RU171983U1 - DEVICE FOR A FULL PLANT GROWING CYCLE - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to crop production and can be used for both amateur and professional gardening and horticulture. The technical result of the proposed utility model is to ensure the normal development and nutrition of plants due to the uniform germination of the root system into the ground. A device for a full cycle of growing a plant is a rotary structure consisting of an external and an internal casing, each of which is a cylindrical casing with a pointed lower part and made with through holes located on the cylindrical part with a transition to the lower part, while the inner casing is made with the possibility of rotation relative to the outer casing and with a combination of holes.

Description

The utility model relates to crop production and can be used for both amateur and professional gardening. The device is intended for the full cycle of growing annual vegetable, fruit, leaf, cabbage, green and spice-taste crops from sowing seeds in the device, sprouting seedlings, moving seedlings to the soil or substrate, growing until the fruiting period and subsequent removal of the plant from the soil after fruiting period without removing the cultivated plant from the device.

The following technical solutions are known from the prior art.

Known pot made in the form of a screw, which facilitates transplanting seedlings, provides nutrients for the growth of seedlings, and can be made with the possibility of biological decomposition in the soil, without interrupting the growth of seedlings. The pot contains: a cone-shaped body, the upper part of which is made wide and tapering down to facilitate transplanting seedlings into the soil; a polygon-shaped dish-shaped part and located horizontally in the upper part to limit the depth of transplanting seedlings and to increase the gripping power of the user when the user grasps and rotates the case when transplanting seedlings. The housing on the outside contains a spiral part to increase the penetration of the strength of the body part (Korea No. 201440068414, 06/09/2014).

A known system comprising a pot and a liner with the possibility of rotation relative to each other. The pot and liner have openings formed oppositely when the pot and liner are in the same position and in the other position when the pot and liner are in the second position. The pot and liner rotate relative to the first position in the second to ensure the growth of plant roots through the holes (US No. 4142324, 03/06/1979).

A known set of transplant pots containing an internal pot with perforation over the entire surface and at the bottom of the pot, as well as an external pot with similar perforations. In the inner pot there are protrusions for contacting the recesses of the external pot. When the roots penetrate the space between the two pots, these roots can never be damaged by the mutual rotation of the pots. When a set of pots is placed in the ground, then the roots can also pass through the perforation of the outer pot and, therefore, come into direct contact with the ground (US No. 2741875, 04.17.1956).

The closest analogue to the patented solution is a device for growing seedlings with subsequent transplantation into soil (Japan No. 2002159225, 06/04/2002). The known device comprises a cylindrical body with a lower cone-shaped part, which is made with through holes, and is characterized by convenient introduction into the soil without damaging the root system of seedlings, the ability to easily disassemble the structure into its component parts and the possibility of reuse, significantly reduces the time of planting seedlings in the soil, substrate, enriched growth medium.

The disadvantages of the known solutions are as follows. The area of perforation (holes) in relation to the surface of the presented analogues while maintaining the structural strength can be physically no more than 10-20% of the total surface area in contact with the soil or substrate. As a result, the root system of plants, limited in the possibility of germination in the soil, is localized inside the device, preventing these from normal nutrition, development and growth of plants.

The technical result of the proposed utility model is to improve the operational characteristics of the device for a full cycle of growing plants. The device is characterized by convenient introduction into the soil without damage to the root system of seedlings, as a result of which the survival rate of seedlings in the soil is increased and the seedlings are protected from diseases due to mechanical damage to the root system.

The claimed technical result is achieved due to the design of the device for a full cycle of growing a plant, which is a rotary drum structure consisting of an outer casing and an inner casing, each of which is a cylindrical casing with a lower conical part, made with through holes, while the inner casing is made with the possibility of rotation relative to the outer casing to align the holes for skipping the root system, each hole is made so in a way that passes from the casing to the lower cone-shaped part, and the edge of the holes of the outer casing is pointed in shape to cut off the root system of the plant when the plant is removed from the soil. Also, protruding flat vertical elements are located on the outer casing, which serve to fix the outer casing of the structure in the ground when the inner casing of the structure is rotated.

In the proposed technical solution, the area of free germination of the root system after introducing the device with seedlings into the soil is up to 50%, i.e. half of the total area of the device introduced into the soil, due to the fact that each hole is made in such a way that it passes from the body to the lower cone-shaped part, and also due to the fact that the inner case is rotatable relative to the outer case to align the holes for the root system to pass . These features contribute to the uniform germination of the root system into the soil and, accordingly, the normal development and nutrition of the plant.

The design is easily adaptable to mechanical systems for planting combines.

Due to the fact that the openings of the outer casing have a pointed edge, when the plant is removed from the soil and the inner casing is turned in the opposite direction to the opening, the root system of the plant is cut off, which serves to remove the structure from the soil without using other improvised tools.

Next, the solution is illustrated by reference to the figures, which show the following.

FIG. 1 is a general view of a device for growing seedlings.

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a device for growing seedlings.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a device for growing seedlings.

FIG. 4 is a view of a device for growing seedlings from above along the plane AA of FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a view of a device for growing seedlings from above along the BB plane of FIG. 3.

FIG. 6 is a view of a device for growing seedlings from above along the plane BB of FIG. 3.

FIG. 7 is a view of a device for growing seedlings from above along the G-G plane of FIG. 3.

FIG. 8 - stages of growing plants using the proposed device.

A device for growing plant seedlings is a rotary drum structure comprising an inner case 1 and an outer case 2. Each of the cases 1 and 2 is made in the form of a cylinder with a lower conical part and includes holes 3.

In the upper part of the structure there are locking elements 4, interfacing the outer and inner shells, which are protrusions diametrically located on the outer surface of the inner shell 1 above each hole 3 and forming a tenon-groove connection with recesses made on the inner surface of the outer shell 2. On the surface of the outer casing 2 are protruding flat vertical elements 6, made, for example, in the form of ribs oriented along the axis of symmetry of the casing.

The device is equipped with funnel protection to protect the plant from crawling pests, ants, aphids, etc. It is possible to install the adhesive layer 5 under the edge of the funnel. Thus, immersion of the structure in the soil protects the plant stem from subsurface pests.

The device is inserted into the ground and when the surface is rotated, openings with a root seedling system open.

It is possible to install a support for the garter of plant stems in the design.

The coloring of the upper part of the structure in the yellow-orange spectrum attracts pollinating insects more and contributes to the formation of more fruit ovaries.

It can be used for systems of vertical cultivation of vegetable crops.

The main advantages of the proposed solution:

1. Simplicity and reusability of the device.

2. Germination of seedlings of seeds at a given depth for each individual species of plants and the preservation of this depth regardless of the depth of immersion of the device in the soil without damaging the root system of seedlings.

3. Due to the shape of the cone and ribs located on the surface of the outer casing, the device is easily inserted into the ground and the external part is fixed for scrolling the internal part of the device, including the method of planting under the covering film, it is not necessary to cut through the coating and the device of the hole for planting seedlings.

4. The location of the locking mating elements in the upper part of the structure of the inner and outer casing of the structure is made in such a way that when the inner casing is rotated relative to the outer casing in one position, the holes are completely closed, in the second position the holes are fully open, in the middle position the locking mating elements of the structure allow you to exit from the mating position between the outer and inner case of the structure for disassembling the structure into two constituent elements.

5. Uniform distribution in the soil (substrate) of the root system of plants.

6. Easy removal of the device from the soil after fruiting plants (without digging).

7. Due to the design features (both when immersed in the soil, and when removing from the soil), the strength and indestructibility of the structure is achieved with any reasonable vertical force.

8. After the fruiting period, it is possible to rotate the inner part relative to the external one in the opposite direction, when the root system is mechanically cut off from the device, thereby achieving simple removal of the device from the ground without the use of additional tools and methods.

Claims (3)

1. A device for growing a plant, characterized in that it is a rotary structure consisting of an external and an internal body, each of which is a cylindrical body with a pointed lower part and made with through holes located on the cylindrical part with a transition to the lower part, wherein the inner case is rotatable relative to the outer case and with the alignment of the holes. 2. The device according to p. 1, characterized in that the outer casing includes protruding flat vertical elements. 3. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the openings of the outer casing have a pointed edge.

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