JPH02255021A - Vegetable-shaping cover and culture of vegetable by utilizing the cover - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the subject cover effective in preventing the bending of a vegetable and producing a cultured vegetable having high commercial value by providing a restriction part covering the outside of a vegetable to prevent the warpage of the vegetable. CONSTITUTION:A restriction part 1 effective in preventing the bending of a vegetable K by covering the outside of the vegetable K is made of a transparent plastic, etc., having light-transmittance. The lower end of a suspension tool 4 is attached to the circumferential wall of the top opening 2 of the restriction part 1. The restriction part 1 is suspended by hooking the tip end of the suspension tool 4 on to the branched part of the stalk T of the vegetable K grown along a supporting post S.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a hippopotamus that prevents the vegetables from bending when cultivating elongated vegetables such as cucumbers and eggplants, and a method of cultivating vegetables using the same. It is.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, long and narrow vegetables such as cucumbers and eggplants have been prone to bending rather than straightening during their growth process, but there have been no devices or methods to specifically prevent such bending.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in recent agricultural markets, there has been a problem that if elongated vegetables such as cucumbers and eggplants are curved, they lose their commercial value and cannot be sold.

A first object of the present invention is to provide a vegetable shaping cover that prevents vegetables from bending and allows the cultivation of vegetables with high commercial value, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems.

Moreover, the second object of the present invention is, in addition to the first object, to
To provide a vegetable shaping cover which prevents light from hitting the vegetables and hinders their growth even when the vegetables are covered with the vegetable shaping cover, and which allows the whole to be hung.

Furthermore, a third object of the present invention is to provide a method for cultivating vegetables that can prevent vegetables from bending during cultivation.

[Means for Solving the Problem] In order to solve the above problem, the gist of the first invention of the present application is to include a prevention part that prevents the vegetables from bending by covering the outside of the vegetables. .

The gist of the second invention is that, in addition to the configuration of the first invention, the prevention part has light transmittance and is provided with a hanging member for suspending itself.

The gist of the third invention is to prevent the vegetables from bending during the growing process by covering the outside of the vegetables with a vegetable shaping cover.

[Function] In the vegetable shaping cover configured as described above, the vegetables inside the cover grow along the inside of the cover during the vegetable growing process.

Further, in the vegetable shaping cover described above, light passes through and hits the vegetables inside the cover, and the hanging member suspends the cover itself.

Furthermore, in the above method for cultivating vegetables, bending of the vegetables is prevented during the growth process of the vegetables.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example in which the present invention is embodied in a vegetable shaping cover used for cultivating cucumbers will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

As shown in FIG. 1, the prevention part 1 constituting the vegetable shaping cover of this embodiment has a cylindrical shape with both upper and lower ends open.
The lower part has a tapered shape with a smaller diameter.

The preventing portion 1 is made of transparent light-transmitting plastic, and has a length of about 20 mm, an inner diameter of the upper end opening 2 of about 25 mm, and an inner diameter of the lower end opening 3 of about 20 mm. A lower end of a hanging tool 4 is attached to the peripheral wall of the upper end opening 2 of the prevention part 1.

Now, a method for cultivating uncurved cucumbers using the vegetable shaping cover configured as described above will be described below.

When used, as shown in Figure 2, approximately 1 hour after flowering on cucumbers.
The prevention part 1 is suspended so that the part that will become a cucumber fruit is inserted into the inside of the prevention part 1 through the upper end opening 2 of the prevention part 1 until day 0. When hanging the cucumber, the tip of the hanging tool 4 is hooked onto the branching point of the cucumber stem T extending along the support rod S.

If you continue cultivating cucumbers as usual in this state, the third
As shown in the figure, the cucumber grows within the prevention part 1 of the vegetable shaping cover. At this time, since the cucumber grows along the inside of the prevention part 1, it does not bend during the growth process.

Furthermore, since the cucumber K is exposed to the light that has passed through the prevention part 1, its growth will not be hindered due to lack of light. Since the cucumber is protected by the prevention part 1, it is also possible to prevent pesticides from adhering to its surface.

As the cucumber K grows, the outer surface of the cucumber comes into close contact with the inner side of the prevention part 1, as shown in FIG. Therefore, once the cucumber K has grown to an appropriate length, it is cut from the stem and handled through the upper end opening 2 of the prevention part 1, and at this time, the cover is also removed from the stem T.

In the prevention part 1 of the vegetable shaping cover of this embodiment, the inner diameter of the upper end opening 2 is larger than the inner diameter of the lower end opening 3.
The cucumbers taken in will have a tapered shape like regular cucumbers.

Note that the vegetable shaping cover that has been used several times in this way can be used repeatedly.

Incidentally, cucumbers with a length of about 190 to 210 mm are currently considered to be the best on the market, but in the embodiment described above, the length of the preventing part 1 is about 200 mm.
This can be used as a guide to know the length of cucumbers at the time of harvesting, and cucumbers K can be harvested when they have grown to the optimum length. Therefore, there is no need to use a ruler to measure the length of each cucumber.

Now, the vegetable shaping cover of the present invention and the method of cultivating vegetables using the same are not limited to the above embodiments, but may be implemented as follows.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, a tapered insertion part 2a having a larger inclination angle may be provided at the upper part of the prevention part 1 to facilitate insertion into a cucumber. . Alternatively, a hanging string 6 tied to the upper part of the prevention part 1 may be used as a hanging member.

Furthermore, the prevention part 1 does not necessarily have to be cylindrical, and may be in the shape of a polygonal cylinder such as a square cylinder. If the prevention part 1 is formed into such a shape, cucumbers having an external shape similar to the shape of the prevention part 1 can be grown.

Further, the prevention part 1 does not necessarily have to be made of a light-transmitting plastic, and may be made of a material such as plastic or metal that does not transmit any light at all. In this way, cucumbers with a pale green color can be grown, making it obvious at a glance that the cucumbers were covered with some kind of cover during cultivation. Furthermore, the fact that the cucumbers are covered means that no pesticides are attached to the surface of the cucumbers, so it is possible to appeal to consumers that the cucumbers are grown without pesticides.

Further, in order to improve the ventilation of the cucumber inside, the prevention part 1 may be a cylinder made of a net-like material.

Furthermore, the cucumbers grown inside the vegetable shaping cover may be taken in with the cover intact and shipped to the market. In this way, the cucumbers are protected from scratches and dirt during transportation. It is also preferable from a sanitary point of view.

Further, the dimensions such as the inner diameter of the upper end opening 2 and the inner diameter of the lower end opening 3 of the prevention part 1 are not limited to the dimensions of this embodiment, and may be set arbitrarily within a range that can prevent the cucumber from bending. be able to. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, if each dimension is set slightly larger than in the first embodiment, only a part of the outer surface of the cucumber, that is, a curved part, comes into contact with the inside of the prevention part 1. The cucumber K can be taken in in a state in which they are in contact with each other, and in this way, the cucumber K can be easily handled when being handled from the prevention part 1.

Furthermore, the present invention can be used not only for cucumbers as in this embodiment, but also for the cultivation of eggplants and other vegetables. The dimensions such as length and inner diameter of 1 are arbitrarily set.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the present invention can prevent vegetables from bending and can grow vegetables with high commercial value.

In addition to the above-mentioned effects, the vegetables can be exposed to light so that their growth will not be hindered, and the vegetable shaping cover itself can be suspended.

Furthermore, the vegetable cultivation method of the present invention can prevent vegetables from bending.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the vegetable shaping cover of the present invention, Figures 2 and 3 are perspective views showing how the vegetable shaping cover is used, and Figure 4 is a perspective view of the vegetable shaping cover of the present invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing a vegetable shaping cover together with a cucumber. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of another example of the vegetable shaping cover of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of another example together with a cucumber. In the figure, 1 is a prevention part, and 4 and 6 are hanging tools and hanging strings as hanging members. 61st m

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A vegetable shaping cover characterized by comprising a prevention part (1) that covers the outside of the vegetable to prevent the vegetable from bending. 2. The vegetable shaping cover according to claim 1, characterized in that the prevention part (1) has a light transmittance and is provided with hanging members (4, 6) for suspending the prevention part (1). 3. A vegetable cultivation method that prevents vegetables from bending during the growing process by covering the outside of the vegetables with a vegetable shaping cover.