JPH057429A - Raising seedling system for plant - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the title system capable of improving viable settability of seedlings or jointed seedlings, of reducing the working time for tray loading, and also of increasing the quantity of trays to be housed. CONSTITUTION:A raising chamber 11 having a temperature regulator 13 and a humidity regulator 14 and also equipped with a door 12 is provided, and a table 15 having shelves 23 to be plurally loaded with trays 30 planted with seedlings or jointed seedlings 31 is movably provided and ensured to bring, in such a state as to be loaded with the trays 30, via said door 12 into the raising chamber 11 and set up there.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a plant raising apparatus for raising plants such as seedlings or grafted seedlings.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to grow plants such as seedlings or grafted seedlings, it is necessary to control the environment of a growing room in which the seedlings or grafted seedlings are placed to a temperature and humidity suitable for the growth. The seedling raising device for this plant, for example the first seedling raising device for grafted seedlings
In the conventional example, a plurality of trays in which grafted seedlings were planted were placed in a vinyl house as a growing room, water was sprinkled in the vinyl house, and the water was naturally evaporated to raise the humidity.

A second conventional example is shown in FIG. That is,
The growing room 1 has, for example, a floor surface of 3600 mm x 4500 mm
And has a door 2 on the side surface. Inside the growth chamber 1, three mounting tables 3 each having two shelves with five levels of shelves are arranged and fixed so as to be in contact with the wall on both sides in the entrance direction from the door 2. Is the passage 4.
The mounting table 3 is such that eight trays 5 are mounted on each shelf, for a total of 40 trays 5, and a total of 240 trays 5 can be accommodated in the growing chamber 1. Tray 5 in growth room 1
In order to store the trays 5, first, outside the growing room 1, a plurality of trays 5 on which the grafted seedlings 6 are planted are placed on a carrier 7.
Is carried into the passage 4 of the growing room 1 from the door 2, and the tray 5 on the carrier 7 is transferred to the mounting table 3 here. When all the trays 5 have been stored in the mounting table 3, the door 2 is closed and the temperature adjusting device and the humidity adjusting device (not shown) attached to the growing chamber 1 are operated to bring the inside of the growing chamber 1 to an appropriate temperature and humidity. Manage.

[0004]

In the first conventional example described above, the humidity control in the greenhouse depends on the natural evaporation of the sprinkled water, so that the temperature and humidity are greatly affected by the weather and are desired. However, there is a problem in that the temperature and the humidity are not reliably obtained, and the probability that the scion roots on the rootstock and the grafted seedling grows (hereinafter referred to as rooting rate) is low.

In the second conventional example, since the temperature and humidity in the growing room 1 can be controlled, the survival rate of grafted seedlings can be increased, but there are the following problems. (1) In order to mount the tray 5 on which the grafted seedlings 6 are planted on the mounting table 3, first, the work of mounting the tray 5 on the transport vehicle 7 and then the transport vehicle 7 carried into the growing chamber 1 Two operations of transferring 5 to the mounting table 3 are required, which requires a lot of man-hours.
(2) Since it is necessary to secure the passage 4 in the growing chamber 1 to carry in the transport vehicle 7, the area on which the mounting table 3 is installed is reduced accordingly, and the number of trays 5 accommodated is reduced. ..

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to improve the survival rate of seedlings or grafted seedlings and to reduce the number of work steps for placing trays on a placing table. The present invention provides a plant seedling raising device capable of increasing the number of trays that can be accommodated.

[0007]

A plant seedling raising apparatus of the present invention is provided with a temperature-adjusting device and a humidity-adjusting device and a growing chamber having a door, and a plurality of trays in which seedlings or grafted seedlings are planted are provided. The present invention is characterized in that a mounting table that has a shelf to be mounted and is movably provided is carried in from the door while the tray is mounted and installed in the growing chamber.

[0008]

According to the plant raising apparatus of the present invention, the temperature and humidity in the growing room can be controlled as desired. Further, since a plurality of trays in which seedlings or grafted seedlings are planted are placed on the placing table and the placing table is carried in from the door and installed in the growing room, the transfer work of the trays in the growing room becomes unnecessary. ..

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to FIGS.
Will be described. First, in FIG. 1, the growing room 11
Is, for example, width dimension 3600 mm, depth dimension 4500 m
It is formed of a heat insulating wall having a size of m and a height of 2900 mm, and a door 12 is attached to the side surface portion thereof so as to be openable and closable. A temperature controller 13 having a heating unit and a cooling unit on the ceiling surface of the growing chamber 11 and having a fan device for indoor circulation.
Also, an ultrasonic humidifier 14 as a humidity controller is attached. The compressor 13 a of the temperature control device 13 is arranged outside the growing chamber 11.

Next, the mounting table 15 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4. The frame 16 has a rectangular bottom surface, and the upper ends on the short sides of the four columns 17 are connected by spot welding the upper plates 18, 18 of the L shape, and the upper ends on the long sides are L-shaped. The upper plates 19 and 19 are connected by spot welding, and the lower end on the short side is connected by spot welding the L-shaped bottom plates 20 and 20. The four lateral plates 21 are provided at the positions where the space between the upper plate 18 and the bottom plate 20 is divided into five equal parts,
Spot welded to 17. And the bottom plates 20, 2
A pair of L-shaped shelf boards 2 that are opposed to each other with a predetermined space between the horizontal boards 21 and 21 located at 0 and the same height.
Two and two of them are passed over four pairs. And the bottom plate 2
0, 20 or horizontal plates 21, 21 and four pairs of shelf plates 22, 22 constitute a shelf 23. In addition, on the lower surface of the bottom plate 20, the flexible casters 24 are located below the pillars 17 at the four corners.
Is attached.

Four fluorescent lamps 25 are provided at the top of each shelf 23 so as to cross the shelf plate 22, and one reflector plate 26 is attached to each of the two fluorescent lamps 25. Then, the fluorescent lamp 25 is provided on the side surface of the frame 16.
The wiring duct 27 is attached. A spacer 28 having a roller 28a is attached to the bottom plate 20 or one of the four horizontal plates 21 on the short side of the frame 16, and the roller 29a is attached to the upper plate 19 on the long side of the frame 16. A spacer 29 having the same is attached. The tray 30 is a rectangular deep bottom container (only two are shown),
For example, grafted seedlings 31 in which rootstocks are attached to rootstocks are planted in 6 rows and 12 columns in the stored soil 30a.

Then, outside the growing room 11, eight trays 30 on which the grafted seedlings 31 are planted are placed on each shelf 23 of the placing table 15, eight trays each. After the 40 trays 30 have been placed on the mounting table 15, the universal caster 24 is used to mount the mounting table 15 on the door 1.
It is carried into the growing chamber 11 from No. 2, and as shown in FIG. In this case, the mounting table 15 is placed on the wall surface of the growing chamber 11 or another mounting table 1.
Even if the rollers 28a, 29a of the spacers 28, 29 are pressed against the substrate 5 to the full extent,
The mounting table 15 is brought into contact with the upper plate 19, the bottom plate 20, and the horizontal plate 21.
A predetermined space is secured between the and. The space formed by this interval is sufficient for circulating the air in the growth chamber 11 when the temperature control device 13 is operated. And
When all the mounting bases 15 are accommodated, for example, when the loading of eight mounting bases 15 is completed, the fluorescent lamp 25 is turned on,
The temperature control device 13 and the ultrasonic humidifier 14 are operated to circulate air to control the inside of the growing chamber 11 to a desired temperature and humidity.

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. That is, (1) the temperature controller 13 and the ultrasonic humidifier 14 as a humidity controller are provided to control the temperature and humidity in the growing chamber 11 within a desired range. The survival rate of seedlings can be improved. (2) Since the tray 30 can be installed in the growing chamber 11 as it is by placing the tray 30 on the shelf 23 of the placing table 15, the tray 5 is moved from the carrier 7 to the placing table 3 in the raising chamber 1 as compared with the second conventional example. The work of transferring to is not necessary, and the work man-hour can be reduced.

(3) Since the passage 4 is not required, it can be used to install the mounting table 15 in the entire growth chamber 11,
The number of mounting bases 15 that can be accommodated can be increased. In the above-described embodiment, the number of mounting bases 15 that can be accommodated can be increased to eight, which can be increased by 33% compared to six in the second conventional example.

(4) The spacer 2 is provided around the mounting table 15.
Since 8 and 29 are provided, even when the mounting table 15 is sequentially installed from the back, a space necessary for circulating the air in the growing chamber 11 can be secured. Further, even if the spacers 28, 29 hit the wall surface of the growing chamber 11, the rollers 28a, 29a
The rotation of the mounting table 15 does not hinder the movement of the mounting table 15.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above and shown in the drawings, but in the above embodiment, the mounting table 15 is used.
The long sides of the mounting table 15 are arranged in two rows in the horizontal direction and the short sides are arranged in four rows in the vertical direction. However, the short sides of the mounting table 15 are arranged in three rows in the horizontal direction, and the long sides are arranged in the vertical direction. You can arrange them in three rows,
Alternatively, in one row, the long side of the mounting table 15 is placed laterally,
The other side may be arranged such that the short side of the mounting table 15 is placed in the lateral direction, and in short, it may be arranged so as to improve the loading efficiency of the mounting table 15, and various arrangements can be made without departing from the gist. Deformation is possible.

[0017]

Industrial Applicability The plant seedling raising apparatus of the present invention is provided with a growth chamber having a temperature controller and a humidity controller and a door, and a shelf on which a plurality of trays for seedlings or grafted seedlings are placed. Since it is arranged that the mounting table movably provided with the tray is carried in from the door and installed in the growing chamber in the state where the tray is mounted, the survival rate of seedlings or grafted seedlings can be improved. Thus, it is possible to reduce the number of work steps for mounting the tray on the mounting table and increase the number of trays accommodated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional side view of a seedling raising device.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a mounting table.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a mounting table.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the mounting table.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a state in which a mounting table is installed in the growing room.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a growing chamber in a second conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Growth Room 12 Door 13 Temperature Control Device 14 Ultrasonic Humidification Device (Humidity Control Device) 15 Placement Table 23 Shelf 27 Free Casters 30 Tray 31 Grafting Seedling

Claims (1)

Claims: 1. A growth room having a temperature control device and a humidity control device and having a door, and a shelf on which a plurality of trays for planting seedlings or grafted seedlings are placed. A plant seedling raising device, comprising: a mounting table that is movably provided, is loaded from the door in a state where the tray is mounted, and is installed in the growing chamber.