JP2009125021A - Method for hydroponics of flowering plant bulbs and bulb holder - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bulb holder which facilitates to arrange the flowering time, height, and the like of tulip or the like and can prevent the generation of molds or the like due to the damages of bulbs, to provide a container for hydroponics, and to provide a method for hydroponics. <P>SOLUTION: This bulb holder used for the hydroponics of a flowering plant bulb is characterized by having a vertically penetrated cylinder portion and a receiving surface portion extended from the upper portion of the cylinder portion to the inside oblique downward. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a bulb holder and a hydroponics container for hydroponically cultivating flower bulbs, and a method for hydroponically cultivating and transplanting flower bulbs.
It is particularly suitable for tulip hydroponics.

A technique for hydroponically cultivating bulbs of flower bulbs such as tulips that have broken through dormancy after refrigerated storage and allowing them to bloom at a specific time such as Christmas is known.
Conventionally, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, the bulb portion 103 is stabbed into a pin 151 provided in the hydroponics container 150 and the tulip 102 is hydroponically cultivated so that the flowering time of each bulb is not aligned. There is a problem that the bulb 103 is damaged, mold is generated, and the water is soiled.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-275771 discloses a technique for hydroponically cultivating tulips with a plurality of grid-like structures partitioned by four sides, but it is a technique for obtaining cut flowers. It is not intended for transplantation.

JP-A-9-275771

  In light of the above technical problem, the present invention provides a bulb holder and a hydroponics container that can easily prevent the occurrence of mold caused by a damaged bulb and the like, and the hydroponics method. Objective.

  The invention of the bulb holder according to claim 1 is a bulb holder used for hydroponics of flower bulbs, and includes a cylindrical portion penetrating in a vertical direction and a receiving surface portion extending obliquely inwardly downward from an upper portion of the cylindrical portion. It is characterized by having.

If the receiving surface is formed in a size corresponding to one bulb, and the bulb is placed in a state where the root portion where the bulb root grows is aligned with the substantially central hole, the bulb posture can be maintained to some extent. It does not necessarily have to be a ring shape continuous in the circumferential direction.
In order to allow the bulb to be placed with a certain degree of posture, the receiving surface is preferably recessed at the center side downward.
From the bulb placed on the receiving surface, for example, the bulb holder is placed in a cultivation tank or the like with the bulb placed, so that the bulb is immersed to some extent in water contained in the cultivation tank or an aqueous solution composed of water and liquid fertilizer. By doing so, roots grow.
The roots that grow from these bulbs usually pass through the through-hole assigned to the root, expand in the space inside the cylinder so that a part is larger than the diameter of the through-hole and extend along the inner surface of the cylinder, And so as to engage the bulb holder.
Thereby, the bulb holder can make the to-be-cultivated thing grown from the bulb stand independently with respect to the bulb holder.

The invention of the bulb holder according to claim 2 further includes a guide piece upward from the cylindrical portion.
The bulb holder is provided with a guide piece that allows the bulb placed on the receiving surface part to lean against it, or a plurality of guide pieces that can lightly hold the bulb. be able to.

The invention of the bulb holder according to claim 3 further includes an engaging portion and an engaged portion in the cylindrical portion, and a plurality of bulb holders can be connected to each other by the engaging portion and the engaged portion. And
As a result, a plurality of bulb holders can be connected to each other, which is stable.

  The invention according to claim 4 is a method of arranging a plurality of tulips and hydroponics, and in a bottomed hydroponic container that is transparent at least above the bulb portion of the tulips to be hydroponically grown, A plurality of tulips grown by hydroponics using the described bulb holder are arranged.

In the bulb holder according to the present invention, since the root extending from the bulb expands in the bulb holder and the object to be cultivated and the bulb holder are engaged, the bulb is stabilized.
Moreover, the self-supporting property of the bulb holder with respect to the placement surface is increased by connecting a plurality of bulb holders.
Thereby, it is not necessary to pierce the bulb part with a pin as in the prior art to make the cultivated item self-supporting, and there is no possibility of mold generation due to scratching of the bulb part, thereby preventing soiling of water for hydroponics.

By combining a bulb holder and a bottomed container such as a pot, for example, using a bulb holder to grow the cultivated product in a state suitable for cultivation in a cultivation tank or the like, the pot cultivated is suitable for viewing It can be transplanted in the hydroponics state to improve the appearance.
A pot can enjoy the taste different from a cut flower, if the bulb part of a to-be-cultivated object is made visible from the outside, for example.

  Many tulips and the like are hydroponically cultivated using a bulb holder, and the tulips and the like selected according to the growing state are transplanted to a hydroponics container such as a pot, so that the flowering time and height can be aligned, and the ornamental value is improved.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of a bulb holder 10 used for hydroponics of flower bulbs according to the present invention, FIG. 1 (a) shows a perspective view, FIG. 1 (b) shows a longitudinal sectional view, and FIG. ) Shows a state in which a plurality of bulb holders 10 are connected to each other and tulip bulbs 1 as flower bulbs are arranged in each.
Here, flower bulbs mean ornamental plants that can hydroponically grow bulbs.
The bulb holder 10 is integrally formed of resin, and has a cylindrical tube portion 30 whose horizontal cross section is substantially a regular hexagon, and a receiving surface portion 20 that extends in an inward ring shape from the upper end portion 30a of the tube portion 30. A plurality of guide pieces 40 are provided so as to surround the receiving surface portion 20 from the vicinity of the outer circumferential edge 20a of the receiving surface portion 20.
The receiving surface portion 20 is provided with a receiving surface 21 for receiving the bulb 1 so as to be recessed from above so that the central side is inclined downward, and the in-cylinder space portion 33 of the cylindrical portion 30 from above at a substantially central position of the receiving surface 21. A circular through hole 23 penetrating therethrough is provided.
The guide pieces 40 extend upward in parallel from every other apex position of the circumferential outer edge 20a formed in a substantially regular hexagon of the receiving surface portion 20, and a guide surface 41 is provided on the receiving surface portion 20 side. It is.
As shown in FIG. 1 (c), the receiving surface portion 20 and the guide piece 40 receive the bulb 1 at the receiving surface 21 so as to be applied to the root 23 through which the root of the lower portion of the bulb 1 grows. Is supported by the guide piece 40, or the bulb 1 is held between the guide pieces 40 by lightly holding the bulb.
The cylindrical portion 30 has a cylindrical axial direction as a vertical method by bringing the lower end portion 30b into contact with the mounting surface 5 in the cylindrical circumferential direction with respect to the mounting surface 5 on which the bulb holder 10 is mounted. 10 is placed on the mounting surface 5 and the receiving surface portion 20 is disposed at a predetermined height with the in-cylinder space portion 33 separated from the mounting surface 5.

FIG. 4A shows an explanatory diagram depicting a longitudinal section of the bulb holder 10 in a state where the bulb 1 is placed on the receiving surface portion 20, and FIG. Shows the state.
In FIG. 4B, the root 4 growing from the bulb portion 3 of the cultivated object 2 usually diffuses larger than the diameter of the through-hole 23 through the through-hole 23 and in the in-cylinder space portion 33 of the bulb holder 10. A part of which extends to the lower surface 22 side of the receiving surface portion 20 and extends along the inner side surface 32 of the cylindrical portion 30.
By extending the root 4 so that the root 4 diffuses in the in-cylinder space portion 33, the cultivated object 2 grown in the bulb holder 10 has an inner side surface 32 where the root 4 is displaced with respect to a displacement such as an inclination with respect to the bulb holder 10. It comes to be related to the receiving surface part 20, and can become independent with respect to the bulb holder 10.
The shape of the receiving surface portion 20 is such that even though the through-hole 23 is passed from above the grown root through-hole 23, the receiving surface portion 20 is projected and arranged in the in-cylinder space portion 33 through the through-hole 23 below the bulb. The root may be extended as it is in the in-cylinder space 33.

As shown in FIG. 1, an upward claw-like engaging portion 34 extending in the surface direction protrudes from one surface 31 a that forms a substantially regular hexagonal cross section on the outer surface 31 of the cylindrical portion 30.
And the other surface 31b is provided with the to-be-engaged part 35 which notched upward from the lower end from the outer surface 31a of the cylinder part 30 to the inner surface 31b.
The engaging portion 34 and the engaged portion 35 are for connecting a plurality of bulb holders in the horizontal direction, and the engaging portion 34 of one bulb holder is made to have a claw-shaped tip with the surface 31a along the surface 31b. From the side, the bulb holders are moved up and down so as to be inserted into the cutout shape of the other engaged portion 35, and the engaged portion 34 and the engaged portion 35 are engaged, for example, FIG. ), The bulb holders 10 can be connected to each other.
FIG. 2 shows a state in which the bulb holder 10 and the pot 60 are combined.
The bulb holder 10 is connected to a shape suitable for cultivation in, for example, a cultivation tank or the like, and after growing flower bulbs, the bulb holders 10 are reconnected to the shape matched to the pot 60, For example, it can be transplanted and used for viewing as shown in FIG.
The pot 60 is made of, for example, glass or plastic, and is opened upward by closing a lower portion of the cylindrical portion 61 with a cylindrical bottom portion 62.
And the upper part of the cylinder part 61 is made transparent so that the part above the bulb part 3 of the to-be-cultivated object 2 can be seen from the outside as a transparent part 61a, and the lower part of the cylinder part 61 is made into a non-transparent part 61b. The lower part of the bulb holder 10 is not directly visible.
The inner side surface 61c of the cylindrical portion 61 of the pot 60 is preferably provided so as to substantially face a part of the bulb holder 10 placed outside in the pot 60 so as to prevent the bulb holder 10 from falling down.
Further, the bulb holder 10 does not have to be connected to all of the bulb holders 10 disposed on the tube bottom 62 of the pot 60.

FIG. 5 shows an explanatory view of a state in which a specific bulb holder is separated from the connected bulb holders.
As shown in FIG. 5 (a), when taking out a specific bulb holder 10a from the connected bulb holders 10 and 10a, first, as shown in FIG. 5 (b), the specific bulb holder 10a and The position of the adjacent bulb holder 10 is shifted up and down to remove the connection. Similarly, the connection to the adjacent bulb holder 10 on the opposite side is also removed, and the selected bulb holder 10a as shown in FIG. Separate from connection and take out.
FIG. 6 shows an explanatory diagram of a state in which a specific item is selected from a plurality of cultivated items grown using a bulb holder.
A plurality of cultivated objects 2a are selected from a plurality of cultivated substances 2 and 2a that are grown in a cultivation tank 6 or the like using a bulb holder and have different growth states, for example, so that the flowering state is almost aligned, and the bulb holder 10a is separated from the other bulb holder 10 as shown in FIG.
Then, the separated bulb holders 10a are connected to each other in accordance with, for example, a pot to be transplanted, and transplanted into the pot 60 as shown in FIG.
Thus, in the transplant destination of the cultivated thing grown with the bulb holder, adjustments such as arranging the flowering state of the flowers can be easily performed.

The shape of the bulb holder is not limited as long as at least an annular receiving surface portion is provided inwardly on the upper end portion of the cylindrical portion so that the cylindrical portions can be continuously connected in the horizontal direction. For example, as shown in FIG. A circular bulb holder 70 may be used.
FIG. 7B shows a state where the bulb holder 70 and the pot 60 are combined.

The explanatory view of the bulb holder for flower bulb bulb hydroponics concerning the present invention is shown. The state which combined the bulb holder and the pot is shown. The to-be-cultivated thing grown with the bulb holder shows the state transplanted to the pot in the hydroponics state. (A) shows explanatory drawing which drew the longitudinal cross-section of the bulb holder of the state which mounted the bulb on the receiving surface part, (b) shows the state which grew the bulb. An explanatory view of a state where a specific bulb holder is separated from a connected bulb holder is shown. An explanatory view of a state which sorts out a specific thing from a plurality of to-be-cultivated things grown using a bulb holder is shown. (A) shows a bulb holder having a substantially circular cross section, and (b) shows a combination of a bulb holder having a substantially circular cross section and a pot. The conventional hydroponics state is shown.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bulb 2 The to-be-cultivated object 2a grown from the bulb The selected to-be-cultivated object 3 The bulb part 4 The root 5 The mounting surface 6 which puts a bulb holder The cultivation tank 10 The bulb holder 10a The selected bulb holder 20 The receiving surface part 20a The circumferential direction of a receiving surface part Outer edge 21 Receiving surface 22 Lower surface 23 Through hole 30 Cylindrical portion 30a Upper end portion 30b Lower end portion 31 Outer side surface 31a Surface provided with engagement portion 31b Surface provided with engagement portion Inner side surface 33 In-cylinder space portion 34 Engagement portion 35 Engaged portion 40 Guide piece 41 Guide surface 60 Pot 61 Tube portion 61a Transparent portion 61b Non-transparent portion 61c Inner side surface 62 Tube bottom portion 70 Bulb holder

Claims (4)

A bulb holder used for hydroponics of flower bulbs,
A bulb holder characterized by having a cylindrical portion penetrating in the vertical direction and a receiving surface portion extending obliquely inwardly downward from an upper portion of the cylindrical portion.   The bulb holder according to claim 1, further comprising a guide piece upward from the cylindrical portion.   The bulb holder according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the tube portion has an engaging portion and an engaged portion, and a plurality of bulb holders can be connected by the mutual engaging portion and the engaged portion.   A tulip characterized in that a plurality of tulips grown hydroponically using the bulb holder according to any one of claims 1 to 3 are arranged in a bottomed hydroponic container that is transparent at least above the bulb portion of the tulip to be hydroponically grown. Water culture method.

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