A floatable plant growth system and a floatation tray for use with the system

A plant growth and tray technology, applied in the fields of botanical equipment and methods, applications, water conservancy projects, etc., can solve problems such as difficulties, and achieve the effects of easy manufacturing and assembly, easy and fast separation, and great flexibility

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-03-14
邱继宗
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This will cause difficulties during transport and storage (e.g. space constraints)

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[0061] figure 1 , 2 , 5 to 7, 10 and 11 show preferred embodiments of the floatable plant growing system and floating trays according to the present invention.

[0062] The floatable plant growing system includes an upper plant tray 10 and a lower floating tray 20 . The lower tray 20 can be used with a plant growing system or alone as a floating tray for supporting various plant holding structures within a body of liquid.

[0063] exist figure 1 with Figure 3 to Figure 12 Therein, the upper plant tray 10 and the lower floating tray 20 are shown separately before assembly.

[0064] Such as Figure 10 , Figure 12 with Figure 13 As shown, upper plant tray 10 is preferably rectangular. However, the upper tray 10 can also be arranged in any other shape according to the needs of the plants or seedlings to be germinated and the shape and size of the water (liquid) pool in which the plant growth system will be suspended.

[0065] The upper tray 10 has a plurality of downwa...

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A floatable plant growth system is provided. The system comprises an upper tray (10) and a lower tray (20). The upper tray has a plurality of downwardly tapering cells (11 ) for receiving plant growth material, with each of the plant cells having an opening (13) at its bottom. The lower tray has a plurality of upwardly tapering cells (21) that trap air, enabling the system to float in use. The upper tray is removably mateable with the lower tray such that the plant cells of the upper tray are located in the space (27) between the air cells of the lower tray. The lower tray is provided with a plurality of openings (26). When the upper and lower trays are mated together and placed in a body of liquid, liquid enters the mated tray configuration (10, 20) through the openings (26) of the lower tray, fills the space (27) that is below the plant cells (11) between the air cells (21) of the lower tray, and in use may be taken up through the bottom opening (13) of each upper tray plant cell.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a floatable plant growing system and a floating tray for the system and for a plant holding structure. Background technique [0002] In modern agriculture and horticulture, seed trays are widely used in the production of plant seedlings. Before seed trays, seedlings were often germinated and grown in seed beds. Soil beds must be fumigated to protect the next generation of tender seedlings from pathogens. A popular fumigant used is methyl bromide. However, methyl bromide has been found to deplete the stratospheric ozone layer, so its use as a soil fumigant is being phased out. The phase-out of methyl bromide is an important impetus to the growing popularity of seed trays due to the ability to sanitize trays using chemicals other than methyl bromide. [0003] The various plant growing systems that employ seed trays vary in their structural setup and materials used. The way water and nutrients are supplied to the seed...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A01G31/02A01G9/02A01G9/10
CPCA01G9/0295Y02A40/22A01G9/00A01G9/028E02B17/00A01G31/02
Inventor 邱继宗
Owner 邱继宗
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