JPH0441818Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a polypropylene vinyl pot that is convenient for raising and planting seedlings, mainly potted flowers and ornamental plants.

This allows seedlings to be grown in vinyl pots (also called polypots), germinated, rooted, and grown directly into various types of flower pots, hanging pots, wall-hanging pots, etc. It can be easily used for making hanging pots, which is popular nowadays, and is also intended to improve the efficiency of planting a large number of seedlings that are mass-produced for commercial use.

(Conventional technology) Conventionally, when raising various seedlings such as potted flowers and ornamental plants individually, a single soft vinyl pot made of polypropylene with a flowerpot structure and a bottom was used, and this was used as a seedling box. They are lined up, filled with potting soil in individual plastic pots, sown seeds, and used to raise seedlings.

In addition, in the above case, it takes time to line up the plastic pots individually in seedling boxes and fill soil into each plastic pot, so recently, efforts have been made to improve the efficiency of this type of work and to increase the number of seedlings. From the viewpoint of mass production, etc., a rectangular substrate of an appropriate size, for example, about 1 m wide and 2 m long, is integrally molded with a seedling bed made of polypropylene, and is usually placed in the vertical and horizontal lattice positions of the seedling bed. Form a circular pot hole with either a bottom or a bottom, place it in an appropriately sized seedling box, fill it with culture soil, level it with a leveling board, and shake it. By adding an appropriate amount of potting soil and sowing seeds, they are able to raise a large number of seedlings at once for commercial use.

In any of these cases, when planting, take out the seedlings from a single vinyl pot or from a pot hole in a seedling bed, and plant them in the required flower pot or planter for cultivation. Served.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) However, the present inventor has developed pots of various shapes and structures as cultivation pots that allow even amateurs to relatively easily enjoy the so-called hanging pot construction, which is popular these days. We have proposed a cultivation pot with a large number of thin-walled grooves for punching out planting holes in the pot wall of the body, but it is possible to plant seedlings in vinyl pots together in the planting holes appropriately formed in the pot wall of the cultivation pot. There was a desire for a type that could be used both for raising seedlings and for planting.

(Means for solving the problem) Therefore, in the present invention, the lower half of the vinyl pot main body 1 is formed into a wedge-shaped cross-sectional shape that narrows toward the bottom, and the wedge-shaped portion is formed into a mesh. The present invention provides a vinyl pot with a mesh bottom 5 having a porous shape and a porous mesh bottom, which is convenient for raising and planting seedlings. By protruding an engaging protrusion 4 that engages with a planting hole 19 formed in the pot wall 13 of the pot 11, it is convenient to plant each seedling in a vinyl pot.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(Example) 1 is a vinyl pot (also referred to as a polypot) body made of polypropylene, the upper half of which has a cylindrical or square tube shape, and the lower half of which has an inverted truncated cone shape or an inverted truncated cone shape. It is integrally molded to have a conical shape, an inverted truncated pyramid shape, or an inverted pyramid shape, and a wedge-shaped cross section that becomes narrower toward the bottom.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a reinforcing collar or crosspiece formed on the outer periphery of the upper opening of the vinyl pot main body 1, as required. Reference numeral 3 denotes a pot wall of the body portion of the upper half of the vinyl pot main body 1, and 4 is an engaging protrusion protruding from the upper outer circumferential surface of the pot wall 3, of which about one or two strips correspond to the outer periphery of the pot wall 3. It protrudes in an annular or spiral shape from the surface. Reference numeral 5 denotes a mesh bottom in the lower half of the vinyl pot main body 1, which is mesh-like or porous and has a mesh structure for hair root extension so as not to inhibit the rooting action.

(Function) As shown in FIG. 2, first, a seedling growing bed 7 made of plastic or polypropylene is fitted as a supporting member into a seedling growing box 6 of an appropriate size, that is,
Numerous circular or square pot holes 8 at grid positions
The seedling raising bed 7 formed by the above is inserted, and the vinyl pot main body 1 of the present invention is dropped or fitted into the pot hole 8, and culture soil 9 is poured on top of this, and it is leveled with a leveling board or the like and shaken. So, pothole 8
An appropriate amount of culture soil 9 is put into a vinyl pot main body 1 housed in a container, and seeds are sown thereto for raising seedlings. 10 seedlings germinated, rooted and raised in this way
has grown to the stage where it has grown to the point where it has grown upwards into the vinyl pot body 1 and its roots have begun to come out from the mesh bottom 5, and the vinyl pot body 1 of the present invention is mainly constructed in a hanging structure as shown below. It is planted in a cultivation pot 11 that is effective for this purpose.

(Application example) In FIGS. 3 to 5 showing an example of the cultivation pot 11, 11 is a pot body such as a plastic pot, clay pot, or warm pot, which has a standard shape and structure as a cultivation container, and has a longitudinal section. The surface has a substantially inverted truncated cone shape, and a crosspiece 12 on the outer periphery of the upper opening, and a pot wall 13 on the body part,
It consists of a pot bottom 14 on the bottom, a pot hole 15 in the pot bottom 14, and draining feet 16 on the outer periphery of the pot bottom 14, and as a proportion of the size, the diameter of the pot bottom 14 is about 2/3 of the diameter. The height of the pot body 11 is approximately 4/5 of the diameter to the same length.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a large number of thin-walled grooves for punching out planting holes, which are formed at appropriate positions on the pot wall 13, and have a diameter of 10 to 10 mm.
If the pot body 11 is a plastic pot with a circular or polygonal shape of about 30 mm in size, the shape shown in Fig. 4a
As shown in FIG.
If the pot body 11 is a clay pot or a warm pot, the cross section of the groove is carved in a concave shape after the pot body 11 is molded, as shown in FIG. 4b. ing. The thin groove 17 for punching the planting hole is thinned to a groove depth of about 1/2 to 2/3 of the original thickness of the pot wall 13. Reference numeral 18 designates a lid portion surrounded by a thin groove 17 for punching a planting hole, and 19 represents a circular or polygonal planting hole that is opened by removing the lid portion 18 .

When the cultivation pot 11 is a clay pot or a warm pot, the pot body 11 is filled with culture soil 9, and the thin grooves 17 for punching planting holes are cut at appropriate positions on the pot wall 13 using a mallet or the like. In the case of a plastic pot, push the thin wall groove 17 of the pot body 11 with your thumb or the like to remove the cover 18. In the circular or polygonal planting hole 19,
As shown in FIG. 2, seedlings 10 that have been grown and rooted in the vinyl pot body 1 are placed in the potting soil 9 through the planting hole 19 along with the vinyl pot body 1, as shown in FIG. Once inserted, the engaging protrusion 4 on the pot wall 3 portion is inserted into the pot body 1 as shown in FIG.
By directly fitting into the planting hole 19 of No. 1 and planting by sticking the entire vinyl pot body 1 into the opening at the upper part of the pot body 11, the pot wall 13 part as well as the opening part is planted. Seedlings 10 such as various potted flowers and ornamental plants are scattered at desired positions, and these are hung at appropriate places indoors and outdoors with wires, strings, etc., hung on a wall, or placed on a flower stand. If you grow up,
As the seedlings 10 grow, the entire surface of the pot 11 becomes covered with potted flowers, ornamental plants, etc., and is presented for viewing.

In the above case, a cultivation pot 11 such as a clay pot, a warm pot, or a plastic pot with a standard shape and structure is used.
However, as shown in Fig. 7, there are bowl pots with a hemispherical cross section (spherical is also acceptable) (a in the same figure), wall-hanging pots (b in the same figure), and cylindrical (or rectangular) ball pots ( A thin groove 17 for punching a planting hole is formed in the pot wall 13 portion of the pot body 11 of various shapes and structures, such as pots with a truncated pyramidal cross section (d) in the same figure, and a desired lid part is formed. Seedlings 1 are placed in the planting hole 19 formed by opening 18.
0 can also be directly fitted into the vinyl pot main body 1 for planting.

(Effect of the invention) The present invention has the vinyl pot main body 1 as described above.
The lower half of the pot was formed into a wedge-shaped cross-sectional shape that narrows toward the bottom, and the wedge-shaped section was used as a mesh bottom 5 with a mesh or porous shape. In addition, since the lower end of the vinyl pot body is wedge-shaped, it can be inserted into the planting hole 19 of the pot wall 13 of the cultivation pot 11 or the upper opening of the pot body 11 for planting. Moreover, since the wedge-shaped tip part has a mesh bottom 5 structure, the rooting action from the mesh bottom 5 is not inhibited in any way.

Furthermore, when one or two engagement protrusions 4 are protruded in an annular or spiral shape on the upper outer periphery of the pot wall 3 portion of the vinyl pot main body 1, the engagement protrusions 4 are attached to the cultivation pot 11. Since it can be stably fitted and supported in the planting hole 19 opened in the pot wall 13 portion of the pot, even if the entire cultivation pot is suspended and shaken, the seedlings in the vinyl pot can be easily supported. It won't fall off or fall off.

In this way, the vinyl pot body 1 of this proposal is not only convenient and can be used for raising seedlings or for planting, but also has a planting hole 19 formed in the cultivation pot 11, which is effective for hanging construction. It is an excellent product that exhibits various effects such as being able to be directly inserted into plants and easily planted.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a half-sectional view of the vinyl pot, Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the seedling growing state, Figure 3 is a perspective view of the cultivation pot, and Figures 4 a and b are planting holes formed in the wall of the cultivation pot. These are enlarged sectional views showing thin grooves for punching, in which figure a shows the case of a plastic pot, and figure b shows the case of a clay pot or a warm pot. Figure 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a case where seedlings are planted in a cultivation pot along with the vinyl pot body, and Figure 6 is a main part showing a state in which a vinyl pot seedling is fitted and supported in a planting hole in the pot wall of the cultivation pot. The enlarged sectional views and FIGS. 7a to 7d are diagrams showing circular, polygonal, etc. planting holes or thin grooves for punching out planting holes formed in the pot wall portions of cultivation pots of various shapes, among which, Figure a is a longitudinal sectional view showing a vinyl pot seedling fitted and supported in a planting hole of a bowl pot, Figure b is a wall hanging pot, Figure c is a pole pot, and Figure d is a perspective view showing a pyramidal truncated pot. Code list, 1... Vinyl pot body, 2... Tsuba or crosspiece, 3... Pot wall, 4... Engaging protrusion, 5... Mesh bottom, 6... Seedling growing box, 7... Seedling growing bed, pot ... Pothole, 9 ... Cultivating soil, 10 ... Seedlings, 1
1... pot body, 12... crosspiece, 13... pot wall, 14...
... Pot bottom, 15 ... Pot hole, 16 ... Draining feet, 1
7... Thin groove for punching out planting holes, 18... Lid part,
19... Planting hole.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] The body of the vinyl pot body 1 is cylindrical or rectangular, and the lower half of the vinyl pot body 1 is shaped like an inverted truncated cone, an inverted cone, an inverted truncated pyramid, or an inverted pyramid, and as it approaches the bottom, The vinyl pot body 1 is formed into a wedge-shaped cross-sectional shape that is narrowed by a mesh, and the wedge-shaped portion is formed into a mesh bottom 5 having a mesh shape and a porous shape.
An annular or spiral engaging protrusion 4 is provided protrudingly on the pot wall 3 on the outer periphery of the body, and the engaging protrusion 4 can be fitted and supported in a fixed-value hole 19 formed in the pot wall 13 portion of the cultivation pot 11. A vinyl pot characterized by being configured as follows.