JP7121878B2 - Cultivation container assembly method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a method for assembling a cultivation container used for cultivating crops such as strawberries.

Conventionally, in the cultivation of strawberries, seedlings grown to a certain size are planted in farmland, or ridges with a height of about 30 cm are formed in farmland and cultivated. In order to manage the growth and harvest of crops such as strawberries cultivated in this way, it is necessary to bend down and work, which imposes a burden on farmers such as labor load and cost.

In order to solve this problem, a cultivation method called elevated solution cultivation, in which seeds and seedlings are cultivated in a medium set at a height of about 1 m above the ground and cultivated by supplying nutrients through pipes, is becoming widespread. (See Patent Document 1, for example). In the case of high-level solution cultivation, it is necessary to install a liquid culture medium at a height of about 1 m from the ground over the entire cultivation house, and the equipment investment cost and operation cost at the beginning of introduction are large. In addition, many farmers are particular about soil cultivation in consideration of taste and operating costs.

Here, the soil is heaped up so that the height of the cultivation surface for cultivating strawberries is 1 m from the ground and the width of the cultivation surface is about 40 cm, and strawberries are cultivated as usual, so-called elevated soil cultivation. assume it does. At this time, since it is not possible to build a vertical embankment with soil alone, it is necessary to set the slope of the embankment to 5 minutes and embank it in a trapezoidal shape with an upper side of 40 cm, a lower side of 200 cm, and a height of 100 cm, as shown in Fig. 11. . In addition, if the soil is piled up as shown in FIG. 11, a large amount of soil is required to fill the soil, and furthermore, strawberries cannot be reached.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cultivation container that can be easily and inexpensively filled without significantly increasing the amount of soil.

In order to solve the above problems, a method for assembling a cultivation container according to the present invention includes a step of cutting a flexible long surface material into a predetermined size, and a step of cutting a flexible cylindrical a step of rolling the cut face material into a packaging material, a step of bringing the face material into close contact with an inner peripheral wall of the packaging material by the restoring force of the face material to form a cylindrical container, and the cylindrical container. filling the interior of the face material with a culture medium in which seedlings are planted, with the axial direction of the face member directed vertically.

According to the present invention, embankment can be easily and inexpensively performed without significantly increasing the amount of soil. Problems, configurations, and effects other than those described above will be clarified in the following description of the embodiments.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure which shows the cultivation container 1 which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the detail of the cultivation container 1 which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the process of creating the cultivation container 1 which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which illustrated the deposition aspect of the soil inside the cultivation container 1 which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the cultivation mode using the cultivation container 1 which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the cultivation mode using the cultivation container 1 which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the cultivation mode using the cultivation container 1 which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the cultivation mode using the cultivation container 1 which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the cultivation mode using the cultivation container 1 which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the cultivation mode using the cultivation container 1 which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. Fig. 2 is a diagram illustrating a state in which soil is piled up so that the height of the cultivation surface is 1 m from the ground and the width of the cultivation surface is about 40 cm, and the raised soil cultivation is performed. It is the figure which illustrated a mode that elevated soil cultivation is performed using a vegetable basket. It is a figure which shows the cultivation container 1 which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the process of creating the cultivation container 1 which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the filling aspect of the soil using the cultivation container 1 which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the installation aspect of the cultivation container 1 which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the installation aspect of the cultivation container 1 which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the shape of the sheet|seat material 22 which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the cultivation mode using the cultivation container 1 which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the cultivation mode using the cultivation container 1 which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the cultivation mode using the cultivation container 1 which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the cultivation mode using the cultivation container 1 which concerns on other embodiment of this invention.

First embodiment.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a cultivation container used for planting and cultivating crops such as strawberries in a high place and a cultivation system using the container will be described.

For example, as shown in FIG. 12, when vertically embanking and cultivating crops such as strawberries in elevated soil, commercially available resin vegetable baskets are stacked and a culture medium is placed in the vegetable basket. Suppose you make soil. This has the advantage of facilitating replacement of diseased crops. However, some vegetable baskets have a planar bottom surface, and others have meshes that are not large enough to allow soil masses to pass through. When crops are cultivated using such vegetable baskets, not only does the inflow of soil from the upper vegetable basket to the lower vegetable basket occur, but also the consolidation settlement of the soil in each vegetable basket occurs over time. As it progresses, a gap is created at the boundary between the upper and lower vegetable baskets. This void can have a detrimental effect on the roots of cultivated crops.

Furthermore, in order to perform elevated soil cultivation, it is necessary to stack vegetable baskets in three or four tiers. In this case, not only is the unit price of the vegetable basket high, but also the bulk of the vegetable basket itself is large, so there is a risk that transportation and management costs will be high. Also, vegetable baskets are often made of a hard material such as polyethylene in order to protect crops to be harvested. Therefore, it becomes difficult to perform processing such as making a hole in the vegetable basket or cutting the vegetable basket to a desired size when installing equipment such as a watering pipe. Therefore, in the present embodiment, a cultivation container made of an easy-to-handle material and a cultivation system using the container will be described.

FIG. 1 is a view showing a cultivation container 1 according to this embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a locally enlarged view of the cultivation container 1 according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the cultivation container 1 has a binding material 12 such as a rope, a string, or a binding band so that the hole 11 provided in the surface material 10 is inserted into the surface material 10 to form a cylindrical shape as shown in FIG. It is a cylindrical container constructed by providing a binding part 13 bound using In addition, FIG. 2 shows the cultivation container 1 in which the binding portion 13 is provided so that the holes 11 overlap about three rows.

The face member 10 is made of a flexible material, and as shown in FIG. 3, can be transported in a rolled form. As shown in FIG. 3, a scroll-shaped face material 10 is cut into a predetermined size (for example, 1 meter long and 1.3 meters wide), and the face material 10 is cut into a cylindrical shape as shown in FIGS. The cultivation container 1 can be produced by bundling and providing the filling part 14 . In addition, by filling the filling portion 14 with culture medium and making soil with the axial direction of the face material 10 connected in a cylindrical shape directed in the vertical direction, a pressing force acts from the inside to the outside of the face material 10. do. The face material 10 has a tensile strength that allows the cultivation container 1 to stand on its own due to this pressing force. In addition, in FIG. 3, the culture medium is carried into the filling part 14 and filled so that the face material 10 has a columnar shape, but the binding part 13 has another shape, for example, so that the face material 10 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape. may be provided, and the culture medium may be carried into the filling unit 14 and filled.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a filling mode when filling soil into filling portions 14 of a plurality of cultivation containers 1 arranged in a row. In FIG. 4, the soil filled in the filling portion 14 is shown in dark color. In this embodiment, a hopper 3 is attached to the cultivation container 1 , and the medium is filled into the filling section 14 from above the hopper 3 using a heavy machine 4 or the like. Depending on the number of cultivation containers 1 to be filled with soil at one time, the medium may be filled in the filling unit 14 without using the heavy machinery 4 . Alternatively, the filling portion 14 may be filled with soil dug down by the heavy machine 4 .

By doing so, in the cultivation container 1, by filling the filling part 14 with the culture medium, it is possible to vertically fill the soil with a predetermined height (H). Furthermore, for example, even when a disease occurs in crops, it is sufficient to replace the culture medium filled in the cultivation container 1 at the site where the disease has occurred, so a large amount of soil is not required.

In addition, after harvesting the cultivated crops, the culture medium filled in the filling unit 14 up to about 30 cm from the cultivation surface is agitated manually or using a small agricultural stirrer to plow the culture medium for the next crop. can be done. At this time, it is desirable to completely replace the culture medium inside the cultivation container 1 once every five years as a guideline in order for the crops to grow sufficiently. In addition, since the cultivation container 1 can be used in a greenhouse, it is less likely to deteriorate due to the influence of ultraviolet rays. Therefore, the same cultivation container 1 can be used when planting the next crop.

In addition, as shown in FIG.5 and FIG.6, the structure which attaches the pipe 15 so that it may penetrate the several cultivation container 1 arranged in line may be sufficient. 5 and 6 are diagrams showing a cultivation mode using the cultivation container 1 according to this embodiment.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, a plurality of cultivation containers 1 with holes are arranged in a row so that pipes 15 can be inserted through them. Also, the cultivation containers 1 arranged in a row are installed at intervals of 60 cm as shown in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the filling part 14 is filled with a culture medium, and seedlings are planted in the filled culture medium for cultivation.

In this way, when managing the crops cultivated in the cultivation container 1, it becomes easier to reach the crops, and furthermore, it is not necessary to bend down to work, which reduces the workload of the worker. can be reduced. In this embodiment, the pipe 15 functions as a heat insulating pipe.

In addition, the temperature of the culture medium inside the cultivation container 1 can be adjusted by flowing water or liquid at a predetermined temperature through the pipe 15 according to the climatic conditions. Furthermore, a configuration may be adopted in which a pipe 16 having holes is arranged on the upper surface of the culture medium filled inside the cultivation container 1 so as not to overlap with the crops. By doing so, it is possible to supply water or a solution of a substance that promotes the growth of crops to the culture medium filled in the filling section 14 through the hole provided in the pipe 16 . Therefore, in the cultivation container 1 according to the present embodiment, crops can be cultivated more easily. In this embodiment, pipe 16 functions as a supply pipe.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 7, the cultivation container 1 according to the present embodiment has a size that can cover a commercially available 45 L plastic bag P with the bottom surface facing up. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, by covering the cultivation container 1 with a sheet-like covering material such as a plastic bag P, the temperature and humidity of the culture medium filled in the cultivation container 1 can be easily adjusted. In addition, as shown in FIG. 8, the surface material 10 forming the cultivation container 1 may be covered with a sheet-like covering material S such as a vinyl bag for mulching.

Also, seedlings can be cultivated more efficiently by changing the arrangement of the cultivation container 1 according to the present embodiment. Assuming that the filling part 14 is filled with soil so that the height from the surface on which the cultivation container 1 is installed is 80 cm, the cultivation container 1 has a diameter of 40 cm, so the single cultivation container 1 The amount of soil required for is 0.125 cubic meters. As shown in FIG. 9, it is assumed that seeds and seedlings are cultivated by arranging cultivation containers 1 in six rows in a plastic greenhouse 5 measuring 40 meters long and 5 meters wide.

At this time, if 100 cultivation containers 1 are arranged in the vertical direction of the greenhouse 5 and 6 cultivation containers 1 in the horizontal direction of the greenhouse 5, that is, 600 cultivation containers 1 in the entire plastic greenhouse 5, the total amount of soil to be filled in the filling part 14 is is 75 cubic meters. Moreover, when the soil of the greenhouse 5 is dug down by the heavy machine 4 and filled in the filling portion 14, the installation area of the greenhouse 5 is 200 square meters. Therefore, by digging down the soil of the vinyl greenhouse 5 to 37.5 cm as shown in FIG. can be done.

At this time, seedlings are cultivated by arranging one row of cultivation containers 1 at the end of the greenhouse 5 and two sets of two rows of cultivation containers 1 at the center. By arranging the cultivation container 1 in this way, it is possible to work on the cultivation container 1 from one direction of the cultivation passage 6 at the end of the greenhouse 5, while at the center of the greenhouse 5 the cultivation passage Since the cultivation container 1 can be operated from both directions 6, seedlings can be cultivated efficiently.

Moreover, as shown in FIG. 10, seedlings may be cultivated by arranging the cultivation container 1 in the vinyl house 5 . At this time, the width of the space occupied by the cultivation containers 1 arranged in the central part of the greenhouse 5 can be reduced by arranging the cultivation containers 1 in a zigzag pattern, that is, by arranging the cultivation containers 1 in the closest packing. can be done. By doing so, the cultivation passage 6 can be secured with a larger width, so that the work cart 7 and the like can be easily arranged.

As described above, when cultivating crops, the cultivation container 1 according to the present embodiment binds the commercially available face material 10 and fills the space formed by the binding with the culture medium to form a vertical It is possible to easily and inexpensively build up soil, secure a cultivation surface at a high place, and carry out soil culture cultivation of crops such as strawberries. In addition, since the surface material 10 is made of a flexible material, by providing the pipe 15 so as to pass through the cultivation container 1, it is possible to facilitate temperature control when cultivating crops. Furthermore, since the cultivation container 1 is covered with the covering material S, the temperature and humidity of the culture medium can be easily controlled, so that crops can be easily cultivated under any climatic conditions. .

Other embodiments.
In the first embodiment, the cultivation container 1 provided with the binding part 13 has been described. In the case of cultivating crops, it is necessary to bind a number of face materials 10 with binding materials 12 and then fill the culture medium using heavy equipment 4, which complicates the work. Therefore, in this embodiment, the cultivation container 1 without the binding part 13 and the cultivation system using the same will be described. This embodiment is a cultivation system in a small-scale or small-sized plastic greenhouse 5 that cannot be used by heavy machinery 4, such as that used by general farmers.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the cultivation container 1 according to this embodiment, and FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an assembly mode of the cultivation container 1 according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 13 , the cultivation container 1 according to the present embodiment is a tubular container formed by enclosing a face material 10 in a plastic bag 8 and adhering the face material 10 to the inner peripheral wall of the plastic bag 8 . be. In addition, since the material of the face material 10 is the same as that of the first embodiment, redundant description is omitted .

The cultivation container 1 according to this embodiment can be produced as shown in FIG. First, the face material 10 is cut into a predetermined size (for example, 0.5 m long and 0.8 m wide), rolled into a cylindrical shape and placed in a plastic bag 8 as shown in FIG. 14(a). Then, as shown in FIG. 14(b), due to the restoring force of the face material 10 itself, a pressing force acts on the inner peripheral wall of the plastic bag 8 from the inside to the outside of the face material 10, and the face material 10 is deformed. As shown in 13, it becomes a cylindrical container shape along the inner peripheral wall of the plastic bag 8, and a filling portion 14 is formed. Then, soil can be made by filling the filling portion 14 with the culture medium while the axial direction of the face material 10 is oriented in the vertical direction. A plastic bag 8 functions as a packaging material.

15 to 17, a description will be given of a filling mode when the filling portions 14 of the plurality of cultivation containers 1 arranged in a row are filled with soil. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a filling mode of soil when using a plurality of cultivation containers 1 according to this embodiment. In FIG. 15, the soil filled in the filling portion 14 is shown in dark color. In this embodiment, first, as shown in FIG. 16, plate members 20 having nails 19 driven into them are placed on stacked concrete blocks 17 at such intervals that the single pipes 18 do not swing.

Then, as shown in FIG. 17 , by arranging the single pipe 18 on the plate material 20 so as to sandwich the single pipe 18 with the nails 19 , the single pipe 18 is spanned between the concrete blocks 17 . By installing the waterproof plywood 21 on the single pipe 18, the cultivation container 1 can be installed at a position higher than the concrete block 17 as shown in FIG. . At this time, a sheet material 22 made of a waterproof material may be laid on the waterproof plywood 21 to install the cultivation container 1 . By doing so, deterioration of the waterproof plywood 21 and access of pests such as mice to the cultivation container 1 can be prevented.

In addition, by covering the cultivation container 1 placed on the waterproof plywood 21 with the sheet material 22 as shown in FIG. It can be carried out. The sheet material 22 shown in FIG. 18( a ) is a bag-like covering material measuring 65 cm long and 42 cm wide, and has a slit 23 extending about 15 cm at a portion covering the top of the cultivation container 1 . is provided.

By providing the notches 23, as shown in FIG. 19, when a plurality of cultivation containers 1 are arranged in a row, the pipes 16 are hung between the cultivation containers 1 without the sheet material 22 being caught between the pipes 16. can pass. In addition, when the pipe 16 is laid between the cultivation containers 1, as shown in FIG. Positional deviation can be reduced.

As shown in FIG. 18(b), after the pipe 16 is stretched between the cultivation containers 1, the sheet material 22 may be tied or fixed with a fastener such as a clip. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the culture medium filled in the cultivation container 1 from drying out.

Also, seedlings can be cultivated more efficiently by changing the arrangement of the cultivation container 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 21, it is assumed that seeds and seedlings are grown by arranging cultivation containers 1 in six rows in a plastic greenhouse 5 measuring 10 meters long and 3.6 meters wide. At this time, seedlings are cultivated by arranging two sets of cultivation containers 1 arranged in three rows at intervals of 10 cm in a greenhouse 5. - 特許庁By arranging the cultivation containers 1 in this way, as shown in FIG. 22, among the cultivation containers 1 arranged in three rows from both sides of the cultivation passage 6, the cultivation container 1 in the middle row can also be operated. Therefore, seedlings can be cultivated efficiently.

Also, at this time, by arranging the cultivation containers 1 in a zigzag pattern, that is, by arranging the cultivation containers 1 in a close-packed manner, the cultivation passage 6 can be secured with a larger width, which makes it easier to arrange the work trolley 7 and the like. be able to.

In this embodiment, when the seedlings cultivated in the cultivation container 1 are replanted, the seedlings are removed from the culture medium filled in the cultivation container 1, and the place where the seedlings are removed is filled with the culture medium. Then, seedlings can be planted and cultivated in the filled medium. Therefore, since it is not necessary to dismantle the cultivation container 1 when replanting seedlings, it is possible to improve work efficiency and reduce costs.

1 Cultivation container (cylindrical container)
3 hopper 4 heavy machinery 5 vinyl house 6 cultivation passage 7 work cart 8 packaging material 10 face material 11 hole 12 binding material 13 binding part 14 filling part 15 pipe (heat insulating pipe)
16 pipe (supply pipe)
17 Concrete block 18 Single tube pipe 19 Nail 20 Plate material 21 Waterproof plywood 22 Sheet material 23 Notch 24 Toyo P Plastic bag (coating material)
S covering material

JP 2006-254744 A

Claims (4)

a step of cutting a flexible elongated face material into a predetermined size;
A step of rolling the cut face material into a flexible cylindrical packaging material;
forming a cylindrical container by bringing the face material into close contact with the inner peripheral wall of the packaging material by the restoring force of the face material;
a step of filling the inside of the face material with a culture medium in which seedlings are planted, with the axial direction of the cylindrical container directed in the vertical direction;
A method for assembling a cultivation container, comprising: The method for assembling a cultivation container according to claim 1, further comprising the step of covering the tubular container with a bag-like sheet material. 3. The method for assembling a cultivation container according to claim 2, wherein a notch is provided at a portion of the sheet material covering the upper part of the cylindrical container. 4. The cultivation container according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the face material is made of a flexible material having a large number of holes in a net shape. Assembly method.

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