Attachment for hydroponics, and hydroponic set

Abstract

Provided is an attachment for hydroponics, which enables even a tap-rooted plant to steadily grow and enables transplantation work to be easily performed. An attachment (1) for hydroponics comprises: a cap member (3) which is detachably screwed onto a mouth part using a screw part (28) of a beverage bottle (26) and is provided with an opening (19) in the upper surface thereof; a case body (2) which is attached to the opening (19) and has a closed-end cylindrical shape; and a water retainer (4) which is housed in the case body (2) and absorbs water in the beverage bottle (26), the attachment being used to perform hydroponics with the absorbed water. The water retainer (4) is formed as an integrated object of a plurality of paralleled single fibers, an insertion hole (24) through which roots of the plant (27), which grow downward through the water retainer (4), can be guided below the case body (2) is bored in the lower surface of the case body (2), and the opening size of the insertion hole (24) is formed smaller than the outside dimension of the water retainer (4).

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to accessories for hydroponics and a hydroponics kit. Background technique [0002] In recent years, indoor gardening (kitchen gardening) in which plants such as herbs and vegetables are easily grown in narrow places such as kitchens, living rooms, and balconies has become popular. When doing such gardening, it is often impossible to secure space for large-scale flowerpots indoors, and there is a practice of recycling small containers that are common in kitchens, such as PET plastic bottles and tofu packaging, for cultivation. . [0003] For example, in Patent Document 1, a method for cultivating plants that reuses general beverage bottles (for example, PET plastic bottles) is disclosed. A method of immersing the casing of the hydroponics accessory into the water inside the beverage bottle, and using the water inside the beverage bottle to perform hydroponics. When using this attachment for hydroponics, the PET plastic bottle a...

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Problems solved by technology

In other words, since the water retaining body used in Patent Document 1 uses a material that is easily collapsed when it absorbs water (for example, a material obtained by fixing fine sand-like particles with a water-soluble adhesive, etc.), if Holes are perforated on the bottom of the shell, and the water retaining body falls from the perforated holes to the outside of the shell.

As a result, there is no water-retaining body necessary for hydroponics of plants in the casing, and it is difficult to carry out hydroponics of plants.

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