JP2018064583A - Cultivation device and cultivation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cultivation device and a cultivation system which facilitate fertilizer management and water supply management.SOLUTION: A cultivation device 1 comprises: a culture medium storage container 10 whose top surface is opened and stores therein a culture medium; a medium storage container 40 which is connected so as to cover the opened top surface of the culture medium storage container 10, and on which a medium 46 can be arranged; a water sprinkling line 31 for sprinkling the culture medium stored in the culture medium storage container 10 to the medium storage container 40; and a liquid feeding pump 30 for feeding the culture medium to the water sprinkling line 31. A drain hole 43 is provided on the other end side to one end side where the culture medium is sucked by the liquid feeding pump 30 along a longitudinal direction on a bottom surface of the medium storage container 40, and on parts other than the other end side of the bottom surface, no drain hole 43 is provided.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a plant cultivation apparatus and a cultivation system.

  In recent years, wall greening can be expected to have many effects in addition to mitigation measures for heat island phenomenon and energy saving measures that have become a problem in urban areas. However, wall surface greening needs to be three-dimensionally green, which tends to increase the installation cost. Further, wall greening has not been widely used since it requires a great deal of labor and cost for management to maintain aesthetics after completion.

  Many of the methods for greening the wall are to cultivate plants using the soil surface. However, a planter is used as a cultivation container for wall greening in places where there is a restriction that the soil surface cannot be secured. For irrigation in wall greening using a planter, a pouring method is often employed in which tap water is sprinkled on the medium.

  Further, as a irrigation method other than pouring, there is also a method called bottom surface water supply (see Patent Document 1). The planter described in Patent Document 1 is installed outdoors, and is provided with a housing having an open upper end and a bottomed shape in the lower portion of the housing, and stores an amount of water that does not become empty at the time of most evaporation. A water tank, a medium provided at the upper part in the housing for dropping excessively contained rainwater to the water tank, and a water supply member for supplying water from the water tank to the medium when the medium is dried. It is an irrigated planter.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-23065

When performing the above-mentioned pouring, it is difficult to manage the fertilizer, and it takes time and effort because it is necessary to perform fertilizing work for each planter.
The bottom surface water supply described in Patent Document 1 is due to the capillary phenomenon of the water supply member, and there is a possibility that sufficient water supply is not performed. Moreover, uniform water supply is difficult.

  An object of this invention is to provide the cultivation apparatus and cultivation system with easy fertilizer management and water supply management.

  The present invention has an upper surface opened, a culture medium storage container for storing a culture medium therein, a medium storage container that is connected so as to close the upper surface opened of the culture medium storage container, and capable of arranging a medium; It is a cultivation apparatus provided with the watering line which sprinkles the culture solution stored in the said culture solution storage container to the said culture medium storage container, and the liquid feeding pump which sends a culture solution to the said watering line.

  The bottom surface of the medium container is an inclined surface that is inclined so as to be lowered from one end side to the other end side along the longitudinal direction, and a drainage hole is provided in the other end region that is lowered on the inclined surface. It is preferable that a drain hole is not provided except for the other end region of the inclined surface.

  It is preferable that the culture medium storage container includes a pair of end wall portions facing each other, and the end wall portion is provided with a through hole.

  You may provide the cover body which covers the upper surface of the said culture medium storage container.

  The present invention also provides a culture medium storage container having an upper surface opened and storing a culture medium therein, and a culture medium storage container connected to close the upper surface opened of the culture medium storage container and capable of arranging a culture medium. A cultivation apparatus comprising: a sprinkling line for sprinkling the culture solution stored in the culture solution storage container to the culture medium storage container; and a liquid feeding pump for sending the culture solution to the sprinkling line; and the culture solution storage container And a mounting system mounted on the outer periphery of the culture medium storage container, and a gantry comprising an attracting section that is detachable from the mounting section and is arranged on the top of the culture medium storage container. .

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the cultivation apparatus and cultivation system with easy fertilizer management and water supply management can be provided.

It is sectional drawing of the width direction of the cultivation apparatus 1 of 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the longitudinal direction of the cultivation apparatus 1. FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the cultivation system 3 containing the cultivation apparatus 1 and the mount frame 5. FIG. It is the figure which showed the form which the cultivation apparatus 1 has a shape corresponding to an installation position. It is a figure which shows the cultivation system 103 of 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the cultivation apparatus 300 of 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the cultivation apparatus 400 of 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the cultivation apparatus 500 of 5th Embodiment of this invention.

(First embodiment)
Hereinafter, the cultivation system 1 including the cultivation apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention and the cultivation apparatus 1 and the mount 5 will be described with reference to the drawings. Drawing 1 is a sectional view of the width direction of cultivation device 1 of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the cultivation apparatus 1 in the longitudinal direction. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a cultivation system 3 including one cultivation device 1 and a gantry 5 attached to the cultivation device 1.

The cultivation apparatus 1 has an upper surface opened, a culture solution storage container 10 for storing a culture solution therein, and a culture medium storage container 40 that is connected so as to close the opened upper surface of the culture solution storage container 10 and can arrange a culture medium 46. With.
In the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, three pairs of the culture medium storage container 10 and the culture medium storage container 40 (hereinafter referred to as the cultivation assembly 2) are connected to 3A, 2B, and 2C. It is not limited to this, The number of the cultivation assemblies 2 connected may be 3 or more and 3 or less.

  The cultivation apparatus 1 further includes a liquid feeding pump 30 disposed inside one culture liquid storage container 10 in the cultivation assembly 2, and a culture liquid fed by the liquid feeding pump 30. And a watering pipe 31 which is a watering line for watering.

(Medium container 40)
First, the culture medium container 40 will be described.
The culture medium container 40 is a bottomed box-type container having a rectangular cross-sectional shape in the horizontal direction and having an open top. A step 41 is provided on the outer periphery of the bottom 44 of the medium container 40.
The medium storage container 40 stores a medium 46 having water permeability therein.
As shown in FIG. 2, the bottom 44 of the culture medium container 40 is an inclined surface that becomes lower from one end side in the longitudinal direction toward the other end side (hereinafter, one end side is defined as the front side and the other end side is defined as the rear side). . And the drainage hole 43 is provided in the other end area | region which became low in the slope. Moreover, the drainage hole is not provided except the other end area | region of the inclined surface. The drain hole 43 is provided at such a height that it does not touch the culture solution stored in the culture solution storage unit 20.

(Culture medium storage container 10)
The culture solution storage container 10 is disposed below the culture medium storage container 40. The culture medium storage container 10 is a bottomed box-type container having a rectangular shape whose cross section in the horizontal direction is substantially the same as that of the culture medium storage container 40 and having an open top. Thus, since the culture medium storage container 40 and the culture solution storage container 10 have substantially the same horizontal cross section, by placing the step 41 of the culture solution storage container 10 on the upper end of the culture medium storage container 40, As shown in FIG. 3, the culture medium storage container 40 and the culture solution storage container 10 appear to be integrated in appearance.

As shown in FIG. 2, a drain hole 14 is provided at the bottom 13 of the culture solution storage container 10, and a plug 15 that can be opened and closed is attached to the hole 14.
Further, insertion holes 16 are provided in the longitudinal front and rear surfaces of the culture solution storage container 10. A tubular member 17 is inserted into an insertion hole 16 provided on the surface of the culture solution storage container 10 facing the other culture solution storage container 10. One tubular member 17 is inserted through an insertion hole 16 provided in the culture medium storage container 10 adjacent to each other. As a result, the culture medium storage containers 10 adjacent to each other are connected, and the culture liquid stored inside can be flowed.

(Liquid feeding pump 30)
As described above, the liquid feeding pump 30 is arranged inside the culture solution storage container 10 of one of the cultivation assemblies 2 (the first cultivation assembly 2 in the embodiment). The liquid feed pump 30 is preferably, for example, an amphibious pump with low noise.
In addition, in this embodiment, although the liquid feeding pump 30 is arrange | positioned in the inside of the culture solution storage container 10 in this way, you may arrange | position not only to this but the culture solution storage container 10 outside.

(Watering pipe 31)
A water spray pipe 31 extends from the liquid feed pump 30 as a liquid feed line. The sprinkling pipe 31 extends upward from the outside of the culture solution storage container 10 through the insertion hole 16 provided in the surface of the culture solution storage container 10 that is not opposed to the other culture solution storage container 10.
Holes 47 are provided in the front and rear surfaces of the medium container 40, respectively. The sprinkling pipe 31 passes through the holes 47, passes over the respective medium storage containers 40 in the cultivation assemblies 2A, 2B, and 2C, and extends to the rear end of the cultivation assembly 2C.

  A plurality of sprinkling holes 31a are provided in the lower part of the portion of the sprinkling pipe 31 passing over the cultivation assemblies 2A, 2B, 2C.

(Base 5)
As shown in FIG. 3, a gantry 5 can be mounted on the outer periphery of each cultivation assembly 2 in the cultivation device 1, and the cultivation system 3 is formed by the cultivation device 1 and the gantry 5.
The gantry 5 is for attracting, for example, a vine plant cultivated by the cultivation apparatus 1.
The gantry 5 includes two support pillars 51 that are arranged at front and rear ends in the longitudinal direction of the cultivation assembly 2 and extend vertically. Each of the support columns 51 can be separated into an upper support column 51A and a lower support column 51B, and the upper support column 51A can be attached to and detached from the lower support column 51B.
The gantry 5 includes a mounting portion 5 </ b> B attached to the outer periphery of the cultivation assembly 2 and an attracting portion 5 </ b> A arranged on the upper portion of the cultivation assembly 2.

The attracting part 5A includes an upper support column 51A, and an upper horizontal column 52a and a lower horizontal column 52b that extend between the two upper support columns 51A in the longitudinal direction.
Further, a plurality of vertically extending attracting pillars 53 alternately arranged on one side and the other in the width direction across the upper horizontal pillar 52a and the lower horizontal pillar 52b, and the alternately arranged attracting pillars 53 are connected to each other. And an auxiliary member 54 disposed so as to intersect the horizontal column.

  The mounting part 5B extends obliquely from the lower support column 51B at the outer frame part 55, the lower support column 51B, and the lower support column 51B disposed on the outer periphery of the lower part of the culture medium storage container 10, and extends from the lower support column 51B. And a reinforcing member 56 that reinforces the upright of the support column 51 by being connected to the portion 55.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a gantry mounting recess 29 into which the lower support column 51 </ b> B can be fitted is provided on the outside of the longitudinal front and rear surfaces of the culture solution storage container 10 and the culture medium storage container 40.

(how to use)
The mounting part 5 </ b> B of the gantry 5 is mounted on the outer periphery of each culture solution storage container 10.
A plurality of culture solution storage containers 10 to which the mounting parts 5B are mounted are arranged side by side in the longitudinal direction.
One tubular member 17 is inserted into two opposing insertion holes 16. Thereby, the some culture solution storage container 10 is connected.
A culture solution is put into each culture solution storage container 10. A culture medium container 40 is placed thereon.

  In the culture medium storage container 40, the culture soil as a culture medium is contained either before or after being placed on the culture solution storage container 10, and plants are planted in the culture soil.

The attracting part 5A of the gantry 5 is attached to the mounting part 5B.
The liquid feed pump 30 is operated. Although the time for operating the liquid feeding pump 30 varies depending on the season, for example, once a day is about 5 minutes, and the time can be managed by a timer or the like.
When the liquid feeding pump 30 is operated, the culture solution is sent to the upper part through the watering pipe 31, and is sprinkled into the medium through the watering hole 31a.
The sprinkled culture solution penetrates into the medium 46. According to the present embodiment, the bottom 44 of the culture medium container 40 is a slope that becomes lower from the front to the rear, so that the unabsorbed culture fluid flows through the bottom and from the drain hole 43 to the rear side. To leak.

(effect)
As described above, since the culture solution is automatically sent by the liquid feeding pump 30, it is possible to save the user from having to sprinkle water and supply the culture solution. Moreover, drying and growth failure due to forgetting to supply the culture solution do not occur.

  The culture solution is not poured, and the culture solution that has not been absorbed by the culture medium flows out from the drain hole 43 of the planter to the culture solution storage container 10. Since the culture solution stored in the culture solution storage container 10 is sent again to the medium by the liquid feeding pump 30, the culture solution is not wasted. Therefore, there is little possibility of environmental pollution.

  Since the culture solution is stored in the culture solution storage container 10, the liquid fertilizer management becomes easy and the fertilization work can be shortened.

  In addition, since the culture solution storage container 10 and the culture medium storage container 40 are installed and integrated in the culture solution storage container 10, there is no need to separately provide a culture solution tank or the like, and the installation place of the tank becomes unnecessary, saving Space can be achieved.

Since the bottom portion 44 of the medium container 40 is a slope that decreases from the front to the rear, the sprinkled culture solution is absorbed by the medium 46 until it reaches the bottom surface. Then, the culture solution that has not been absorbed flows through the bottom surface and flows out from the drainage hole 43 to the culture solution storage container 10 on the rear side.
Here, if a plurality of drain holes 43 are provided on the bottom surface, the sprinkled culture solution may flow out immediately, and the culture solution may not sufficiently penetrate into the culture medium 46. However, according to this embodiment, the drain hole 43 is provided in the lowest part in the bottom part. The sprinkled culture solution flows on the bottom surface until it reaches the drainage hole 43, so that the culture solution is sufficiently permeated into the culture medium 46 by being maintained for a certain period of time.

Since a pair of a plurality of pairs of the culture solution storage container 10 and the culture medium storage container 40 is connected and watering is performed by one liquid feeding pump 30, it is efficient and economical.
By passing one tubular member 17 through the insertion hole 16 provided in the culture solution storage container 10, adjacent culture solution storage containers 10 are connected to each other.
Thereby, the culture solution stored in the culture solution storage container 10 can flow between the adjacent culture solution storage containers 10, and the liquid amount can be collectively managed.

  Since the gantry 5 can be attached to the cultivation apparatus 1, the cultivation system 3 in which the cultivation apparatus 1 and the gantry 5 are integrated can be provided. Therefore, wall cultivation can be performed by this cultivation system 3 alone.

  In the present embodiment, the culture solution storage container 10 is disposed so as to cover the entire upper surface of the culture medium storage container 40. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the overlapping of the culture medium storage container 40 and the culture solution storage container 10 may be a part rather than the entire surface. Furthermore, the culture medium storage container 40 and the culture medium storage container 10 do not overlap with each other, and may be arranged in another place.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, although the cross-sectional shape of the horizontal direction of the culture medium storage container 40 and the culture solution storage container 10 was the same shape, it is not limited to this. For example, each of the culture medium storage container 40 and the culture solution storage container 10 may have a shape corresponding to the shape of the wall or floor where the cultivation apparatus 1 is installed. FIG. 4 shows a form in which the cultivation apparatus 1 has a shape corresponding to the installation position. FIG. 4A shows a form in which the width of the medium container 40 is reduced corresponding to the size of the protrusion A when the protrusion A is provided on the side wall of the place where the cultivation apparatus 1 is arranged. Indicates. In FIG. 4 (b), when the protruding portion B is provided on the floor where the cultivation apparatus 1 is arranged, a concave portion is provided in the culture solution storage container 10 corresponding to the size of the protruding portion B. The form is shown.

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a cultivation system 103 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The cultivation apparatus 1 of 2nd Embodiment is the same as that of 1st Embodiment. The difference from the first embodiment is that the gantry 105 is attached to the side surface of the cultivation apparatus 1, and the lid member 120 that covers the upper surface of the culture medium storage container 40 is provided. A description of the same points as in the first embodiment will be omitted.

  According to 2nd Embodiment, since the cover member 120 which covers the upper surface of the culture medium storage container 40 is provided in addition to the effect similar to 1st Embodiment, it covers the root vicinity of the plant arrange | positioned at the culture medium 46. Can do. Therefore, since the vicinity of the root of the plant is covered from the outside, it is more beautiful. In the case of a vine plant, the lid member 120 does not become an obstacle to sunlight irradiation because the vine rises on the mount 105.

(Third embodiment)
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a cultivation apparatus 300 according to the third embodiment. The third embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a switching valve 60 is provided in the middle of a pipe 61 extending from the liquid feed pump 30 to the sprinkling pipe 31. The water spray pipe 31 is connected to one of the flow paths switched by the switching valve 60, and the drain pipe 62 is connected to the other. Since other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, description of similar configurations is omitted.

By operating the switching valve 60, the flow path of the culture solution sent from the liquid feeding pump 30 and passing through the pipe 61 can be switched between the watering pipe 31 and the drainage pipe 62.
When the flow path of the culture solution sent from the liquid feeding pump 30 and passing through the pipe 61 is connected to the watering pipe 31, the culture solution is sent to the watering pipe 31 and sprinkled into the medium.
When the flow path of the culture solution sent from the solution pump 30 and passing through the pipe 61 is switched by the operation of the switching valve 60 and connected to the drain pipe 62, the culture solution stored in the culture solution storage container 10 is Then, it flows out to the outside through the drain pipe 61.

  According to this embodiment, the culture solution can be sucked out by the liquid feeding pump 30 and discharged to the outside. Thereby, when exchanging a culture solution, when washing | cleaning the culture solution storage container 10, etc., a culture solution can be easily discharged | emitted outside.

(Fourth embodiment)
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a cultivation apparatus 400 according to the fourth embodiment. The fourth embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that a float valve 72 that penetrates the wall of the culture solution storage container 10 is provided, and the float 71 extends from the float valve 72 to the inside of the culture solution storage container 10. Is a point. The float valve 72 opens and closes depending on the position of the float 71. A water supply source 73 and a fertilizer supply source 74 are connected to the float valve 72, respectively. Since other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, description of similar configurations is omitted.

  When the level of the culture solution in the culture solution storage container 10 becomes lower than the predetermined water level, the float valve 72 extending from the float 71 opens, and water is supplied from the water supply source 73 such as tap water and the fertilizer supply source 74 to the culture solution storage container 10. Fertilizer and are supplied. When the water level of the culture solution in the culture solution storage container 10 exceeds the predetermined water level, the float valve 72 is closed, and the supply of water and fertilizer from the water supply source 73 and the fertilizer supply source 74 such as tap water is stopped.

  Thereby, the amount of water and the amount of fertilizer in the culture solution storage container 10 can be kept constant. In addition, a float valve and a float may be provided for the water supply source 73 and the fertilizer supply source 74, respectively, and may be opened and closed separately.

(Fifth embodiment)
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a cultivation apparatus 500 according to the fifth embodiment. The fourth embodiment is different from the fifth embodiment in that a recess 13 a is provided at the bottom of the culture solution storage container 10. A pump 30 is disposed in the recess 13a.
The recess 13a restricts the movement of the liquid feed pump 30 in the front-rear direction, and prevents the liquid feed pump 30 from moving beyond the recess 13a during transportation.
Further, since the recess 13a is provided, the water level (water depth) in the recess 13a is higher than that of the other portions, and a water level that can be sucked in by the liquid feeding pump 30 can be secured. Therefore, the culture medium storage container 10 can be made compact while ensuring an effective amount of water for the liquid feeding pump 30.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,300,400 Cultivation apparatus 2,2A, 2B, 2C Cultivation assembly 3,103 Cultivation system 5,105 Mounting base 5A Induction part 5B Mounting part 10 Culture solution storage container 13 Bottom part 14 Hole 16 Insertion hole 17 Tubular member 29 Mounting base Concave part 30 Liquid feed pump 31 Sprinkling pipe 31a Sprinkling hole 40 Medium container 41 Step part 43 Through hole 44 Bottom part 46 Medium 120 Lid member

Claims (11)

A culture solution storage container having an upper surface opened and storing a culture solution therein;
A culture medium storage container connected so as to block the upper surface of the culture medium storage container and capable of arranging a culture medium;
A watering line for sprinkling the culture solution stored in the culture solution storage container to the medium storage container;
A liquid feed pump for sending a culture solution to the watering line,
A drainage hole is provided on the other end side of the bottom surface of the culture medium container along the longitudinal direction with respect to the one end side where the culture solution is sucked by the liquid feeding pump, and other than the other end side of the bottom surface. Has no drain hole,
Cultivation equipment. The bottom surface of the medium container is an inclined surface that is inclined so as to become lower from the one end side toward the other end side.
The cultivation apparatus according to claim 1. The liquid feeding pump is disposed inside the culture medium storage container,
The cultivation device according to claim 1 or 2. A recess is provided at the bottom of the culture solution storage container, and a liquid feed pump is disposed in the recess,
The cultivation apparatus of any one of Claim 1 to 3. The culture medium storage container includes a pair of end wall portions facing each other, and the end wall portion is provided with a through hole.
The cultivation apparatus of any one of Claim 1 to 4. Holes are provided on the front and rear surfaces of the medium container, respectively.
The cultivation apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the watering line passes through the holes and over the medium container. A lid that covers an upper surface of the medium container;
The cultivation apparatus of any one of Claim 1 to 6. The switching valve is provided in the middle of the pipe extending from the liquid feed pump to the watering line, and one of the switching valves is connected to the watering line and the other is connected to a drain pipe. The cultivation apparatus as described in. A step is provided on the outer periphery of the bottom of the medium container,
It is possible to place the step of the culture solution storage container on the upper end of the culture solution storage container.
The cultivation apparatus of any one of Claim 1 to 8. A float extending to the culture medium reservoir;
A float valve connected to the float and a water supply source,
By opening and closing the float valve according to the position of the float corresponding to the water level in the culture solution storage container, water supply to the culture solution storage container from the water supply source and water supply stop are performed.
The cultivation apparatus of any one of Claim 1 to 9. The cultivation apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 10,
A mounting portion mounted on the outer periphery of the culture medium storage container and the culture medium storage container;
An attracting part that is detachable with respect to the mounting part and is arranged on an upper part of the culture medium container;
A cultivation system comprising:

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