JP2011142835A - Water-saving type wooden planter - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wooden planter obtainable by using thinnings, and having a structure in which surplus water is stored/retained in the planter without causing root rot in plants and effectively used for plants with the lapse of time and date when increasing an amount of water to be supplied in one time watering in order to reduce water supply work to plants to be cultivated and grown. <P>SOLUTION: This water-saving wooden planter is formed by arranging a water nonpermeable waterproof sheet b in a lining state in the inside of a square box-like wooden container body (a) which is assembled by four corner square pillars 1 made of wood, four perimeter side wall plates, and a bottom plate 2 to be a bottom wall, suspending the peripheral part across the upper edge of the four perimeter side wall plates 3 to form the wooden container body (a) of a watertight structure, packing wood chips c of a raw piece of wood in the lower half side of the inside of the container body (a) followed by spreading a porous sheet d made of a vegetable fiber over the upper surface, and packing in the upper half side, bed soil e lightened by mixing compost obtained by compost fermenting peat moss, Kanuma soil, leaf mold, and chaff by actinomyces. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cultivation container (planter) for cultivating and cultivating flowers and vegetables, and enhances the water retention capacity of floor soil packed in the container so that the frequency of water supply can be reduced. About.

  Planters for cultivating and growing plants such as florets and vegetables are usually made in a pot shape made of magnetic or synthetic resin, and a drainage hole is formed on the bottom. In addition, there are wooden planters that are made in box-shaped pots made of wood because raw materials can be obtained at low cost, but this wooden one is also used when water is supplied to the floor soil packed in the container. Excess water is discharged from the drain holes provided in the bottom plate or from the joints of the plate members forming the peripheral wall and the bottom wall.

  When cultivating vegetables such as eggplant and tomatoes with a planter, use a planter with a large capacity and cultivate by packing a large amount of floor soil, but since vegetables require a lot of water, supply a lot of water Must. If this large amount of water is applied to the planter at once, the capacity to absorb and retain the water in the floor soil in the planter is limited. Since it is released from the soil and overflows to the outside through the drain hole at the bottom of the planter, even if a large amount of water is poured into the planter, only the water absorbed and retained by the floor soil remains in the planter Result.

  For this reason, the cultivation of vegetables by planters requires management with increased frequency of water supply, such as continuous irrigation with a water volume suitable for the water supply and retention capacity of the floor soil.

  And if this irrigation performed every day is neglected even for several days, it will lead to the death of the cultivated vegetables due to lack of water. For this reason, cultivation of vegetables by a planter is accompanied by a restriction that it is not allowed to leave for several days due to irrigation that must be performed every day.

  If the plant to be cultivated in the planter grows in nature, if the planter is supplied with 5 to 10 times the amount of water required for the day, the water is held in the planter. The day or 10th day can be left without irrigation, and the above-mentioned restrictions are eliminated.

  As a means to release this restriction, there is a means to increase the water retention capacity of the floor soil inserted and spread in the planter so that a large amount of water is retained, and the total amount of water supplied to the planter is within the planter. In order to prevent the water supplied into the planter from flowing out, the bottom wall of the planter has a water-tight structure without drain holes so that the bottom wall of the planter can be retained.

  The former means that the soil in the planter must hold not only moisture but also nutrients necessary for the growth of the plant to be cultivated. There is a problem that it is not easy to construct the floor soil so that it is sufficiently performed.

  Also, in order to keep the supplied water in the planter, the means to make the planter without drain holes at the bottom should be molded into a structure with no drain holes at the bottom for resin planters. In the case of a wooden planter that can be obtained easily at a low cost, the supplied water is not discharged from the planter because overflow and drainage are also performed from the joints of the side wall and bottom wall plate members. It is difficult to make a structure.

  Also, if the planter has a structure in which the water supplied to it is not discharged to the outside, excess water that is not absorbed and retained in the floor soil in the planter will stay in the planter. As a result, the roots of the plants cultivated and grown on the floor soil in the planter are shielded from the air to cause root rot, thereby causing a problem of impairing the growth of the plants.

  The problem to be solved in the present invention is that when the amount of water supplied by one irrigation to the plants in the planter is increased in order to reduce the frequency of water supply to the plants cultivated and grown by the planter, A planter with a structure that is stored and held in the planter without causing root rot to the roots of the plant and used effectively for the plant over time, as a wooden planter using thinned wood It is in the point to be obtained.

As a means for solving the above-described problems, the present invention provides:
A rectangular box-shaped wooden container body a is assembled by a prism 1 coordinated at four corners formed by wood, a side wall plate surrounding the four sides, and a bottom plate 2 as a bottom wall, and the inner surface side of the container body a Further, a water-impermeable waterproof sheet b made of a synthetic resin material or the like is arranged in a lining shape, and the wooden container body a is suspended by suspending the peripheral edge of the waterproof sheet b on the upper edge of the four side wall plates 3. Constructed in a watertight structure, the wood chip c of raw wood pieces is packed in the lower half side of the container body a to a thickness that fills the lower half side, and the plant is placed on the upper surface of the deposited layer of the wood chip c. A perforated sheet d made of fiber is laid, and compost or the like obtained by fermenting peat moss, Kanuma soil, humus soil, and rice husk with actinomycetes on the upper half side of the container body a on the upper surface side of the sheet d. A water-saving wooden plug filled with lightened floor soil e. It is intended to raise the center.
In addition,
The edge of the waterproof sheet b is inserted into the upper edge of the four-sided side wall plate 3 from the edge of the waterproof sheet b suspended on the upper edge thereof, by inserting the frame edge f of the slug-free shape formed in the fitting frame with the copper plate. A water-saving wooden planter characterized in that is shaped on the upper edge of the side wall plate 3,
In addition, the bed soil e to be loaded on the upper half side of the container body a, peat moss, Kanuma soil, humus soil, and special fertilizer fermented with actinomycetes and composted at approximately equal proportions. It proposes a water-saving wooden planter characterized by blending and adjusting.

  The water-saving wooden planter according to the present invention is configured such that the lower half side of the container body a is filled with the wood chips c, and the lighter floor soil e is filled on the upper half side, so that the plant is planted. The previous moving work can be easily performed. When supplying a large amount of water exceeding the water retention capacity of the floor soil when supplying water to the planted plants, excess water is collected in the water reservoir w filling the wood chip c formed on the lower half side of the container body a, As time passes, it gradually shifts to the floor soil e through the wood chip c, so that the frequency of water supply / irrigation can be reduced to facilitate the cultivation management of the planted plants. And since the container main body a is made with the timber which processing of thinned wood etc. is troublesome, and the waterproof sheet b is laid inside, it is obtained at low cost.

It is a front view of the water-saving type wooden planter which implements this invention. It is a vertical front view of a planter same as the above. It is a perspective view in the process of assembling the container main body of a planter same as the above. It is a perspective view of the prism used for an assembly of a container main part same as the above. It is a top view of the same prism. It is a vertical side view of the lower end part of the same prism. It is a perspective view of the baseplate used for the assembly of a container main body same as the above. It is a perspective view of the state in which the bottom plate same as the above was turned over. It is a perspective view of a part of the sheet | seat made from a vegetable fiber spread | laid so that the upper half side and the lower half side may be divided inside the planter same as the above.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a front view of a water-saving cultivation container (planter) for carrying out the present invention, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal front view of the same container, and in these figures, a is a container assembled using a thinning material such as larch A main body, b is a non-water-permeable waterproof sheet made of a synthetic resin stretched inside the container main body a, and c is a bottom portion inside the container main body a surrounded by the waterproof sheet b. The spread wood chip, d, is a perforated sheet made of plant fibers that covers the upper surface of the accumulation layer of the wood chip c and partitions the interior of the container body a up and down, and e is above the perforated sheet d. The floor soil loaded inside the container main body a, f is a peripheral portion of the waterproof sheet b that is stretched inside the container main body a and is suspended on the upper edge of the side wall plate 3 of the container main body a. The side wall plate 3 is locked so as to be engaged with the upper edge of the side wall plate 3. Slugs made of a copper plate is fitted on the edge except the frame edge, g denotes a cap except slug made of copper plate covering the top of the prism 1 has been assembled coordinated to the four corners of the container body a.

  The container body a is a rectangular seat plate-like body in which a plurality of square pillars 1 made of timber squares arranged upright and arranged at four corners thereof and a plurality of flat plates made of timber plates are juxtaposed in the horizontal direction. The bottom plate 2 which forms the bottom wall of the container main body a by attaching the four corners of the seat plate-like body to the respective lower ends of the four prisms 1, and the flat plate made of a wood plate material in the vertical direction The four prisms 1 arranged in the four corners are arranged in parallel, and are composed of a side wall plate 3 that spans between two adjacent prisms 1 to form a peripheral wall, and is assembled into a square flat box shape. is there.

  The prism 1 is formed by cutting a square from thinned larch into a length corresponding to the height of the container body a to be assembled. In this example, each side has a 120 cm square with a length of 120 mm. This square was cut to a length of 360 mm.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the prism 1 has two wall surfaces 1 b and 1 c sandwiching the corner portion 1 a toward the center of the container body a when disposed at the four corners of the container body a to be assembled. As shown in FIG. 4, in the vertical fitting groove 4 continuous in the vertical direction that is the longitudinal direction of the prism 1 along the wall surfaces 1 b and 1 c of the prism 1, and at the lower end side portion of the prism 1, A horizontal fitting groove 5 is formed so as to sway along the horizontal direction from the corner portion 1 a toward the inside of the prism 1.

  The vertical fitting groove 4 is for fitting the end portion of the side wall plate 3, and the width of the groove is formed in a dimension corresponding to the thickness of the end portion of the side wall plate 3. In this embodiment, since the thickness of the side wall plate 3 is set to 30 mm, the side wall plate 3 is formed so as to form 30 mm vertical and horizontal square holes in plan view, and the prism 1 Is formed in a range from the upper end surface to the lower end surface.

  The horizontal fitting grooves 5 are for fitting the corners of the assembled bottom plate 2 and assembling the bottom plate 2 to the prism 1 at a predetermined height position. A plurality of unit base plates 20 having a width of 30 mm are assembled in parallel to form a square seat plate, and a 30 mm square connecting member 21 is provided on the bottom surface of the bottom plate 2, so that the bottom surface of the bottom plate 2 is provided. Is positioned at a height of 30 mm, so that the upper and lower groove width is set to 30 mm at the lower end of the prism 1 and 30 mm higher than the lower end surface of the prism 1. It is formed in the shape of an encroaching groove that digs in the lateral direction from the corner portion 1 a toward the inside of the prism 1.

  As shown by the chain line in FIG. 5, the penetration depth of the horizontal fitting groove 5 is opposite to the corner portion 1a of the vertical fitting groove 4 provided on the wall surface 1b in plan view. A range extending from the groove wall 4a located to the groove wall 4a located on the opposite side to the corner portion 1a of the vertical fitting groove 4 provided on the wall surface 1c is swollen. When the corner plate of the bottom plate 2 is fitted to 5 and assembled, the side wall plate 3 fitted and attached to the vertical fitting groove 4 is attached from the upper surface of the edge of the assembled bottom plate 2 as shown in FIG. I try to stand up.

  The bottom plate 2 is formed by connecting together a suitable number of unit bottom plates 20 formed from a timber into a flat plate with an appropriate width in parallel in the width direction along the horizontal direction and integrally connecting them with a connecting member 21 provided on the lower surface side. As shown in FIG. 8, it is formed in the shape of a square seat plate. In this example, a unit bottom plate 20 formed from a thinned lumber of larch into a flat plate having a thickness of 30 mm, a width of 120 mm, and a length of 720 mm is provided. , By attaching a 30 mm square connecting member 21 in parallel in the width direction of the 6 sheets along the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the unit bottom plates 20 arranged in parallel, a square having a length and width of 720 mm It is formed in the shape of a flat seat plate. Then, the corners of the four corners are respectively fitted into the horizontal fitting grooves 5 formed at the lower ends of the four prisms 1 and screwed from the bottom side of the prisms 1. By closing with the screw bolt S, the bottom plate of the container main body a is configured to be integrally connected to the prism 1.

  The side wall plate 3 is assembled so as to be bridged between the rectangular column 1 and the rectangular column 1 by appropriately arranging a plate material formed from a wood into a flat plate having an appropriate width in the vertical direction along the vertical direction. The peripheral wall of the main body a is configured. In this example, a flat unit side wall plate 30 having a thickness of 30 mm, a width of 100 mm, and a length of 600 mm is formed from a larch thinning material. Three pieces are inserted into the vertical fitting groove 4 of the two adjacent prisms 1 with both ends of each of them, and inserted along the groove 4 to obtain three pieces. Continuing in a state where the unit side wall plates 30 are joined together in the width direction, one of the four peripheral walls of the container body a is configured, and the peripheral wall is configured by performing this on each surface. Yes. Then, the united three units are joined by closing and connecting the both ends of the unit side wall plate 30 positioned at the top of the unit side wall plates 30 arranged in the width direction and the prism 1 by the screw bolt S. The entire side wall plate 30 is fixed and assembled to the prism 1, thereby assembling a wooden container body a having a rectangular flat box shape in cooperation with the bottom plate 2 and the prism 1 described above.

  The waterproof sheet b is stretched inside the container body a assembled with wood as described above, so that the inner space of the wooden container body a is kept watertight with respect to the outside. a is a watertight container, and in this example, a square synthetic resin sheet is used, one side of which is approximately twice as wide as the edge of the container body a. This is put on the container main body a, the center part is pushed in conforming to the inner surface shape of the container main body a, and the four side edges are suspended on the upper edge of the four side wall plates 3 of the container main body a. By hanging, the container body a is attached and attached to the container body a, so that the inner space of the container body a has a watertight structure. When the frame edge f made of a slug-free copper plate is attached to the upper edge of the side wall plate 3, the side edge of the sheet b hung on the upper edge of the side wall plate 3 is attached to the side edge of the side wall plate 3. By fitting from above the sheet b suspended on the upper edge, it is clamped and held.

  The wood chip c grows on the floor soil e in the container with respect to the water accumulated in the water reservoir portion w when the water reservoir portion w is formed in the bottom portion in the container main body a having a watertight structure by the above-described waterproof sheet b. In order to prevent the roots of the crop from being directly immersed, the water reservoir w is cut off from the soil soil e. In this example, the height is about 15 mm which is half the height of the container body a having a depth of about 30 mm. It is laid down to the height of the pile.

  And the perforated sheet | seat d which consists of a vegetable fiber is spread | laid on the upper surface of the deposition layer of this wood chip | tip c, The floor soil e loaded in the container main body a is the container main body a on the upper surface side of this sheet | seat d. It is loaded to a depth of about 15 mm, which is about half of the depth of.

  In this example, a thin sheet d having a thickness of about 0.1 mm made of a plant fiber called “Grinpla (trade name)” is used as the perforated sheet “d”, as shown in FIG. Holes 1 cm in diameter are opened vertically and horizontally at intervals of about 10 cm.

  In order to increase the water retention capacity, to reduce the weight, and to improve the handling of the planter, the floor soil e was humus, Kanuma soil, peat moss, and special fertilizer (rice husks were fermented and fermented with actinomycetes) Compost) is mixed and adjusted approximately in equal amounts. As described above, this is introduced into the upper surface side of the plant fiber sheet d laid on the upper surface of the wood chip c and loaded into the container body a. It is.

  The planter A configured in this way is configured such that the floor soil e packed inside reduces the weight, and the weight clogged into the water reservoir w at the bottom of the container main body a Since it is set to c, the operation | work when moving the planter A can be performed easily in order to plant the plant which it is going to grow.

  In addition, when water is supplied to the floor soil e in the planter A for irrigation of the plant when cultivating plants such as planted palms and tomatoes, the water is first the floor soil with improved water retention. The water absorbed and retained by e and exceeding the water retention capacity of the floor soil e is the upper half of the container body a in which the floor soil e is packed and the lower half of the container body a in which the wood chips c are spread. The sheet d made of vegetable fiber that separates the side is permeated and flows into the lower half side of the container body a, and is prevented from overflowing to the outside by the waterproof sheet b lining the container body a. The lower half side of the container body a is stored as a water reservoir w.

  The water stored in the water reservoir w is stored without damaging the roots of plants that grow on the floor soil e because the water reservoir w is partitioned from the floor soil e by the plant sheet d. Then, as time passes, the water in the floor soil e is absorbed by the plant, and as the floor soil e recovers its water retention capacity, the myriad of plant tissues of the wood chip c in the water reservoir w By sucking up through the pores, it moves to the floor soil e and is absorbed by the plants planted in the floor soil e.

  For this reason, even if a quantity of water exceeding the water retention capacity of the floor soil e is supplied at a time, surplus water exceeding the water retention capacity is effectively stored and sequentially supplied to the floor soil e. As a result, the frequency of water supply and irrigation can be reduced, and water can be saved by preventing the supplied water from escaping.

  And when this wood chip c stuffed in the water reservoir w is filled into the container main body a together with the floor soil e to constitute a cultivation container (planter), it is in a state of a raw wood piece. When the planter is planted and cultivated by planting the floor soil e, it becomes humus by being immersed in the water accumulated in the water reservoir w.

  Wood chips c that were in the form of raw wood when planting was planted on the floor soil e in early spring and the use of planter A began, humus progressed around the midsummer when the planted plants grew. Then, since it becomes a state close to compost, even if the growth of the plant progresses and the root expands and enters the water reservoir w through the hole 6 made in the plant sheet d, Since the humus wood chips c are brought into contact with the water impregnated, the roots are not damaged. And this wood chip | tip c comes to increase the water storage amount effectively stored in a water reservoir part by humification.

A Planter S Screw bolt a Container body b Waterproof sheet c Wood chip d Perforated sheet e Floor soil f Slug-free frame edge g Slug-free cap w Water reservoir 1 Square pillar 1a Corner 1b 1c Wall 2 Bottom plate 20 Unit bottom plate 21 Connecting material 3 Side wall plate 30 Unit side wall plate 4 Vertical fitting groove 4a Groove wall 5 Horizontal fitting groove 6 hole

Claims (3)

  A rectangular box-shaped wooden container body (a) is composed of a prism (1) coordinated at four corners formed by wood, a side wall plate (3) surrounding the four circumferences, and a bottom plate (2) as a bottom wall. Assembling, a water-impermeable waterproof sheet (b) made of a synthetic resin material or the like is arranged on the inner surface side of the container body (a) in a lining form, and the peripheral part of the waterproof sheet (b) A wooden container body (a) is suspended in the upper edge of the plate (3) to form a watertight structure, and a wooden chip (c) of raw wood pieces is placed on the lower half of the container body (a). Packed to a thickness that fills the lower half side, a perforated sheet (d) made of plant fiber is laid on the upper surface of the deposited layer of the wood chip (c), and the container on the upper surface side of the sheet (d) In the upper half of the main body (a), peat moss, Kanuma soil, humus soil, and rice husks were fermented and fermented with actinomycetes. Water-saving wood planters that by blending a fertilizer or the like comprising stuffing a lightweight floor soil e.   From the top edge of the waterproof sheet (b) suspended on the upper edge of the four-sided side wall plate (3), the frame edge (f) excluding the slugs formed in the fitting frame by the copper plate is inserted, The water-saving wooden planter according to claim 1, wherein the peripheral edge of the waterproof sheet (b) is formed on the upper edge of the side wall plate (3).   The bed soil (e) to be loaded on the upper half of the container body (a) is made up of approximately equal amounts of peat moss, Kanuma soil, humus soil, and special fertilizer fermented with actinomycetes and composted. The water-saving wooden planter according to claim 1, wherein the water-saving wooden planter is adjusted by blending at a ratio.

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