JP4209528B2 - Plant stem attracting method - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method for attracting stems of vines such as tomatoes and cucumbers.
[0002]
[Prior art]
When cultivating vine-like plants such as tomatoes and cucumbers, conventionally, a plant cultivation floor is installed on the ground, and the stems that have grown according to the growth of the plant are attracted upward, and the plant is substantially horizontal above the cultivation floor. The stem support member is movably coupled to the attracting line stretched on the stem, and further, the stem support member is gradually moved in the direction away from the cultivation floor along the attract line as the stem extends. Are attracted in the same direction.
For this reason, the stem which has begun to grow from the cultivation floor will crawl the ground.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the conventional method for attracting stems of plants as described above, since the stem that has started to grow from the cultivation floor as described above is a method of spreading on the ground, in a predetermined space in the lateral direction from the cultivation floor, There are only a portion that crawls on the ground and a portion that extends upward, and for the space, the stem length of the fruit is short and the yield is small.
[0004]
That is, there is a problem that there is a large amount of dead space in the lateral direction from the cultivation floor, and the amount of fruits harvested in the predetermined space is small.
In addition, as described above, when a part of the stalk is placed on the ground, the fruit is formed on the stalk near the ground. There is also a problem that the fruit that became the stem of the tree is prone to disease.
[0005]
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and there is little lateral dead space from the cultivation floor, and a large amount of fruits are harvested in a predetermined space. It is an object to provide a method for attracting a stem of a plant that can suppress the occurrence of a stalk.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above-described object, the plant stem attracting method of the present invention according to claim 1 sets the plant cultivation floor position to a predetermined height position from the ground, and extends the stem that has grown according to the growth of the plant from the cultivation bed. Attracting downward toward the ground, and further attracting the stems that have grown according to the growth of the plant from the position close to the ground, and moved to an attracting line that is stretched substantially horizontally above the cultivation floor It is characterized by being coupled to a stalk support member that is connected to it.
[0007]
In the plant stem attracting method of the present invention according to claim 2, the stem support member is gradually moved in the direction away from the cultivation floor along the attraction line as the stem grows, and the stem is attracted in the same direction. It is characterized by doing so.
[0008]
The plant stem attracting method of the present invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the cultivation floor is moved upward in the process of extending the stem.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail based on the embodiments shown in the drawings.
A plant stem attracting method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
[0010]
That is, the plant stem attracting method of the present invention is a method of attracting a stem extending from the cultivation bed S shown in the drawing according to the growth of the plant in the cultivation of vine plants such as tomato and cucumber.
[0011]
The cultivated floor S is filled with a medium such as soil, sand, rock wool, etc., and has a predetermined length and width, for example, with pipes or the like at the upper edges of both side walls of the peripheral wall. It is made of a plastic sheet that is supported and stretched in a substantially U-shaped cross section, or a rigid body such as a hard plastic or metal that is molded in a substantially concave cross section, and is installed at a predetermined height from the ground G.
[0012]
The predetermined height from the ground G is, for example, the height at which about 8 to 10 true leaves can be formed into stems, and corresponds to the time when the first fruit (first flower bunches) is formed if it is a tomato. .
And the stem extended according to the growth of the plant 10 is attracted below toward the ground G from the cultivation floor S (refer Fig.1 (a)).
In this case, if the stem begins to grow, it may be attracted downward from the beginning or may be attracted downward from the middle.
Furthermore, as shown in FIG.1 (b), the stem extended according to the growth of the plant 10 is attracted upward from the position close to the ground G as shown in FIG. The holding member 4 is coupled to the stem support member 3 movably connected to the attracting line 2 of the attracting tool 1 stretched substantially horizontally.
[0013]
Further, as the stem grows, the stem support member 3 is gradually moved along the attraction line 2 in the direction away from the cultivation floor to attract the stem in the same direction (see FIGS. 3A and 3B). Here, in the present embodiment, the stem is coupled to the stem support member 3 by the holding member 4 as follows, and the stem support member 4 is moved along the attracting line 2 (FIG. 1 (c), FIG. 2 (a)-(c), FIG. 3 (a) and (b) reference).
[0014]
That is, when the length of the stem of the plant 10 is short, a plurality (for example, two) of stem support members 3 are used. First, the engaging portion 31 of the first (uppermost end) stem support member 2 is engaged with the attracting wire 2 and suspended. Next, the engaging portion 31 of the second (lowermost) stem supporting member 3 is engaged with the connecting portion 32 of the stem supporting member 3 and suspended.
[0015]
Then, the stem is coupled to the stem support member 3 by the first holding member 4.
As the plant 10 grows, the second holding member 4 and the third holding member 4 are arranged at a predetermined interval. If the plant 10 grows further and exceeds the height of the engaging portion 31 of the stem support member 3 disposed below and grows to the side of the stem support member 2, the stem support member 3 is adjusted accordingly. The used holding member 4 is sequentially removed and fixed to the stem support member 3 again. When all the holding members 4 have moved to the stem support member 3, the stem support member 3 disposed below is removed.
[0016]
If the plant 10 further grows and grows beyond the height of the attracting line 2, the holding member 4 is removed. When the holding member 4 is removed, as a result of the stem of the plant 10 going down, the holding member 4 also moves down together and comes into contact with the connecting portion 32 of the stem support member 3 and stops.
Thus, when the tree height of the plant 10 falls, the lower part of the stem sags.
[0017]
For this reason, the stem support member 3 is moved along the attraction line 2 in order to control the posture of the stem portion other than the sagging portion substantially vertically by extending the sagging portion substantially horizontally. The removed holding member 4 is stopped at the upper part of the stem.
[0018]
If the plant 10 further grows, the holding member 4 located at the lowermost end is removed, and the tree height is lowered until the holding member 4 comes into contact with the connecting portion 32 of the stem support member 3. The stem supporting member 3 is moved along the attraction line 2 in order to make the lower part of the stem more horizontally horizontally as the tree height is lowered. The removed holding member 4 is replaced with the uppermost part of the stem. Thereafter, this process is repeated until the cultivation is completed.
In addition, fruits are harvested sequentially from the fruit set in the lower stage during the above operation.
[0019]
As described above, the stems that have grown according to the growth of the plant 10 are attracted downward from the cultivation floor S toward the ground G, and further, the stems that have grown according to the growth of the plant 10 are attracted upward from a position close to the ground G. Then, the stem support member 3 is joined by the holding member 4, and further, as the stem grows, the stem support member 3 is gradually moved in the direction away from the cultivation bed S along the attraction line 2 to attract the stem in the same direction. Thus, the stem that has begun to grow from the cultivation floor S is attracted upward without being crushed on the ground, and in a predetermined space in the lateral direction from the cultivation floor S, a portion of the stem that extends downward from the cultivation floor S is added. For space, the length of the stalk from which the fruit is made can be increased, and the yield can be increased.
[0020]
That is, there is an advantage that the dead space in the lateral direction from the cultivation floor S is smaller than in the case of the conventional method in which the stem that has started to grow from the cultivation floor is sprinkled on the ground, and the yield of fruits in the predetermined space is large.
[0021]
In addition, if the cultivation floor S is configured to be movable up and down, and the height of the cultivation floor S is increased by moving the cultivation floor S upward in the process of extending the stem, it is downward from the cultivation floor S of the stem. The portion that extends in the length can be lengthened, and the yield of fruits in the predetermined space can be further increased.
[0022]
【The invention's effect】
The plant stem attracting method of the present invention is a method for attracting stems extending from a cultivation floor according to plant growth in cultivation of vine plants such as tomatoes and cucumbers. From the cultivation floor set at the height position, once attracted downward toward the ground, and further attracted the stem that grew according to the growth of the plant upward from the position close to the ground, the stem that began to grow from the cultivation floor Since it attracts upwards without being crushed on the ground, a portion extending downward from the cultivated floor of the stalk is added rather than the case where the stalk that has started growing from the conventional cultivated floor is spread on the ground, and the fruit in the predetermined space There is an advantage of a large amount of harvest.
[0023]
In particular, if the cultivation floor is moved upward in the process of growing the stem, the portion extending downward from the cultivation bed of the stem becomes longer, and the yield of fruits can be further increased.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining one embodiment of the plant stem attracting method of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining one embodiment of the plant stem attracting method of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a view for explaining one embodiment of the plant stem attracting method of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Stem attracting tool 2 Attract line 3 Stem support member 4 Holding member 10 Plant S Cultivated floor G Ground

Claims (3)

The plant cultivation floor position is set to a predetermined height position from the ground, and the stems that have grown according to the growth of the plant are attracted downward from the cultivation floor toward the ground. A plant stem attracting method characterized by being attracted upward from a close position and coupled to a stem supporting member movably connected to an attracting line extending substantially horizontally above the cultivation floor. 2. The plant according to claim 1, wherein the stem support member is gradually moved in a direction away from the cultivation floor along the attraction line as the stem extends to attract the stem in the same direction. Stem attracting method. 3. The plant stem attracting method according to claim 1, wherein the cultivation floor is moved upward in the course of the stem growth.

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