JPH07322770A - Container for plant-raising bed and plant-raising kit - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a container for a plant-raising bed consisting of a container body made of formed fibers decomposable in soil, swelling by absorbing water and formed in such a manner as to be penetrable for roots of a sprouted plant, capable of dispensing with bed forming work at planting place and easy in sowing and transplanting. CONSTITUTION:This container for plant-raising bed consists of a container body 2 made of formed fibers such as cellulose fiber, biodegradable plastic fiber, etc., which is decomposable in soil, swallen by absorbing water and formed in such a manner as to be penetrable for roots of a sprouted plant. Further, the container body 2 and the plant-raising bed formed in the container body 2 together provide a plant-raising kit 1. Further, the container body 2 is preferably imparted with a plant growth-promoting agent and/or a controlling agent.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a container for forming a floor for growing plants and a kit for facilitating the growth of plants.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When cultivating plants such as vegetables and flowers, seeds or seedlings are usually obtained. When it is obtained in the form of seeds, it is supplied with the seeds stored in a bag. On the other hand, when the seedlings are obtained in the state of seedlings, the seedlings S as shown in FIG. 6 are supplied by being stored in a cup-shaped container 30 made of vinyl or the like. The seedling cup 30 stores the seedlings S ready to be transplanted to soil such as a planter or a flowerbed after being obtained, which is convenient because it does not take time and effort for germination and initial growth.

[0003]

However, in the case of seeds, after obtaining, it is necessary to mix and fertilize various fertilizers and soil at an appropriate quantitative ratio to form a sowing bed suitable for plants and sow them. is there. Also, in the case of seedlings, it is necessary to transplant them immediately after they are obtained, and it is necessary to form a bed suitable for transplanting the seedlings.

That is, conventionally, it was necessary to form a growing bed at a place where germination or transplantation was to be carried out, and it was always necessary to prepare a growing bed on site. In addition, regardless of whether seeds or seedlings are purchased, it is necessary to form a floor suitable for germination and growth depending on the plant, but germination and growth according to the plant to be cultivated. It is not always easy to form a floor suitable for use in terms of labor and materials.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a container for a growing bed which can easily form a bed for growing the plant when the plant is cultivated. It is another object of the present invention to provide a plant growing kit that allows easy subsequent germination and growth when the plant is cultivated from seeds or seedlings.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] As a means for solving the above-mentioned technical problems, the present inventor has conducted diligent studies and, as a result, has conducted a cultivation suitable for a plant to be cultivated in a container which is decomposed in soil. It was found that a bed for growth can be formed at the cultivation place by forming the bed in advance and burying the container as it is at the cultivation place, and created the following invention.

That is, the invention according to claim 1 comprises a container body formed by molding fibers that are decomposed in soil, swollen by absorbing water, and formed so that the roots of germinated plants can be penetrated. Is a container for growing beds of plants. The invention according to claim 2 is the container for growing beds of plants according to claim 1, wherein the container body is provided with a plant growth promoter and / or a control agent. The invention according to claim 3 is a plant growing kit comprising the container body according to claim 1 or 2 and a floor for growing plants formed in the container body. . A fourth aspect of the present invention is the plant growing kit according to the third aspect, characterized in that seeds of plants are stored in the container body. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect, the seeds of the plant are stored separately from the floor for plant growth by an interior body formed by molding fibers that are decomposed in soil. It is a plant growing kit characterized by. The invention according to claim 6 is
In Claim 3, Claim 4, or Claim 5, The said floor for plant growth has the filler which consists of the fiber decomposed | disassembled in soil, and is provided with the plant growth promoter and / or control agent. It is a plant growing kit characterized by.

The fiber decomposed in the soil is
A fiber that is mainly decomposed by microorganisms in soil, and includes natural fiber or synthetic fiber. Specifically, it is a pulp having cellulose as a main component and a biodegradable plastic fiber. The container body formed by molding the fibers includes those obtained by molding the fibers by any method, but in particular, a wet solution obtained by dissolving and suspending used paper such as used newspapers, used magazines and used cardboard in water is used. Those molded and dried by the pulp molding method or those molded and dried by the dry pulp molding method are desirable. This is because such fibers do not include components other than used paper and the cost can be reduced.

[0009] This container body is dry in a normal state, has a sufficient strength to contain a floor for growing, is capable of absorbing water, and in a water absorbing state, it swells to penetrate plant roots. It must be possible. This is because it facilitates the formation of a cultivation bed, does not hinder the diffusion of water in the soil and the water absorption of the root, and does not hinder the elongation of the root.
Further, for convenience of handling, the original shape can be maintained even if water is absorbed, and is restored to the original shape after water absorption and drying unless a large external force is applied. Is desirable.

Various additives and the like can be added to the container body so as to facilitate the molding without hindering the growth of plants and promoting the decomposition in soil. Further, a plant growth promoter or a control agent can be added. In this case, in the liquid state before molding, it is possible to mold the container body containing these by adding the plant growth promoting material and the controlling agent. On the other hand, it can be applied by spraying a plant growth promoter or the like after molding and dipping or coating. However, in any case, even if these chemicals are applied, the container body needs to be in a dry state, and if necessary, it is dried after the chemicals are applied.

The above-mentioned plant growth promoter may be any as long as it promotes plant growth, and includes growth hormones that promote germination, growth, or various fertilizers that are essential or promote growth, and are liquid agents. It does not matter whether it is powder, granules or granules. The control agent may be any agent as long as it can protect the plant from viruses parasitic on the plant, harmful insects and other diseases, and may be liquid, powder or granule.

The above-mentioned plant-growing bed means a cultivation bed suitable for sowing seeds of plants or transplanting seedlings. Generally, it is composed of soil, fertilizer, stone, wood chips, etc., and may be formed in two layers in consideration of drainage.

The inner body is formed in a size capable of being stored in the container body, and the seed is stored separately from the plant growing floor, and the seed is maintained at an appropriate position on the floor. It is for doing. Further, it is desirable that the seeds can be stored in a state where they can be germinated as they are. Examples of the shape of the inner body include a sheet shape, a container shape, and a bag shape. Further, the plant growth promoting material and the pest control material can be applied to the inner body in the same manner as the container body. In addition, even in the case of the interior body, it is necessary to be in a dried state even after applying these chemicals.

The filling material is a member that is housed in the container body and forms the floor. This filler is
The sheet-like body, a sheet-like body that is appropriately rounded, a thin rod-shaped body, a small net-shaped body, a crushed body, or a spherical body may be used. However, in consideration of transportation after forming the floor in the container body, it is necessary to maintain the state in which the floor forming members other than the filler such as soil, fertilizer, stone, and wood chips are mixed in the container body. Is desirable.

The plant growth promoting material and the controlling agent can be added to the filling material by an appropriate means, as in the case of the container body and the inner body, and if necessary, dried after the application of the medicine.

[0016]

According to the invention as set forth in claim 1, since the container body itself is decomposed in the soil, a floor for growing plants can be formed in advance and can be stored as it is, and it can be buried in a cultivation place when necessary. Thereby, the floor for cultivation is formed in the cultivation place. According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the plant growth promoter and the control agent are added to the container body, the labor of adding them to the floor for growing is saved. According to the invention described in claim 3, the plant is circulated in a state where a plant growing floor is formed in the container body, and the growing floor is formed by burying this kit in a cultivation place. According to the invention as set forth in claim 4, since seeds of plants are stored in the container body and a floor for growing plants is formed, by embedding this kit in a cultivation place, Seeds are sown on the growing floor. According to the invention of claim 5,
Since the seeds are stored separately from the floor in the container body by the inner body, the influence of the floor on the seeds is eliminated. Also, the seeds can be maintained in a position suitable for germination. According to the invention described in claim 6, since the filler is disposed in the floor, it is possible to prevent the deviation of various materials forming the floor.

[0017]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the floor can be formed at the cultivation place by forming the plant growing floor in the container body in advance and burying it in the cultivation place as it is. Therefore, at the time of sowing seeds and transplanting seedlings, it is possible to omit the floor forming work at the cultivation place. With formation, seeding and transplantation can be easily completed.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, growth promoters and control agents necessary for forming a good plant-growing floor are provided in advance. It is possible to save the trouble of spraying.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the floor for growing plants is formed in the container body, it is possible to save the trouble of mixing the floor material for forming the floor by itself.
A floor for growing plants can be easily formed at a cultivation place, and seeding and transplantation can be easily performed.

According to the invention as set forth in claim 4, since the seeds of the plant and the floor for growing the plant are stored in the container body in advance, the seeding can be easily carried out only by burying the container body in the cultivation place. At the same time, the floor can be formed.

[0021] According to the invention of claim 5, the seeds are kept in a germinable state because adverse effects from the floor material are eliminated and the seeds can be maintained at a position suitable for germination.
Seeds can be stored in a stable state against vibration during transportation and changes in the environment.

According to the invention described in claim 6, the layered structure of various floor materials formed on the floor can be maintained by the packing material even against vibration during transportation, etc., and until seeding or transplanting. Therefore, it is possible to reliably maintain a good growth floor.

[0023]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments embodying the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. [Example 1] Fig. 1 shows a cross-sectional structure of a plant growing kit 1 of this example. This kit 1 is a container body 2
And a seed 4, which is housed in a lid 4, a floor 6 for growing plants, and an inner body 8.

The container body 2 is formed into a substantially cup-like shape having a bottom portion and side portions which are dried by suction-molding a liquid obtained by crushing waste paper and suspending it in water in a mold having a predetermined shape, and opening it upward. It becomes. Therefore, the container body 2 does not contain components other than water and waste paper, and has a hardness and strength that maintain the cup shape after drying. In addition, since it is not surface-treated at all, it immediately absorbs water when it comes into contact with it, swells, and is easily deformed and torn when an external force is applied in this state. However, even when water is absorbed, the cup shape is maintained even after drying unless an external force is applied. The container body 2 is impregnated with a fixed amount of a liquid mixed solution of a plant growth promoter and an insect repellent,
By drying, a predetermined amount of plant growth promoter and insect repellent are added.

This container body 2 is, in this embodiment,
It is formed so as to have a volume of about 300 ml, and has almost the same size as a nursery cup that is usually used. The lid 4 that covers the upper opening of the container body 2 is formed of the same material and manufacturing method as the container body 2 and fits snugly at the opening edge of the container body 2, and the bottom surface of the inside of the container body 2 The floor material can be fitted by pressing.

In the present embodiment, the growing floor 6 in the container body 2 is divided into a lower layer 6a and an upper layer 6b. The lower layer 6a is made of a granular material 7 having a relatively large particle diameter in consideration of drainage, and is formed by laying the granular material 7 at a predetermined height. The upper layer 6b is formed of soil of a type suitable for plants and granular fertilizers and the like, and is compressed and filled on the lower layer 6a so that the upper layer 6b and the lower layer 6a are not easily mixed. In addition, in the present embodiment, the growing floor 6 is formed according to the type of the plant seed 10 included in the kit 1.

An inner body 8 manufactured from the same raw material as that of the container body 2 is provided on the surface of the upper layer 6b. This interior body 8
Is formed in the shape of a shallow container that opens upward, and a plurality of seeds 10 are attached to its bottom portion 8a with starch paste or the like. The opening of the inner body 8 is embedded in the surface layer of the upper layer 6a so as to coincide with the surface of the upper layer 6b, and the floor material of the upper layer 6b is placed on the seed 10 in the inner body 8.

In the container body 2 thus filled with the growing floor 6 and the seeds 10, the opening of the container 4 is closed by the lid 4, so that the lower surface of the lid 4 opens the inner body 8 and the surface of the upper layer 6b. Is fixed in the container body 2 so that the floor 6 and the inner body 8 do not move.

Next, the action and effect of the plant growing kit 1 thus formed will be described with reference to FIG. First, the present kit 1 does not collapse the lower layer 6a and the upper layer 6b of the floor 6 because the floor 6 and the inner body 8 are filled and fixed in the container body 2 during transportation.
Since the good layers 6a and 6b are maintained and the seed 10 is also housed in the inner body 8, it is maintained at a position convenient for germination. Further, the influence from the floor 6 and the influence of the surrounding moisture and the like are eliminated.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the kit 1 containing the floor 6 maintained in a good condition is planted in a cultivation place such as a flower bed, a field or a planter, a hole having a size corresponding to the container body 2 is formed. The container body 2 with the lid 4 removed is housed as it is and buried in the hole. As a result, the floor layer 6 suitable for the plant to be cultivated in the soil such as flower beds.
The a and 6b are formed, and the seed 10 is sown at a position where the inner body 8 easily germinates.

That is, since the present kit 1 can be buried as it is as the container body 2, the floor layers 6a and 6b suitable for the plant to be cultivated can be formed easily and surely for seeding. In addition, since the floor layers 6a and 6b and the container body 2 are provided with fertilizer, germination and early growth can be sufficiently promoted. Further, since the container body 2 is provided with the insect repellent, it is possible to repel or exterminate the harmful insects and surely germinate and grow the seed 10.

By embedding the container body 2, the floor layer 6
After the formation of a and 6b and the completion of sowing, the seeds 10 are brought into a germinable state by giving an appropriate amount of water to them. Further, when the container body 2 absorbs water, the growth promoter or the like applied to the container body 2 is dissolved and impregnated in the floor 6 or the soil around it, and the effect is exhibited.

After the seed 10 germinates, the container body 2 and the inner body 8 gradually swell due to subsequent watering and rainfall, becoming brittle, and decomposed by microorganisms in the soil. Further, when the root K is exposed, the root K can be penetrated through the interior body 8 and further penetrated through the container body 2 to extend into the soil around the container body 2 (see FIG. 3).

In this way, the root K of the plant is elongated, and the floor layers 6a, 6
b forms a floor layer in the soil as it is. That is, since the container body 2 is decomposed and does not harm the soil,
The growth of the plant is not hindered by the presence of the container body 2 and the formation of the floor layers 6a and 6b at the cultivation place is not hindered.

Therefore, according to this kit 1, it is possible to easily and surely form a plant-growing floor at the cultivation place and to sow the seeds to promote germination and growth. Further, this container body 2 alone can be used for pre-forming the floor in this way and burying it in the soil while maintaining the state as it is, eliminating the need to form the floor directly on the flowerbed or field. be able to. Therefore, when seeding seeds or transplanting seedlings, an appropriate floor can be formed in advance in the container body 2 to prepare for seeding or transplantation.

In this embodiment, since the container body 2a and the like are formed by using waste paper, it is possible to provide the kit 1 at a low cost and provide a way to reuse new waste paper. It is something that can be done.

[Second Embodiment] Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, the plant growing kit 11 is the same as that of the first embodiment, but the configurations of the container body 12 and the floor 16 are different. As shown in FIG. 4, the container body 12 in the present embodiment is formed into a cup-like shape having the same size as that of the first embodiment by a wet pulp molding method using waste paper as a raw material as in the first embodiment. However, the growth promoting agent and the control agent were not added to the container body 12 of this example.

The floor 16 in the container body is composed of a lower layer 16a and an upper layer 16b, and the lower layer 16b is formed by laying large granules as in the first embodiment. An upper layer 16b formed by using recycled paper as a raw material or material, and impregnating a growth promoter and a controlling agent on the lower layer 16a, and then filling it with a dried filler 17 and soil or other material suitable as a floor material for plants. Are formed.

The filler 17 may be a sheet-like material rolled into a crumpled shape, an elongated strip-like shape, a short rod-like shape, a small net-like shape, or the like. It is desirable that the material is uniformly distributed in the material of (3) and is not easily biased by vibration or the like. This is because the presence of the filler 17 can prevent the floor material from moving or being deviated within the layer 16b and maintain the layer structure. In this embodiment, the floor 16b is formed by using sheet-like members that are cut into long and thin pieces and entwined with each other or with other floor materials.

The floor 16 thus formed is pressed and filled in the container body 12 by the lid 14. In the present embodiment, the back surface of the lid 14, that is, the container body 2
The inner body 18 is mounted on the side facing inward. The inner body 18 in the present embodiment is formed of the same raw material as that of the inner body 8 of the first embodiment, and is formed in a shallow container shape, and is an adhesive that dissolves the seed 10 in water at the bottom portion 18a of the inner body 18. It is adhered and further filled with the floor material of the floor upper layer 16b. In particular, growth hormone for promoting germination is impregnated and dried and then applied to the inner body 18. The back surface 14a of the lid 14 that covers the upper opening of the container body 2
In addition, the opening side of the inner body 18 is adhered so that it can be easily removed.

The function and effect of the plant growing kit 11 thus formed will be described. The action and effect of the plant growing kit 11 in this example are almost the same as those in Example 1, but the following action and effects are particularly exhibited. Since the structure has the filling material 17, the upper layer 16b and the lower layer 16a are hard to collapse, and the floor layers 16a, 1 that are good even by vibration during transportation are provided.
6b is maintained. Furthermore, since the growth hormone that promotes germination is added to the inner body 18, the inner body 18 absorbs water, so that the hormone acts on the seeds to ensure germination and initial growth. In addition, since the growth promoter and the control agent are applied to the filler 17, the agent can be appropriately applied in advance according to the type of plant without applying the agent to the container body 12. In addition, the dose can be adjusted as necessary.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and even if the container body is a single body, the work at the cultivation place can be simplified by forming the floor in the container body in advance. Further, it is not always necessary to incorporate seeds together.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a small container body 21 can be formed and used as an individual packaging container for seeds 22. That is, the container main body 21 stores the seeds 22 one by one, or the seeds 22 and a little soil or the like to form a plurality of concatenated pieces, and an appropriate lid 24 for covering each opening is provided. This container body 21 is attached to the lid 2
When removing 4 and burying it in a connected state,
A plurality of seeds can be easily sown at predetermined intervals. In addition, the container bodies 21 can be separated one by one so that seeding can be performed as needed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing a cross-sectional structure of a plant growing kit in Example 1.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of use of the plant growing kit of Example 1.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of plant growth by the plant growing kit of Example 1. is there.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a cross-sectional structure of the plant growing kit of Example 2.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a conventional nursery cup.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 11 Kit 2, 12 Container body 8, 18 Interior body 17 Filling material

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A plant-growing floor comprising a container body formed by molding fibers that are decomposed in soil, swelling by absorbing water, and penetrating the roots of germinated plants. container. 2. The container for growing beds of plants according to claim 1, wherein the container body is provided with a plant growth promoter and / or a control agent. 3. A plant growing kit comprising the container body according to claim 1 or 2, and a floor for growing plants formed in the container body. 4. The container body according to claim 3, wherein:
A plant growing kit characterized by containing plant seeds. 5. The plant seed according to claim 4, wherein the seeds of the plant are stored separately from the floor for plant growth by an interior body formed by molding fibers that are decomposed in soil. Plant growing kit. 6. The method according to claim 3, 4, or 5, wherein the plant-growing floor is composed of fibers decomposed in soil, and a plant-growth-promoting material and / or a control agent are added thereto. A plant growing kit having a filling material.