JPH05336841A - Activation of plant and soil exchanging tool for plant to be used therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To feed culture soil by exchanging the soil for potting, 'bonsai' or agricultural fruit trees in a simple way by an entirely new means. CONSTITUTION:The objective plant activation method is made up of (A) a hollow drawing member 1 with its tip opened is pushed, through soil surface where plant roots grow, into the soil while cutting old roots with the tip; (B) hollows 22 are formed in the soil by drawing the member 1 off the soil in such a state that soil and cut old roots are held inside the member 1; and (C) the hollows 22 are charged with new culture soil. The above three processes are repeated at relevant site(s) to cut old roots and old soil is exchanged with new culture soil.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

The present invention relates to, for example, potted plants, bonsai plants,
Alternatively, the present invention relates to a method for activating a plant capable of cutting old roots of an agricultural fruit tree and replacing old soil to supply new soil, and a plant changer used therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, when exchanging soil for potted plants and bonsai to supply new soil, pull out flowers and plants from the flower pot, remove old soil, cut old roots, and supply new soil. After that, I tie it with a rope and fix it.

[0003]

However, in the case of potted plants such as Satsuki, it is usually necessary to replace the soil at least once every three years to supply new soil, but the conventional method is used. Because it is very troublesome and hard work,
I was wondering if there was an easier way than before.

Therefore, the present invention provides a method for activating a plant, and a changer used therefor, which is capable of supplying new soil by exchanging the soil of a potted plant, a bonsai tree, or a fruit tree for agriculture in a completely new manner. Is intended to provide.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, a hollow extraction member having an open tip is pressed from the soil surface where plant roots grow to cut old roots in the soil. And a step of forming a hollow portion in the soil by pulling out the extracting member while holding the soil and the old roots that have been cut inside the extracting member;
This is a method of adding new soil to the cavity, cutting old roots by repeating this step at appropriate places and replacing old soil to supply new soil.

Due to the effects to be described later, as the extracting member, a hollow extracting member main body having a toothed portion formed at the front end of a substantially cylindrical open end is used to facilitate rotation of the extracting member around the axis. It is preferable to use a plant soil exchanging tool provided with a handle member on the end side and to push in the extracting member while rotating the extracting member around the axis using the handle member of the soil exchanging tool.

[0007] Similarly, in order to achieve the above object,
As a soil exchange tool for plants used in this method, a handle member is provided so that the hollow extraction member main body with an open tip is pushed in or pushed in while rotating the extraction member while rotating around the axis. It will be.

Due to the effects described later, it is preferable that the extracting member main body has a substantially cylindrical shape and a removing member rotatable about the axis is provided in the extracting member main body.

[0009]

As described above, according to the method for activating a plant of the present invention and the soil exchanger for a plant used therefor, the extraction member is provided from the soil surface where the roots of the plant grow, by holding the handle member of the soil exchanger for the plant. While pressing and straightening or rotating, push in while cutting the old root with the tooth part at the tip, while holding the soil and the cut old root inside the extracting member, by extracting this extracting member, A cavity is formed, air is blown into the soil, new soil is added to this cavity, and old roots are cut by repeating these operations in appropriate places, and old soil is replaced to supply new soil. To do.

As the extracting member, one having a tooth portion formed at the distal end of a hollow extracting member main body having a substantially cylindrical distal end is used, and the extracting member is provided on the base end side so as to easily rotate around the axis. When using the soil exchange tool of the plant provided with a handle member and pushing the extraction member while rotating the extraction member around the axis using the handle member of this soil exchange tool, the soil surface on which the root of the plant grows Therefore, while rotating the extracting member around the axis, it is possible to press and push while cutting the old root with the tooth portion at the tip, so that the soil and the cut old root can be held inside the extracting member.

Further, when the extracting member main body is formed into a substantially cylindrical shape and a removing member rotatable about the axis is provided in the extracting member main body, the removing member is rotated about the axis within the extracting member main body. By doing so, it is possible to scrape out and remove old roots and old soil clogged in the extracting member.

[0012]

The details of the present invention will be described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. A plant soil exchanging tool A (hereinafter, simply referred to as exchanging tool A) shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 corresponds to the first embodiment of the present invention. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, a bonsai tree B is used as an example. Will be explained. Then, the exchange tool A is composed of the extracting member 1, the handle member 2, and the removing member 3 as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the extraction member 1 has a tooth portion 5 with the tip of a cylindrical extraction member main body 4 as saw teeth, and a slit 6 is bored on the surface of the extraction member main body 4 in the axial direction. A notch 7 is provided by expanding the tip of the slit 6. Further, in order to fix the handle member 2 to the proximal end portion of the extracting member body 4, the guide portion 8 and the locking portion 9 are opened from the end portion.
A pair of L-shaped locking ports 10 are provided symmetrically. The tooth portion 5 is not limited to the toothed tip of the extraction member body 4 having saw teeth, but may have a sharp blade tip.

As shown in FIG. 2, the handle member 2 is a side wall from the periphery of the lower surface of the disk-shaped handle member main body 11 toward the lower side.
12 is extended, a locking rod 13 is installed in the side wall 12 located on the tip side of the side wall 12 apart from the lower surface of the handle member main body 11 so that the base end of the extracting member 1 can be guided. The guide pieces 14, 14 are concentrically provided around each other. Particularly, in the handle member 2 of the illustrated example, as shown in FIG. 2, the outer diameter is 15 mm and the length is 150 m.
Guide pieces 14 and 14 are provided around the inside so that the extraction member 1 of m can be held and fixed, and the extraction piece 1 having an outer diameter of 30 mm can be similarly held and fixed outside the guide piece 1 as well.
4 and 14 are provided around the grip member 1 from the upper surface of the handle member main body 11.
It is a protrusion of 5.

Then, the locking rod 13 of the handle member 2 is pushed into the guide portion 8 of the locking port 10 of the extracting member 1, and the base end portion of the extracting member 1 is guided to the center side of the handle member 2.
By positioning the locking rod 13 inside the locking portion 9 of the locking opening 10 by positioning the locking rod 13 in the guide groove 16 between 14, 14 and rotating the handle member 2, as shown in FIG. The extraction member 1 can be held and fixed with respect to. By detachably attaching the extracting member 1 to the handle member 2 in this manner, the extracting member 1 having an outer diameter of 15 mm or the extracting member 1 having an outer diameter of 30 mm can be used properly according to the size of the bonsai B or the like. Of.

Further, a removing member 3 is provided to scrape out old roots and old soil which are clogged in the extracting member 1 during the work. Especially, in the exchanging tool A of the first embodiment, FIG.
As shown in FIG.
Moreover, it can be scratched out using a tool such as a spatula.

The extracting member 1 is not limited to a cylindrical body, and may be any substantially cylindrical body such as a rotatable hollow polygonal column, or the extracting member 1 without rotating the extracting member 1 in particular.
It is also possible to just push and push in, and in that case, it may be a hollow polygonal column such as a hollow triangular column or a square column.

Next, the exchange tool A of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The exchange tool A is the exchange tool A of the first embodiment.
The structure is almost the same as that of FIG.
As described above, a rod-shaped handle member main body 11 is formed into a plate shape by pressing the tip portion 11a, and the base end portion 11b is formed into a loop to form a grip portion. The insertion hole 17 is formed in the. The removing member 3 is formed by using the tip portion 17a of the handle member 2 or the spatula 18 shown in FIG.
It is possible to scrape out old roots and soil that are clogged inside.

Further, an exchange tool A of the third embodiment, which is highly likely to be an actual product, will be described with reference to FIG. Exchange tool A
Although not particularly shown, the overall structure and the connecting structure of the handle member 2 and the extracting member 1 are almost the same as those of the exchanging tool A of the first embodiment. However, as shown in FIG. In particular, the slits 6 and the notches 7 are not provided to provide strength, and the removing member 3 is drilled along the axial center of the extracting member body 4.
Is located on the lower surface of the handle member 2. That is, by rotating the handle member 2 with respect to the extracting member 1, it is possible to rotate the drill 19 to scrape out old roots and old soil blocks that are clogged in the extracting member 1. Therefore, the work of scraping out old roots and old soil blocks that are clogged in the extracting member 1 becomes very easy, and a series of work becomes simple in succession. Further, in the above-described exchange tool A,
Although the drill 19 is used as the removing member 3, it may be simply a rod or one having a projection on the rod surface.

The method of activating plants using the exchange tool A of the first embodiment will now be described. From the soil surface of the flower pot 21 in which the roots of the plants 20 in the bonsai tree B grow, as shown in FIG. While gripping the handle member 2 of the exchange tool A,
A step of pushing the extracting member 1 while rotating it around the axis to push in the old root while cutting the old root with the tooth portion 5 at the tip; and a replacement tool while holding the soil and the old cut root inside the extracting member 1. A step of forming a cavity 22 in the soil by extracting A and blowing air into the soil;
In addition, the step of adding new soil to the soil is performed, and the old roots and the old soil blocks clogging the extraction member 1 are removed from the slits 6 and the notches 7 by using, for example, a spatula 18 shown in FIG. In the same way, this step is performed in the flower pot 21.
By cutting the old root by repeating at the place,
The old soil is replaced and new soil is supplied.

When the exchange tool A of the second embodiment is used, the bar-shaped handle member 2 is inserted into the insertion holes 17 of the handle member 2 and the handle member 2 is perpendicular to the extracting member 1. By rotating the handle member 2 in a state where the extraction member 1 is crossed, the extraction member 1 can be pressed and pushed from the soil surface. And when scraping out and removing old roots and old soil blocks clogged in the extracting member 1,
This can be done by utilizing the tip portion 11a of the handle member main body 11 of the handle member 2.

Further, when the exchange tool A of the third embodiment is used, the extraction member 1 can be pressed and pushed from the soil surface like the exchange tool A of the first embodiment, and By rotating the handle member 2 with respect to the extracting member 1 with the tooth portion 5 facing downward, it is possible to rotate the drill 19 to scrape out old roots and old clods that are clogged in the extracting member 1. ..

In the above example, the method for activating plants in the bonsai tree B is described, but the same applies to potting, and the extracting member 1 has a large shape, for example, specifically, the extracting member 1 The outside diameter of 70 mm to 100 mm, the length of 500 mm, and the ability to drive this extraction member 1 by using the power of a motor, etc., cut old roots of fruit trees and trees for agriculture, and It is also possible to replace the old soil and supply new soil.

As described above, according to the method for activating a plant using the exchanger A of the first to third embodiments, the exchanger A is pressed from the soil surface of the bonsai B to rotate the extraction member 1. Old roots and old soil are removed by pushing in and pulling out while forming a cavity 22 in the soil, blowing air into the soil, and introducing new soil into this cavity 22 Since the plants 20 can be activated, it is necessary to remove the plants 20 from the flower pot, remove the old soil, cut the old roots, supply new soil, and then tie it with a rope to fix it, as in the past. This is much easier than workability.

[0025]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. According to the method for activating a plant and the soil exchanging device for a plant according to claim 1 or claim 3, the plant soil exchanging device is pressed from the soil surface and the extraction member is pushed straight or while being rotated to be removed. Old roots and old soil are removed, a cavity is formed in the soil, air is blown into the soil, and new new soil is fed into this cavity, so that the plants can be activated. For example, pulling out flowers and plants from flowerpots, removing old soil, cutting old roots, feeding new soil, and then tying it with a rope and fixing it is very easy compared to the labor and workability. Of.
In particular, when a tooth portion is provided at the tip of the extracting member body, the tooth portion facilitates pushing from the soil surface.

According to the method for activating a plant of claim 2, since the extraction member is pushed in while rotating around the axis using the handle member of the soil exchanger for plants, compared with the case of simply pushing in. , Can be smoothly pushed into the soil to form a cavity.

According to the plant soil exchanger of claim 4, in order to scrape and remove old roots and old soil clogged in the extracting member, the removing member is rotated around the axis in the extracting member main body. As a result, the old roots and old soil inside can be removed, which simplifies the work and enables continuous work.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a usage state of a plant soil exchanging tool according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

[Fig. 2] Similarly, an exploded perspective view of a soil exchanger for plants

[Fig. 3] Similarly, a vertical cross-sectional view of a state where a soil exchange tool for a plant is assembled.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a soil exchange tool for plants according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a soil changer for plants according to a third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Plant soil exchange tool B Bonsai 1 Extraction member 2 Handle member 3 Removal member 4 Extraction member body 5 Teeth 6 Slit 7 Notch 8 Guide part 9 Locking part 10 Locking port 11 Handle member main body 12 Side wall 13 Locking rod 14 Guide piece 15 Grip 16 Guide groove 17 Insertion hole 18 Spatula 19 Drill 20 Plant 21 Flower pot 22 Cavity

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A step of pressing a hollow extraction member having an open tip from the soil surface where a root of a plant grows and pushing the hollow root into the soil while cutting an old root at the tip; Repeating this step at the appropriate place, which consists of forming a cavity in the soil by pulling out this extraction member while holding the old root that was cut, and adding new soil to this cavity. This is a method of activating plants that cut old roots and replace old soil to supply new soil. 2. The extracting member used is a hollow extracting member main body having a substantially cylindrical distal end with a tooth portion formed at the front end thereof, and the extracting member is provided on the base end side so as to easily rotate around the axis. 2. The method for activating a plant according to claim 1, wherein a plant soil exchanger provided with a handle member is used, and the handle member of the soil exchanger is used to push in the extracting member while rotating it around the axis. 3. A soil exchanging device for plants, wherein a hollow extraction member main body having an open end is provided with a handle member so as to push the extraction member provided with a tooth portion at the end thereof or to rotate the shaft around an axis to facilitate pushing. 4. The soil exchanging device for plants according to claim 3, wherein the extracting member main body has a substantially cylindrical shape, and a removing member rotatable about an axis is provided in the extracting member main body.