JPH0499414A - Artificial bed for plant raising - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the title artificial bed suitable for raising flowering plants or garden trees on the roof or veranda by arranging in a row many receiving dishes on a support base and putting a special organic solid into each of them followed by laying surfacing soil thereon. CONSTITUTION:Many receiving dishes 2 are arranged in a row on a support base 1 and an organic solid material 14 prepared by compressing and solidifying an organic fibrous material as the chief component is put into each of them followed by surfacing soil 15 thereon, thus obtaining the objective artificial bed. The present bed, which is simplified in dividing into units, is such that each of the constituent materials can be easily carried and their assembly made readily in a short time. For the present bed after assembly, the water fed is reserved in the dishes, and gradually sucked up according to the drying of the surfaced soil.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an artificial vegetation bed for plant cultivation, mainly for planting flower petals and plants on concrete rooftops, balconies, etc.

(Prior art) Generally, when planting plants such as flower petals, plants, lawns, or ground cover in places where natural soil does not exist, such as rooftops or balconies, conventionally, flower pots or box-shaped plants are used. One method is to fill a container with pebbles, sand, soil, etc. as appropriate for a vegetation bed, and then plant and arrange flower petals and plants. method is adopted.

(Issue to be solved by the invention) Among the conventional methods mentioned above, the method of using flower pots or boxes cannot give the appearance of a natural garden, but the method of mounding the entire surface with soil does not create the appearance of a lawn or garden. You can create a natural garden in the style of RXJ by arranging plants.

However, with the conventional method of mounding soil, the amount of soil necessary for plants to grow on top of the building is limited, so there is a weight limit and it is not possible to mound a large amount of earth and sand. There was a problem in that water supply was required during the dry season, and fertilizers needed for the vegetation had to be given according to the number of 4If plants planted, requiring a lot of effort to manage them.

Furthermore, the larger the area, the more soil had to be brought in, and the more labor it took to create it.

In view of these conventional problems, the present invention allows anyone to easily create a large-area plant cultivation bed, which is rich in water retention and fertilizer retention, lightweight, and has the ability to grow flower petals and other plants just like a natural alley garden.
The purpose of this invention is to provide an artificial bed for cultivating plants on which plants can grow.

(Means for Achieving the Object) The gist of the present invention in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems and achieve the intended purpose is to provide an outer periphery on a horizontal support base such as a rooftop concrete floor. An outer peripheral wall installed in a surrounding arrangement, a corrosion-resistant saucer material installed in large numbers on the entire bottom surface of the outer peripheral wall, each having a rising wall around the periphery, and capable of storing water inside, and the saucer. An organic solid material is compressed and solidified as an organic #Ii fibrous forest-like material body housed in the material and whose top part protrudes higher than the rising wall, and the organic solid material is embedded into the outer peripheral wall. It consists of an artificial bed for plant cultivation consisting of surface soil laid over the entire area.

(Function) In the artificial bed for plant cultivation of the present invention, rainwater collects in the tray material and a large amount of water is stored, which is sucked up by the capillary action of the organic solid material and supplied to the surface soil as it dries. The organic solid material itself has water retention and air permeability, allows the roots of plants to absorb water and breathe, and further decomposes over time to become organic fertilizer and fertilize the M material over a long period of time.

(Example) Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In the figure, 1 is a support base made of concrete such as a concrete roof 1 to a floor of a building, and the artificial floor for plant cultivation of the present invention is installed on the upper surface thereof.

This artificial bed for plant cultivation has a bottom portion composed of a large number of saucer materials 2.2 arranged on a support base 1.
A peripheral wall 3 is erected around its outer periphery.

Each saucer material 2 is integrally molded from polystyrene foam, and as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, a side wall 5 is integrally raised around a rectangular bottom wall 4, and the inside is Partition 6 is integrally molded.

The partition 6 is formed lower than the side wall 5, and has a recess 7 formed on its top surface. A water passage hole 8 is formed in the recess 7 by penetrating the partition 6 vertically, and the opening at the lower end thereof is opened into a groove 9 formed on the lower surface of the bottom wall 4. Raised protrusions 10, 10, . In addition, on the outer surfaces of the four side walls 5.5, groove-shaped fitting recesses 12 and dovetail-shaped fitting protrusions 13 are integrally arranged symmetrically with each other. Molded.

The fitting protrusions 13 are fitted into the fitting recesses 12 between the saucer members 2.2 configured as described above, respectively, so that they cannot be separated from each other, and then the support base is assembled. They are arranged on top of 1.

Inside each saucer material 2, 2, .

This organic solid material has a planar shape that is substantially the same as the internal shape of each compartment, and is molded to a size that is thicker than the OII wall 5.

This organic solid material 14 is mainly composed of an organic fibrous material such as bakasu, bamboo stalks, wheat straw, millet stalks, etc., to which an inorganic material and a binder are added, and the carbon content of the fertilizer components is 10 to 30. %, and press molding is used.

Furthermore, an organic solid material 14 is buried on top of the saucer material 2, and surface soil 1 is spread over the entire area within the outer wall 3 so that the surface is flat.
5 is installed. When laying this surface soil 15, a filter medium 16 is inserted into the groove 7 at the top of the partition 6.

The depth of the saucer material 2, the height of the organic solid material 14, and the thickness of the surface soil 15 are adjusted depending on the size of the roots of the plant to be cultivated.

When the artificial floor for plant cultivation constructed in this way is supplied with water by watering or rainfall after installation, the water is received and stored in the saucer material 2. When the water level becomes higher than the partition 6, it flows into the recess 7 and is discharged from the water passage hole 8.

In addition, since the organic solid material 14 is a solidified fibrous material, there are continuous small voids inside, and water is retained therein.
As the surface of the surface soil 15 dries, water is sucked up from the bottom layer and supplied to the surface layer.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, the artificial bed for plant cultivation of the present invention has a large number of trays arranged side by side on a support base, and contains therein organic solids mainly composed of organic fibrous materials and compressed and solidified. By laying surface soil on top of that,
It is easier to unitize, it is easier to transport each material, and the assembly work can be done easily in a short time.Furthermore, the artificial floor after construction can store the supplied water in a saucer. This is gradually absorbed according to the condition of the surface soil, and combined with the high water retention rate of the organic solids themselves, it becomes possible to cultivate plants using only natural rainfall even during periods of drought. When installed on the roof of a building, the heat flow is small, which prevents the building from rising in temperature due to direct sunlight, making it possible to save a lot of energy, especially for heating and cooling.

Furthermore, organic solids themselves gradually decompose and become fertilizer, eliminating the need for fertilizing over a long period of time.
The management of growing plants has been significantly simplified, and an artificial bed for growing plants that is suitable for rooftops and small gardens on balconies has been provided.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of the entire artificial bed for plant cultivation, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same, FIG. 3 is a plan view of a saucer, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line AA in the figure, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line BB in the figure. 1...Support base, 2...Saucer material, 3.
...Outer wall, 4...Bottom wall, 5...
...Side wall, 6...Partition, 7.9...
Concave groove, 8... water hole, lO... convex part,
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11...Continuous groove, 12...Concave part for fitting, 13...Convex part for fitting, 14...Organic solid material, 15...Surface soil , 16... filter medium. Figure〕1 Q Figure Figure

Claims (1)

[Claims] An outer wall is installed to surround the outer periphery on a horizontal support base such as a rooftop concrete floor, and a large number of walls are installed side by side on the entire bottom of the outer wall, each with a rising wall around the inner wall. a corrosion-resistant saucer material capable of storing water; an organic solid material compressed and solidified mainly of an organic fibrous material housed in the saucer material and having a top portion protruding higher than the rising wall; An artificial bed for plant cultivation comprising surface soil embedded and laid over the entire area within the outer wall.