JPH05260855A - Training down of vines of fruits and vegetables and tool for training down the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To train down vines simply using relatively few materials by stretching strings vertically in parallel between a couple of upper supports and one lower support and allowing the string supporting a vine of vegetable or fruit to reel down. CONSTITUTION:Strings 6... are stretched vertically between a couple of upper supports 4, 4 and one lower support 5 to support vines of vegetable or fruit. Then, the strings are allowed to reel down, respectively as the vine grows to extend the root part along the cultivation bed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to cherry tomatoes, cucumbers and other fruit vegetables, the main stem of which is a vine-like fruit vegetable with a long-growing vine, and a method for attracting and declining attractant vines, More specifically, a method of attracting and declining fruit vegetables that pulls down the entire vine every time the tip of the vine extends so that the tip does not exceed a certain height, and makes the root (lower part) of the vine crawl on the cultivation bed. Related to the fruit vine pulling tool used.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For vine fruits such as cherry tomatoes and cucumbers, the same plant may be cultivated for a long period of 6 months or more. In that case, the length of the vine may be 10 m or more. Become. At this time, the fruit blooms mainly in the upper part of the vine, and the fruits are successively set. Such a vine is supported by a string supported by a pipe horizontally laid horizontally upward, but the tip of the vine becomes long, and if the height of the pipe is exceeded, fruit harvesting and care will be troublesome. , So-called unloading work is performed. That is, the whole vine is pulled down and its root is crawled onto the cultivation bed, so that the tip of the vine does not exceed a certain height. This vine dropping work is generally performed as follows.

One string is wound around each vine of each plant and hung, and the string is temporarily removed every time the tip of the plant extends a certain distance, and the whole plant is pulled down. Then, wrap the vine of the newly extended part with a string and hang it again. Do this for each of the many vines. In addition to the above method, an attracting frame for cultivation is formed, and the end of the horizontal cord is tied to the vertical frame and stretched in the horizontal direction. Such horizontal strings are stretched in multiple stages at intervals of 15 to 35 cm, and each horizontal string is knitted with a vertical string to form each string vertically and horizontally, and the vine of the plant is fixed to the horizontal string. Then, each time the tip extends a predetermined distance, the vertical cord is sequentially pulled down by a certain length. As a result, each horizontal cord is pulled down one step at a time, so a horizontal cord is newly provided at the uppermost portion while being knitted into a vertical cord.

[0004]

However, all of the above conventional methods have a problem in attracting and descending work.
That is, the former conventional method has a problem in that the work of pulling down the attracting member is troublesome and takes a lot of time.
Further, the latter conventional method can reduce the working time as compared with the former method, but since a large number of cords have to be used, there is a problem that the amount of materials used increases and it takes time to install. Furthermore, in any of these conventional methods, since the vertical string is hung vertically, the rate at which leaves and fruits in the plant overlap with each other increases, and the irradiation efficiency of sunlight is not optimal,
The growth environment of plants was not always good. Therefore, the present invention, in view of the problems in such a conventional method, is easy attracting and unloading work, relatively few materials used, further good irradiation efficiency of irradiation of sunlight to plant leaves and fruits, attracting and unloading method, Another object of the present invention is to provide an attracting and lowering tool for use in the same.

[0005]

A method for attracting and lowering fruits and vegetables according to the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is to arrange a plurality of vertical cords apart from each other and to support the vines of the fruits and vegetables on each of the vertical cords. In this method, the whole fruit and vegetables are lowered downward by a predetermined distance as the vine grows, and the root portion is moved along the cultivation bed. And this method arranges a pair of upper supports horizontally apart from each other above the attracting position of the fruit and vegetables in the horizontal direction, and one lower support is provided below approximately the center of the separation distance of the upper supports. Place horizontally. Further, a plurality of vertical cords are respectively stretched and juxtaposed between the respective upper and lower supports to form a V-shaped vertical cord row as a whole. It is characterized in that the vertical cords thus formed support the vines of the fruit and vegetables, and the vertical cords are lowered downward as the vines grow.

Next, the apparatus for attracting and lowering fruits and vegetables according to the present invention used in the above-mentioned method comprises a pair of upper supports arranged horizontally apart from each other above the attraction position of the fruits and vegetables in the horizontal direction. It has one lower support arranged laterally below substantially the center of the distance between the supports and a plurality of vertical cords stretched apart from each other between the upper support and the lower support. is doing. The vertical cords are formed so as to form a V-shaped vertical cord row as a whole.

[0007]

In the attracting and lowering method of the present invention, the attracting and lowering work is simple because it only requires the vertical string to be pulled down, and the attracting and lowering work can be performed in a short time. Further, since it is sufficient to provide each vertical cord, a pair of upper supports for stretching it vertically, and one lower support,
Uses less material than before. Furthermore, since the fruits and vegetables are attracted obliquely upward along the V-shaped vertical cord, the irradiation efficiency of sunlight on the leaves and fruits is good, and the growth environment is extremely good.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of an attracting and lowering tool of the present invention. A plurality of vertical frames 2 are erected around the slender cultivation floor 1 at appropriate intervals, and horizontal frames 3 are appropriately fixed to the upper and lower sides of the vertical frames 2 facing each other in the width direction of the cultivation floor by strings or spring clamps. Has been installed. Above the vertical frame 2, that is, at a position substantially the same level as the horizontal frame 3 installed above, the pair of upper support members 4 are horizontally separated from each other, and a string or a string is provided in the horizontal direction (longitudinal direction of the cultivation floor 1). It is fixedly installed using spring clamps.

Below the vertical frame 2, that is, at a substantially central portion of a horizontal frame 3 which is erected on the lower side, one lower support 5 is fixedly erected by a string or a spring clamp. Therefore, the lower support 5 is located substantially below the center of the separation distance of the upper support 4. The lower side of the lower support 5 is positioned at a certain height with respect to the cultivation bed 1, and care should be taken so as not to hinder the growth of plants. A plurality of endless vertical cords 6 are stretched between the upper support 4 and the lower support 5 at appropriate intervals to form a V-shaped vertical cord row as a whole. Since each vertical string 6 is a rotation stop,
An engaging member (not shown) removably hooks a portion that engages with at least one of the upper support 4 and the lower support 5, respectively. As this engagement tool, for example, a string or an adhesive tape such as a vinyl tape is convenient.

The vertical frame 2 and the horizontal frame 3 can be made of plant-like rods such as bamboo or wood, or metal pipes or shaped steel materials. It is preferable to use a steel pipe because of its durability, strength and easy availability of materials. As such a steel pipe, for example, there is one having a wall thickness of 1 mm and an outer diameter of 19 mm. The upper support 4 and the lower support 5 may be made of the same material as described above, but at least one of these supports may be a string. Such a cord or the vertical cord 6 has a diameter of, for example, 1.5 m from the viewpoint of durability and strength.
It is preferable to use a cord material or a film material made of a soft resin such as nylon or vinyl chloride having a size of about m to 2.0 mm.

Next, a method for attracting and lowering fruits and vegetables using the attracting and lowering tool of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The vine 7 of the fruit and vegetables planted on the cultivation floor 1 is attracted upward by an angle of 35 to 45 degrees, and the vine 7 is supported on the endless vertical cord 6 by the support 8. At this time, the vine 7 is supported on the outside or inside formed in a V shape. The supporting tool 8 for supporting the vine 7 to the vertical cord 6 is, for example, an adhesive tape such as a stretchable vinyl tape, or a ring formed at the tip of a short cord fixed to the vertical cord 6. The one attached is convenient. When the adhesive tape is used, the vine 7 may be loosely bound along the vertical cord 6, and when the cord formed or attached to the ring is used, the vine 7 may be loosely inserted into the ring.

A large number of such fruit and vegetable vines 7 are planted on the cultivation bed 1 at regular intervals, and each of the fruit and vegetable vines 7 is supported by the vertical cord 6 as in FIG. When the tip of the vine 7 of the fruit and vegetables reaches near the top of the vertical string 6, the part where the vertical string 6 is hooked on the upper support 4 or the lower support 5 is once removed. Then, the inside of the endless vertical cord 6 is pulled downward and lowered for a predetermined distance, and the vertical cord 6 is hooked again. Further, each vertical cord 6 on which the vine 7 is supported is similarly lowered by a predetermined distance. Then, the whole vine 7 of the fruit and vegetables is lowered substantially in parallel, and the root thereof crawls along the cultivation bed 1 longer.

As a result of such vine dropping, the tips of the fruit vines 7 are sequentially attracted to the right along the attracting vines shown in FIG. 1, for example, clockwise. Then, after being attracted to the right end, it is then attracted in the direction of its short side, and can be further attracted to the left along the back side. in this case,
The vine part that is attracted to the right and the vine part that is attracted to the left are attracted along the slopes on the opposite sides of the vertical string rows forming the V-shape, so that the irradiation efficiency of sunlight is extremely high. It will be good. When the vine 7 is excessively deposited on the bottom of the V-shaped vertical string row, the vertical string 6 may be replaced by replacing the vertical string 6 as appropriate.

[0014]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION The method of attracting and lowering fruits and vegetables according to the present invention is configured as described above, so that the attracting and pulling down work only requires pulling down the vertical cord, and the work is simple and attracts in a short time. Can do vine dropping work. Further, since it is only necessary to provide each vertical cord, a pair of upper supports for stretching it vertically, and one lower support, it is possible to use less materials than in the conventional case. Furthermore, the vines of the vegetables are attracted diagonally upward along the V-shaped vertical string,
The irradiation efficiency of sunlight on leaves and fruits is good, and the growth environment is extremely good. The fruit vegetable attracting and lowering tool of the present invention has a structure suitable for the above method. Furthermore, according to the method and vine lowering tool of the present invention, the vines and leaves are guided along the inside of the V-shape, so that they rarely protrude outside the vine bed. Therefore, it is possible to narrow the interval between the vines that are arranged in parallel, and as a result, more vines can be installed on the same land and the yield can be increased.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of an apparatus for pulling down and pulling out fruits and vegetables according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a state where the attracting and lowering of fruits and vegetables is performed using the attracting and lowering tool of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Cultivation floor 2 Vertical frame 3 Horizontal frame 4 Upper support 5 Lower support 6 Vertical string 7 Vines 8 Supporting tool

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of vertical cords are arranged in parallel with each other with a space therebetween.
Let each of the vertical strings support the vines of fruit vegetables,
As the vine grows, the whole fruit is lowered a predetermined distance downward, and the root of the fruit is pulled along the cultivation floor.In the vine dropping method, a pair of fruits are horizontally separated from each other above the attraction position of the fruit. The upper support bodies 4 are arranged in the horizontal direction, and one lower support body 5 is arranged in the horizontal direction below substantially the center of the separation distance of the upper support bodies 4.
A plurality of vertical strings 6 are stretched and juxtaposed between the upper supports 4 and the lower supports 5 to form a V-shaped vertical string row as a whole, and the vertical string 6 has a fruit string. The method for attracting and dropping fruit vegetables, wherein the vine 7 is supported and each of the vertical cords 6 is lowered in accordance with the extension of the vine 7. 2. A plurality of vertical cords are arranged in parallel with each other with a space therebetween.
Let each of the vertical strings support the vines of fruit vegetables,
As the vine grows, the whole vegetable is lowered for a predetermined distance, and the root of the vegetable is used to attract the vegetable. A pair of upper support bodies 4 which are horizontally spaced apart from each other, and one lower support body 5 which is disposed laterally below substantially the center of the separation distance of the upper support bodies 4; A plurality of vertical cords 6 are stretched between the upper and lower supports 4 and 5 so as to be spaced apart from each other, and each vertical cord 6 forms a V-shaped vertical cord row as a whole. This is an attracting and grabbing tool for fruit vegetables.