which the environment essential for plant growth is controlled, a culture solution pool panel into which the culture solution flows, and a lamp light source are arranged. Although many plants can be cultivated within the plant, the present invention does not consider providing plants in a fresh state to consumers or disposal of unsold products.

On the other hand, in the invention of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-196144 relating to a plant cultivation method and a plant cultivation tool used therefor, the plant is shipped together with the cultivation tool so that the plant grows and lasts for a long time even after shipment. However, also in this case, disposal of unsold plants and residual roots of plants, and disposal and reuse of cultivation tools are not taken into consideration.

Further, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-
Invention of 50943, plant cultivation apparatus
JP-A-7-50 relating to the invention of 225241 and cultivated plants
In the invention of 942, quality control can be easily carried out, and the plant and the cultivated body can be easily relocated to another place. No consideration is given to the waste disposal and reuse.

Further, as in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-199493 relating to a container for transporting plants and a method for cultivating plants, it is possible to relocate a plant grown in a production area to a consumption place by using a container used for packaging a plant. The invention and the cultivating method using a cylindrical container for raising seedlings, which can save planting work and obtain an excellent growth state even after planting, as in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-295921 relating to a cultivating method. However, these inventions also do not consider disposal of the rest of the plant or containers, and reuse.

On the other hand, in the case of cultivating edible seedlings, the invention of Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-220953 and a method for cultivating and packaging a plant seedling using a water-absorbing and decaying carrier which is easy to dispose as a carrier for the seedlings are disclosed in Cultivated in a potted state, a plurality of pots in which seedlings such as green onions are potted for shipping are inserted into each pot mooring hole of the support plate covered at the opening of the cultivation tank in which the cultivation solution is stored, The invention of Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-75588 relating to a method for water-absorption cultivation of potted leek bottoms, in which the pots are taken out from the holes for mooring at the time of harvest, is also made. However, it is mainly applied for cultivating edible seedlings, and it is not applied to crops such as vegetables that are grown in cultivated soil and are not transferred in a hydroponic state. In addition, the latter invention is also limited to a cultivation method in which potted leeks are cultivated in the latter invention and the pots are taken out of the cultivation tank at the time of shipment, and disposal of pots after harvesting and reuse are also considered. Absent.

[0010]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The present invention cultivates agricultural crops such as vegetables in the field, delivers the agricultural crops to the consumer in a fresh state, and provides the consumer with the necessary amount as much as necessary. A method for hydroponically cultivating agricultural crops is obtained.

[0011]

According to the present invention, a basket-shaped rack is buried in a field, cultivated soil is put thereinto to grow a crop, and after the growth of the crop, the basket-shaped rack is dug up to obtain a basket-shaped rack. After washing the fine roots that have gone out with water, move the crops together with the basket rack,
It consists of hydroponic cultivation method of crop cultivation body to be hydroponic,
In addition, a basket-shaped rack made of biodegradable resin is buried in the field, and cultivation soil is put in the field to cultivate the crop. After that, the crops are moved together with the cage racks and hydroponics,
It comprises a method for hydroponically cultivating a crop cultivating body in which a basket rack is crushed and used as compost.

Further, it is also characterized in that the basket-like rack used in the hydroponic cultivation is formed of a spongy body.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a basket-shaped rack 2 applied to a method for hydroponic cultivation of a crop cultivating body of the present invention. The basket-shaped rack 2 is made of biodegradable resin and is formed into a box-shaped body having an open mesh-shaped upper portion, but it may be made of a general resin that is not a biodegradable resin. In some cases, it may be formed from a spongy body.

Next, FIG. 2 to FIG. 5 are arrangement side sectional views for explaining a hydroponic cultivation method of a crop cultivating body, which exemplifies a saladna or lettuce according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the basket-like rack 2 shown in FIG. 1 is filled in the field 1, the cultivation soil is put therein, and seedlings 3 of crops such as saladana and lettuce are planted and cultivated.

Next, the above crops are grown by open field cultivation or greenhouse cultivation, and after growing into shipping crops 4 as shown in FIG. 3, the cage rack 2 is dug up from the field 1 as shown in FIG. The fine roots 5 that have come out of the plant are washed with water, and the lower leaves of the shipped agricultural products 4 are removed.

Further, the shipping crops 4 are moved together with the basket-shaped racks 2, put in a hydroponic cultivation container 7 as shown in FIG. 5, and water is supplied to the lower part 8 to make the shipping crops 4 produced in this way alive. By sending it to the consumption area as it is, by supplying water 8 to the lower part after arrival, it can be preserved for a long time and hydroponics,
You can harvest each time you eat.

As described above, after harvesting the shipped agricultural crops 4 such as saladana and lettuce in the consumption area, the residual cultivated soil after use and the residual roots of the crops are returned to the production area together with the cage racks 2.
Along with the basket-shaped rack 2 made of biodegradable resin, it can be finely crushed by a crusher, fermented by adding new organic fertilizer and the like to be composted and reused.

Next, FIG. 6 to FIG. 9 are cross-sectional side views for explaining the hydroponic cultivation method for a crop cultivating body using a tomato as an example in another embodiment of the present invention. First, FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the field 1 is filled with the basket-shaped rack 2 shown in FIG. 1, the cultivation soil is put thereinto, the tomato seedlings 9 are planted and grown in the open field cultivation or the greenhouse cultivation, and as shown in FIG.
After growing to 0, the basket rack 2 is dug up as shown in FIG. 8, the fine roots 5 protruding from the basket rack 2 are washed with water, and the shipped produce 10 is moved together with the basket rack 2 and water is fed as shown in FIG. It is put in the cultivating container 7, water is supplied to the lower part 8 and it is sent from the production area to the consumption area. After the arrival, water supply 8 is also carried out, and tomatoes are hydroponically cultivated in the consumption area and harvested.

After the tomatoes are harvested, they are returned to the production site, and the basket-shaped rack 2 made of biodegradable resin is crushed together with residual soil and residual roots, and is composted for reuse.

The crops for shipment 10 are perennial herb picking vegetables, which are repeatedly cultivated and shipped by using a basket-shaped rack 2 made of a general resin. Can be applied.

The cage rack 2 used in the present invention is characterized in that a biodegradable resin is used, but if the cage rack 2 is to be reused, a cage rack using a general resin that does not biodegrade it. May be used.

Furthermore, instead of the cage rack, a spongy body may be used instead to obtain the same effect as the cage rack of the present invention.

Therefore, in the present invention, the basket-like rack includes those, that is, those using a biodegradable resin or general resin, and those having a spongy body.

[0024]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION According to the method for hydroponic cultivation of crop cultivating bodies of the present invention described above, the agricultural products produced in the basket rack are sent alive from the production area to the consumption area in a fresh state, and It can be stored for a long time at, and can be harvested just by eating, and the agricultural crops that have been harvested at the consumption area can be finely crushed together with the basket rack at the consumption area or the production area to be composted and reused. It is possible to connect the consumption area with the consumption area and to effectively use the waste resources.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a basket-like rack applied to the method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view for explaining the arrangement in which a seedling of a crop such as a salad or lettuce is planted in a cage rack according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional side view for explaining the arrangement after the seedlings of FIG. 2 have grown into shipping crops.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional side view for explaining the state in which the shipped agricultural products of FIG. 3 together with the basket rack are dug up from the field and the fine roots are washed with water.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory arrangement side sectional view of the state in which the shipped agricultural products of FIG. 4 together with the basket-shaped rack are put in a hydroponic cultivation container.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional side view for explaining arrangement in which a seedling of a crop cultivating body such as tomato according to another embodiment of the present invention is planted in a cage rack.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional side view for explaining arrangement after the seedlings of FIG. 6 have grown into shipping crops.

8 is a cross-sectional side view for explaining the state in which the shipped agricultural products of FIG. 7 together with the basket-shaped rack are dug up from the field and the fine roots are washed with water.

9 is a layout side sectional view for explaining a state in which the shipped agricultural products of FIG. 8 together with a basket-shaped rack are put in a hydroponic cultivation container.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 field 2 basket rack 5 Fine roots

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A basket rack is buried in a field, cultivated soil is put in it to cultivate a crop, the basket rack is dug up after the growth of the crop, and the fine roots that have come out of the basket rack are washed with water. After that, a method of hydroponic cultivation of a crop cultivating body in which a crop is moved together with a basket-shaped rack to perform hydroponic cultivation. 2. A basket-shaped rack made of biodegradable resin is buried in a field,
After cultivating the crop by putting cultivated soil in it, digging up the cage rack after growing the crop, washing the fine roots outside the cage rack with water, moving the crop together with the cage rack, and performing hydroponic cultivation. After that, a method for hydroponic cultivation of a crop cultivating body in which the basket rack is crushed and used as compost. 3. The method for hydroponic cultivation of a crop cultivating body according to claim 1, wherein the cage rack is formed of a spongy body.