KR20040062497A - nutrient solution culture substrates - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An artificial medium for nutriculture made by compressing a non-woven fabric and coir pith to a thickness of 2 to 3mm is provided. It can be effectively used to support plant roots and enables the automated production of the medium while extending the distribution period. CONSTITUTION: A non-woven fabric(1) and coconut coir pith(2) are compressed to a thickness of 2 to 3mm to produce an artificial medium for nutriculture. Plants are placed on the medium. The artificial medium also can be cut into a number of compartments to cause the plant to be marketed together with roots when the plants are grown.

Description

Nutrient Solution Culture Substrates

The present invention relates to a medium required for cultivating crops for nutrient cultivation. More specifically, when nutrient cultivation is not for cultivation, a support for supporting roots, not soil, is needed. will be.

At present, vegetables such as leafy vegetables are planted in the medium from seeding to seedling stage, and then cut and sold when harvested. Therefore, the longer the expiration date, the wither the product value falls. In addition, because the cultivation is mainly in the soil, foreign matter such as soil is easy to attach to the product, labor must be taken to cut.

The present invention aims to extend the expiration date by making the medium required for nutrient cultivation in a different form from the existing concept to facilitate automation and to cut according to the desired standard to increase the efficiency of sales and sales of rooted roots. There is this. In order to achieve the above object, the present invention can be rolled into a very thin form by compressing the Coco pits, which are conventionally used as a nutrient cultivation medium, to a thickness of about 2 to 3 mm like a nonwoven fabric. When this is unfolded using a machine and submerged in nutrient solution, the volume increases by about 10 times to form a suitable medium for growing crops. After seeding and managing seeds, they can be cut and sold to consumers to a certain size so that they can be sold as root vegetables, so consumers can buy fresh vegetables such as sprouts, leafy vegetables, herbs, etc. Long-term storage is possible, rather than being stolen and sold, which can increase shelf life.

1 is a cross-sectional view showing the compression of the nonwoven fabric and cocoite about 2-3mm

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a 10-fold increase in volume of cocoite after immersion in nutrient solution

Figure 3 is a side view showing the rolled thin compressed medium to 2-3mm

4 is a side view showing sowing of seeds in a medium having increased volume.

Figure 5 is a side view showing that cut crops grown to a size that can be collected in a predetermined section

Hereinafter, described in detail by the accompanying drawings as follows.

1 is a drawing of a non-woven fabric (1) and cocoite (2), which is conventionally used as a nutrient cultivation medium, is compressed thinly (about 2 to 3 mm) and can be rolled and stored as shown in FIG. When submerged in water, the volume of coco peat compressed as shown in FIG. 2 increases by about 10 times (3), thereby forming a suitable medium for growing crops as shown in FIG. If the seed is sown and managed here, the crops are grown as shown in FIG.

This type of medium has a labor saving effect because it is easy to transport and automated. In addition, since it can be cut according to a certain standard and can be sold under root, consumers can buy fresh vegetables such as sprout vegetables, leafy vegetables, herbs, etc. in a seedling state, and store long-term storage rather than being cut and sold. It can be used efficiently at home or restaurant.

Claims (1)

The process of compressing coco peat like a non-woven fabric to make it thinner by 2-3mm The process of rolling compressed media The process of dividing into regular blocks