JP2006042813A - Cultivating vessel and cultivating method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cultivating vessel used in a novel form, saving the space of a setting area, facilitating movement, transportation or the like, and treatment, and enabling a comparatively small plant to be easily cultivated. <P>SOLUTION: The pot-shaped cultivating vessel 1 having a soil-storing part 1a has a through hole 2 at the bottom part 1c, and an attaching part A fixable to a cylindrical ejecting port 21 at the upper part of a watering container 20. The attaching part A has a cylindrical inner surface 15 having a female thread part 15a formed thereon, and the female thread part 15a is screw-fitted and fixed to a male thread part 21a formed on the cylindrical ejecting port 21. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a cultivation container and cultivation method suitable for cultivation of relatively small plants.

  In plant cultivation, various cultivation methods using used plastic bottles have been proposed. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a water supply apparatus configured by penetrating the other end of a water supply string provided with an anchor member having one end pierced into soil so as to hang down in a plastic bottle filled with water. (Claim 6). The invention described in Patent Document 1 has an effect that a certain amount of water can be stably supplied.

Registered Utility Model No. 3037656

  The present invention provides a cultivation container with a novel usage pattern that can save installation space, is easy to handle, such as moving and transporting, and can easily grow relatively small plants. Moreover, it aims at providing the novel and simple cultivation method using such a cultivation container.

(1) The invention according to claim 1 is a pot-shaped cultivation container having a soil container, and has a through-hole at the bottom and can be fixed to the cylindrical spout at the top of the water supply container at the bottom. It is a cultivation container provided with an attaching part.
(2) In the invention according to claim 2, the attachment portion has a cylindrical inner surface formed with a female screw portion, and the female screw portion is screwed to a male screw portion formed in the cylindrical spout. The cultivation container according to claim 1, wherein the cultivation container is fixed.
(3) The invention according to claim 3 is an elastic plug in which the attachment portion has a through hole and the diameter decreases downward, and the plug is inserted into the cylindrical spout. The cultivation container according to claim 1, wherein the cultivation container is fixed.
(4) The invention according to claim 4 is configured such that a sheet member to which an upper end portion of a water supply string passing through the through hole of the bottom portion is attached is placed on the bottom portion to cover the through hole. The cultivation container according to any one of Items 1 to 3.
(5) The invention according to claim 5 is the cultivation container according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the water supply container is a transparent bottle-type container.
(6) The invention according to claim 6 is the cultivation container according to claim 5, wherein the transparent bottle-type container is a plastic bottle.
(7) The invention according to claim 7 is a method in which the cultivation container according to any one of claims 1 to 6 is fixed to and integrated with the cylindrical spout at the upper part of the water supply container, and the water supply string is provided from within the container. The cultivation method which penetrates the through-hole of a bottom part, hangs down in the water supply container which put water, supplies a water | moisture content directly from a water supply container via a water supply string, and grows the plant in a cultivation container.

(1) The invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that the soil is put in the soil storage portion, the water supply string is inserted from the inside of the container through the bottom through-hole, and is suspended in the water supply container containing water, and the upper portion of the water supply container The cultivation container is fixed to the water supply container and used by fixing the attachment portion to the cylindrical outlet from above. Since the cultivation container is fixed to and integrated with the upper part of the water supply container, the installation area can be reduced. Since movement, transportation, etc. may be carried out with a water supply container integrated with the cultivation container, handling is easy and suitable for indoor cultivation. Since water is always supplied from the water supply container, the trouble of watering can be saved and the plant can be easily cultivated. Since the cultivation container is fixed (mounted) on the cylindrical spout of various forms of water supply containers, it has a simple configuration, but the form of use is also novel and unique. It ’s exciting. It is smoothly introduced into learning education and is suitable for use as teaching materials for science education and environmental education. Even people who are not familiar with plant cultivation can easily get to know them.
In addition, the cultivation container can be designed in various ways, and by fixing it to the top of the water supply container, the decorative effect is exhibited and it exhibits a unique and unique form, so it looks good and has a through hole in the bottom. Since it has, it can also be used as a vase which inserts a cut flower in the state which fixed the cultivation container to the water supply container.
Cultivation containers are ideal for planting flowers and raising seedlings. When the raw material of the cultivation container is made of biodegradable plastic, it can be conveniently planted as it is in a flower bed or a normal pot if it is grown and grown sufficiently. You may comprise as a cultivation kit which combined a seed, fertilizer, etc. with the cultivation container. It is also suitable as an appendix for publications such as books and other products.
(2) In the invention according to claim 2, the mounting portion has a cylindrical inner surface formed with a female screw portion, and the female screw portion is screwed to a male screw portion formed in the cylindrical spout. Since it was made to fix, a cultivation container can be fixed and used easily and reliably.
(3) In the invention according to claim 3, the attachment portion is an elastic plug having a through hole and having a diameter that decreases downward, and the plug is inserted into the cylindrical spout. Since it was made to fix, a cultivation container can be fitted and used for the spout of various diameters.
(4) The invention according to claim 4 is configured such that the sheet member to which the upper end portion of the water supply string inserted through the through hole of the bottom portion is attached is placed on the bottom portion and the through hole is covered. The soil in the soil accommodating portion can be prevented from falling from the through hole.
(5) In the invention according to claim 5, since the water supply container is a transparent bottle-shaped container, the degree of water reduction can be visually observed, and various existing bottle-shaped containers can be used.
(6) In the invention according to claim 6, since the transparent bottle-type container is a PET bottle, the used PET bottle can be reused, which is beneficial from the viewpoint of resource saving and recycling. In addition, as mentioned above, the cultivation container can be designed in various ways, and by fixing it to the upper part of the water supply container, the decorative effect is exhibited and it exhibits a unique and unique form. The appearance of a monotonous PET bottle with a decorative accent is very novel and attractive. If you attach it as a bonus to a plastic bottle drink (preferably a set of cultivation set that combines seeds, soil, etc. in a cultivation container), you can start plant cultivation immediately after drinking and reuse plastic bottles Can be promoted, which is preferable.
(7) The invention according to claim 7 is a method in which the cultivation container according to any one of claims 1 to 6 is fixed to and integrated with the cylindrical spout at the upper part of the water supply container, and the water supply string is provided from within the container. , Through the bottom through hole, hang in the water supply container filled with water, supply water directly from the water supply container through the water supply string into the cultivation container, and grow the plant in the cultivation container, A simple cultivation method is realized.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the same reference numerals are used for the same elements in the drawings, and description thereof may be omitted as appropriate.

FIG. 1 is a side view (one-side cross section) showing a combination example of a cultivation container 1 and a water supply container 20 according to Example 1, (a) is a state where the cultivation container 1 is detached from the water supply container 20, and (b) is cultivation. The state which fixed the container 1 to the water supply container 20 is shown.
The water supply container 20 is a container used as the other party to combine when the cultivation container 1 which concerns on this invention is used. Preferably, a transparent bottle-type container, more preferably a PET bottle (PET bottle) is used.
The cultivation container 1 is a pot type having a soil accommodating portion 1a. The upper surface is open, and has a side wall 1b and a bottom 1c connected to the side wall 1b. A space formed by the side wall 1b and the bottom 1c serves as the soil container 1a. Although the material of the cultivation container 1 is not specifically limited, A synthetic resin material is lightweight and is preferable at the point which can be manufactured cheaply. The size of the cultivation container 1 is set in consideration of the plant species to be cultivated, the size of the water supply container 20, and the like. The design of the cultivation container 1 is arbitrary. For example, as the planar shape, a polygon or other appropriate shape can be applied in addition to a circle. The side shape is not particularly limited. A through hole 2 is provided in the center of the bottom 1c. A later-described water supply string 30 is inserted into the through hole 2. The shape of the through hole 2 is arbitrary, and the size is usually about 5 to 20 mm, but is not particularly limited.

At the center of the bottom portion 1 c of the cultivation container 1, an attachment portion A that can be fixed to the cylindrical spout 21 at the top of the water supply container 20 is provided. The said through-hole 2 becomes a mode located in the inner side of the attachment part A and a substantially center.
In the cultivation container 1 shown in FIG. 1, the attachment portion A has a cylindrical note on a tubular inner surface 15 inside an annular projecting portion 11 formed integrally with the bottom portion 1 c on the lower surface of the bottom portion 1 c of the cultivation container 1. A female screw portion 15a that is screwed into a male screw portion 21a formed at the outlet 21 is formed, and the female screw portion 15a is screwed and fixed to the male screw portion 21a. Desorption is also possible and easy. The cultivation container 1 can be used on a tray in the same manner as a general flower pot.

The modification of the attachment part A is shown in FIGS.
The attachment part A shown in FIG. 2 is comprised by the attachment part A which makes a different body (separate member) from the main body of the cultivation container 1, and attaches this attachment part A to the bottom part 1c of the cultivation container 1. As shown in FIG. .
2 (a) shows an annular protrusion formed by integrally forming a mounting portion A formed by forming a female screw portion 15a on a cylindrical inner surface 15 of a cylindrical body 13 and a bottom portion 1c on the lower surface of the bottom portion 1c. It is positioned and fixed inside the installation part 11. The outer surface of the cylindrical body 13 may be bonded to the inner surface of the annular projecting portion 11, or the cylindrical body 13 may be locked and fixed to the annular projecting portion 11.
2 (b) to 2 (d) are configuration examples of an attachment portion A formed by forming a female screw portion 15a on a cylindrical inner surface 15 of a cylindrical body (cap-shaped body) 13 having an upper wall portion 13a. is there. The upper wall portion 13a is formed with a through hole 13b through which a later-described water supply string 30 is inserted. As the cylindrical body 13, a cap generally used for PET bottles can be used, and a through hole 13 b can be formed in the upper wall portion 13 a.
FIG. 2 (b) is a view in which the attachment portion A constituted by the cylindrical body 13 having the upper wall portion 13 a is bonded and fixed to the lower surface of the bottom portion 1 c of the cultivation container 1.
FIG. 2 (c) shows an inner side of the annular projecting portion 11 formed by integrally molding the attachment portion A composed of the cylindrical body 13 having the upper wall portion 13 a on the lower surface of the bottom portion 1 c of the cultivation container 1 with the bottom portion 1 c. It is located and fixed. The outer surface of the cylindrical body 13 may be bonded to the inner surface of the annular projecting portion 11, or the cylindrical body 13 may be locked and fixed to the annular projecting portion 11.
FIG. 2 (d) shows an inner side of the annular projecting portion 11 formed by integrally molding the attachment portion A composed of the cylindrical body 13 having the upper wall portion 13 a on the lower surface of the bottom portion 1 c of the cultivation container 1 with the bottom portion 1 c. The adhesive tape 50 is affixed and fixed to the outer surface of the cylindrical body 13 and the outer surface of the annular projecting portion 11 that are positioned in the lower side and protrude below the annular projecting portion 11.
If the attachment part A is removed from the cultivation container 1, the cultivation container 1 can also be used on a tray like a general flower pot.
Needless to say, the means for attaching the attachment portion A to the bottom 1c of the cultivation container 1 which is separate from the main body of the cultivation container 1 is not limited to the example shown in FIG.

The cultivation container 1 shown in FIG. 3 has a cylindrical portion 3 that protrudes from the bottom 1 c, and a through hole 2 is formed in the cylindrical portion 3. A male screw portion 3 a is formed on the outer surface of the cylindrical portion 3. The attachment portion A attached to the male screw portion 3a has the following configuration. That is, the attachment portion A is connected to two cylindrical bodies 13 having the upper wall portion 13 a so that the upper wall portions 13 a are joined to each other, and is formed on the cylindrical inner surface 15 of one cylindrical body 13. The female screw portion 15a is screwed into the male screw portion 3a formed on the outer surface of the cylindrical portion 3 of the cultivation container 1, and the female screw portion 15a formed on the cylindrical inner surface 15 of the other cylindrical body 13 is The cultivation container 1 is fixed to the water supply container 20 by screwing into a male screw portion 21 a formed in the cylindrical spout 21 of the water supply container 20. As the cylindrical body 13, a cap generally used for PET bottles can be used, and a through hole 13 b can be formed in the upper wall portion 13 a. Moreover, as the cultivation container 1, it is also possible to use what turned upside down by cut | disconnecting a plastic bottle in a trunk | drum.
FIG. 3 (a) shows an example in which two cylindrical bodies 13 are bonded to each other at the upper wall portions 13a, and FIG. 3 (b) shows two cylindrical bodies 13 connected to each other at the upper wall portions 13a. In this example, the adhesive tape 50 is attached to the outer surfaces of the cylindrical bodies 13 and 13 and fixed together.

A method of using the cultivation container 1 according to the present invention will be illustrated and described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 4. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a plant cultivation state.
First, the water supply string 30 is inserted from the inside of the cultivation container 1 so that the upper part is locked in the cultivation container, and the through hole 2 at the center of the bottom 1c is inserted. The upper part of the water supply cord 30 may be attached to the sheet member by an appropriate method, and the sheet member may be held on the bottom 1c of the container 1 by being locked to the outside of the through hole 2. . The water supply string 30 only needs to suck up the water in the water supply container 20 and supply water to the cultivation container 1. For example, various fiber materials, felts, sponges and the like are used, and the materials, structures, cross-sectional shapes and the like are not limited at all. The soil 40 is put into the soil storage portion 1a of the cultivation container 1. The kind, material, form, and the like of the soil 40 are not particularly limited as long as they are suitable for the growth of the plant, are appropriately selected according to the plant species. On the other hand, the water supply string 30 is hung in the water supply container 20, and the water supply container 20 is filled with water (and liquid fertilizer or the like). The cultivation container 1 is fixed to and integrated with the cylindrical spout 21 at the upper part of the water supply container 20 at the attachment portion A from above. Sowing on the soil 40 and starting cultivation of plants. Since water is supplied from the water supply container 20, the trouble of watering can be saved and the plant can be easily cultivated.

Of course, the type of plant species to be cultivated using the cultivation container 1 according to the present invention is not limited at all, but it is relatively small, grows quickly and reaches flowering in a short time after sowing. For example, a cruciferous plant whose life cycle from seed germination to plant growth, flowering and fruiting is a short period of less than 55 days can be mentioned. Among them, a variety of Brassica rapa, which was developed as Wisconsin First Plants (WFP, trade name), was selected from a large number of plant groups with different traits, and Fast Plants (Products) Plants named) are preferred.
In the cultivation of plants as described above, since the size of one cultivation container 1 is about 2 to 5 cm in diameter and height, a PET bottle is used as the water supply container 20, and the cultivation container 1 is placed on the top thereof. Even if it is fixed, sufficient stability can be obtained, and it is compact and can be installed on a desktop, realizing space saving. Since the bottle-type container has various designs, it may be used as a tabletop interior or extremely useful for use as a learning material for biological education.

FIG. 5 is a side view (one-side cross section) of the cultivation container 1 according to the second embodiment.
Unlike the one in Example 1, in this cultivation container 1, the attachment portion A is a plug 18 having elasticity, in which a through hole 18a is formed in the axial direction in the center, and the diameter decreases downward. It is configured. The stopper 18 is made of an elastic material such as rubber, and the stopper 18 is inserted into and fixed to the cylindrical spout 21 of the water supply container 20. In addition to continuously decreasing the diameter, the diameter may be decreased stepwise. The cultivation container 1 can be fitted and fixed in a manner to be fitted into the spout 21 having various calibers and used.
Fig.5 (a) shows the example which adhere | attached and fixed the upper surface of the stopper 18 to the bottom part 1c of the cultivation container.
In FIG. 5B, the plug 18 is positioned inside the annular projecting portion 11 formed integrally with the bottom portion 1 c on the lower surface of the bottom portion 1 c of the cultivation container 1, and below the annular projecting portion 11. The adhesive tape 50 is affixed and fixed to the outer surface of the protruding plug 18 and the outer surface of the annular projecting portion 11.
Needless to say, the means for attaching the stopper 18 to the bottom 1c of the cultivation container 1 is not limited to the example shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a side view (one-side cross section) of the cultivation container 1 according to the third embodiment. The third embodiment corresponds to a modification of the first embodiment, and has a configuration corresponding to claim 4.
That is, the water supply string 30 is inserted through the through-hole 2 of the bottom portion 1c and the upper end portion thereof is attached to the sheet member 31 by an appropriate method. The sheet member 31 is placed on the bottom portion 1c and the through-hole 2 is inserted. Is configured to be covered. Thereby, it can prevent that the soil in the soil accommodating part 1a falls from the through-hole 2. FIG.
The sheet member 31 may be composed of, for example, one having water absorption (hygroscopicity) (nonwoven fabric or other various fibrous materials, felt, sponge, etc.), or a net-like body or plate-like body having no water absorption. Preferably, by having water absorption (hygroscopicity), water supply through the water supply string 30 can be performed not only in the water supply string 30 but also in a wider area at the bottom, thereby improving the water supply capacity. it can.
Further, as shown in the drawing, a sheet member 31 to which the water supply string 30 is attached is formed by providing a flat part around the through hole 2 of the bottom part 1c and forming a sheet member 31 having a size suitable for the shape of the flat part. 31 can be easily installed in a stable state without wobbling to an appropriate position of the bottom 1c of the cultivation container.
Preferably, the flat portion is partitioned by a partition portion 1d erected substantially vertically upward from the bottom portion 1c, and is accommodated by an inner surface of the partition portion 1d and an upper surface (flat portion) of the bottom portion 1c. The sheet member 31 formed to have an outer diameter suitable for the accommodation space is accommodated in the space. Thereby, the sheet | seat member 31 can be reliably installed in the more stable state, without wobbling to the appropriate position of the bottom part 1c of a cultivation container.
In the example shown in FIG. 6A, the entire bottom portion 1c is formed as a flat portion around the through-hole 2, and a partition portion 1d that stands substantially vertically upward from the bottom portion 1c is formed. The partition 1d is formed continuously with the side wall 1b at the lower end position of the side wall 1b, and has a cylindrical shape. An accommodation space 1e is formed by being partitioned by the inner surface of the partition portion 1d and the upper surface (flat portion) of the bottom portion 1c. A sheet member 31 formed to have an outer diameter suitable for the accommodation space 1e is placed on the upper surface (flat portion) of the bottom portion 1c and accommodated in the accommodation space 1e.
In the example shown in FIG. 6 (b), a flat portion is provided around the through hole 2 to form a bottom portion 1c, and the partition portion 1d erected substantially vertically upward from the bottom portion 1c has a side wall 1b. Is provided independently. In this case, the partition portion 1d may be formed as an intermittent projecting portion provided with a notch portion in the circumferential direction, instead of being formed in a cylindrical shape continuous in the circumferential direction.

  The embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the examples. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described examples, and appropriate additions, modifications, and the like can be made within the scope of the gist of the present invention. is there. For example, a hook member that covers the outer surface of the water supply container may be provided below the container body or the attachment part, or a plurality of auxiliary legs that may be grounded when attached to the water supply container may be provided. If an angle adjusting means (for example, a flexible pipe or a mechanical angle adjusting mechanism capable of holding a bent state at an arbitrary position) is interposed between the main body of the container and the mounting portion, the water supply container can be used horizontally. Is possible.

It is a side surface (one side cross section) figure which shows the example which combined the cultivation container 1 which concerns on Example 1 with the water supply container 20. FIG. It is a side surface (one side cross section) figure which shows the modification of the attaching part A. It is a side surface (one side cross section) figure which shows the modification of the attaching part A. It is a perspective view which illustrates the use condition of cultivation container. It is a side surface (one side cross section) figure of the cultivation container concerning Example 2. FIG. It is a side surface (one side cross section) figure of the cultivation container concerning Example 3. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cultivation container 1a Soil accommodating part 1c Bottom part 1d Partition part 2 Through-hole 3 Cylindrical part 11 Annular protruding part 13 Cylindrical body 13b Through-hole 15 Cylindrical inner surface 15a Female thread part 20 Water supply container 21 Cylindrical spout 21a Male screw part 30 Water supply string 40 Soil 50 Adhesive tape A Attaching part

Claims (7)

  A pot-shaped cultivation container having a soil storage part, having a through-hole at the bottom, and having an attachment part that can be fixed to a cylindrical spout at the top of the water supply container at the bottom.   2. The attachment portion according to claim 1, wherein the attachment portion has a cylindrical inner surface formed with a female screw portion, and the female screw portion is screwed and fixed to a male screw portion formed in the cylindrical outlet. The cultivation container as described.   2. The attachment portion according to claim 1, wherein the attachment portion is an elastic plug having a through hole and having a diameter that decreases downward, and the plug is fitted into and fixed to the cylindrical spout. The cultivation container as described.   The sheet member to which the upper end portion of the water supply string inserted through the through hole of the bottom portion is attached is configured to be placed on the bottom portion so as to cover the through hole. Cultivation container.   The cultivation container in any one of Claims 1-4 whose said water supply container is a transparent bottle type container.   The cultivation container according to claim 5 in which said transparent bottle type container is a PET bottle.   The cultivation container according to any one of claims 1 to 6 is fixed to and integrated with the cylindrical spout at the top of the water supply container, and the water supply string is inserted from the inside of the container through the bottom through hole, and water is supplied. A cultivation method in which water is supplied directly from a water supply container into a cultivation container via a water supply string, and the plants in the cultivation container are cultivated.

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