WO2018162902A1 - Système de culture - Google Patents

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WO2018162902A1
WO2018162902A1 PCT/GB2018/050581 GB2018050581W WO2018162902A1 WO 2018162902 A1 WO2018162902 A1 WO 2018162902A1 GB 2018050581 W GB2018050581 W GB 2018050581W WO 2018162902 A1 WO2018162902 A1 WO 2018162902A1
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growing medium
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Rolly WHATTON
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Haygrove Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G24/00—Growth substrates; Culture media; Apparatus or methods therefor
    • A01G24/40—Growth substrates; Culture media; Apparatus or methods therefor characterised by their structure
    • A01G24/44—Growth substrates; Culture media; Apparatus or methods therefor characterised by their structure in block, mat or sheet form
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G24/00—Growth substrates; Culture media; Apparatus or methods therefor
    • A01G24/50—Growth substrates; Culture media; Apparatus or methods therefor contained within a flexible envelope
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
    • A01G9/04—Flower-pot saucers
    • A01G9/042—Combinations of a saucer and a flower pot attached together
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
    • A01G9/04—Flower-pot saucers
    • A01G9/047—Channels or gutters, e.g. for hydroponics

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  • This invention relates to a crop cultivation system, for example for use within polytunnels, glasshouses or other covered areas.
  • crops it is becoming increasingly common for crops to be grown under cover, for example in polytunnel structures or the like, in order to provide protection for the crops, and to allow control or optimisation of the temperature, humidity or other conditions in which the crops are grown to maximise yield, and reduce the risk of insect damage or the like.
  • the characteristics of the growing medium can be selected to suit the crop being cultivated.
  • the bags or the like it is known for the bags or the like to be supported upon a table or the like.
  • the table or the like may be designed in such a manner as to aid irrigation and drainage of the growing medium and crops growing therein.
  • the weight of the growing medium can be significant.
  • the supporting tables or the like need to be capable of providing good support for the growing medium, bearings the loads that are applied thereto in use. It is an object of the invention to provide an improved cultivation system.
  • a cultivation system comprising an elongate support member, the support member being provided with a longitudinal feature, and a growing medium carried by the support member, the growing medium and/or a container associated therewith defining a cooperating longitudinal feature with which the longitudinal feature of the support member interengages.
  • the longitudinal feature of the support member conveniently takes the form of a longitudinal rib, the cooperating feature of or associated with the growing medium taking the form of a channel within which the longitudinal rib is received, in use.
  • the support member may include a longitudinal channel, the growing medium including a longitudinal rib. In such an arrangement the growing medium may be of mushroom shaped cross-sectional shape.
  • Such an arrangement is advantageous in that the longitudinal rib or groove or other feature serves to enhance the stiffness of the support member, and the location of the feature with the corresponding feature of the growing medium serves to resist lateral movement of the growing medium, assisting in ensuring that the growing medium is retained in a desired lateral position relative to the support member.
  • the support member By enhancing the stiffness of the support member, it will be appreciated that it may be possible for the support member to be fabricated using thinner, lighter weight materials, and that it may be possible to increase the spacing of support legs or the like whilst still providing adequate support. As a result, manufacturing costs may be reduced.
  • the growing medium may take the form of a block of a growing material such as peat, soil, coir or the like, located within a plastics or the like material bag, the block being preformed to define the channel.
  • the growing medium may take the form of a pair of blocks of a growing material located side-by-side within a plastics or the like material bag, the blocks being spaced apart from one another to define the channel.
  • the growing medium may comprise a growing material located within a rigid tray or trough shaped to define the channel.
  • the growing medium may include a rib and may be of generally mushroom shaped cross sectional shape. The growing medium need not be contained within a bag.
  • the invention further relates to a support member adapted for use in the cultivation system described hereinbefore, and to a growing medium adapted for use in the cultivation system described hereinbefore.
  • Figure 1 is a diagrammatic representation of a cultivation system in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
  • Figures 2 and 3 are views similar to Figure 1 illustrating alternative embodiments; and Figure 4 illustrates another possibility.
  • the cultivation system 10 comprises a metallic material support member 12, for example formed by the rolling of an elongate steel or the like material sheet to adopt the section shown.
  • the support member 12 defines a pair of generally V-shaped drainage channels 14, each of which includes a relatively steeply sloped central part 16, and a more shallowly sloped upper part 18.
  • an elongate rib 20 is formed, the rib 20 extending longitudinally of the support member 12.
  • the outer edges of the upper parts 18 each adjoin a respective side wall 22.
  • the upper edges of the side walls 22 are rolled or curved to avoid the formation of sharp edges or the like which could form a hazard to individuals working with the system 10, for example involved with the harvesting of fruit or the like.
  • the support member 12 Whilst cold rolled steel represents one suitable material and manufacturing method by which the support member 12 may be fabricated, it will be appreciated that the invention is not restricted in this regard, and other materials and methods of fabrication may be used.
  • the support member 12 could be of moulded plastics material form if desired.
  • the relatively gently sloping upper parts 18 of the channels 14 serve to define a support surface 24 upon which a growing medium 26 rests.
  • the growing medium 26 takes the form of a preformed block 28 of a suitable growing material such as coir, peat, soil or the like.
  • the growing material may further include other materials such as sand to enhance drainage, materials to absorb and slowly release water, and fertiliser products to promote growth of crops.
  • the characteristics of the growing material may be selected depending upon the crop to be grown to optimise growth of the crop.
  • the block 28 is preformed with an elongate channel 30 that extends longitudinally of the block 28, the channel 30 being formed in the centre of the lower face of the block 28.
  • the block 28, in the arrangement shown in Figure 1, is located within a flexible plastics material bag 32 or the like. However, the location of the block 28 within a bag 32 or other container need not always be the case and arrangements in which no bag 32 is provided are also possible within the scope of the invention.
  • the channel 30 is of dimensions to allow it to receive the rib 20, when the growing medium 26 is located upon the support member 12, resting upon the support surface 24 thereof.
  • the support member 12 is supported, for example upon legs or the like (not shown) so as to extend generally horizontally.
  • the legs may be of a fixed length and arranged to support the support member 12 at a substantially fixed height above the underlying ground surface.
  • they may be of adjustable form, for example being of a telescopic form, to allow the support member 12 to be supported at a range of heights above the ground surface.
  • the support member 12 may be supported at a relatively low level during cold weather, the retained heat within the ground aiding in maintaining the substrate and surrounding air at a desired growing temperature, thereby aiding the production of early fruit yields or the like.
  • the support member 12 In summer, when crops are to be harvested, the support member 12 may be raised by appropriate adjustment of the legs to aid harvesting or picking.
  • Raising and/or lowering may also or alternatively be undertaken for other reasons.
  • the growing medium 26 is positioned upon the support member 12 with the rib 20 located within the channel 30. It will be appreciated that the location of the rib 20 within the channel 30 serves to ensure that the growing medium 26 is held centrally within the trough or channel defined by the support member 12, resisting lateral movement thereof.
  • the rib 20 further serves to enhance the stiffness of the support member 12, reducing the likelihood of significant deflection thereof under the loads applied thereto in use.
  • the growing medium 26 is supplied in a dehydrated, solid form. Once positioned upon the support member 12, water is added thereto. The addition of the water to the growing medium 26 typically results in expansion of the growing material. If not correctly positioned, this expansion can result in the growing medium 26 being positioned off-centre which may lead to instability of the support member 12, or may result in the growing medium 26 overhanging from the support member 12, potentially impeding access between adjacent support members 12. By ensuring that the growing medium 26 is correctly located by the use of the present invention, the risk of the disadvantages associated with such mis- location of the growing medium 26 occurring is reduced.
  • a number of growing medium units are located upon the support member 12 in an end-to- end fashion. Once located in this fashion, and after the addition of water thereto as mentioned above, crops can be planted into the growing material.
  • a suitable irrigation system (not shown) can be used to supply water to the growing material and to the crops growing therein, in use. Excess water can drain from the growing medium 26 into the channels 14, flowing along the central parts 16 thereof to a remote location.
  • the support member 12 is provided with a longitudinal feature in the form of a rib 20, it will be appreciated that instead a longitudinal channel could be provided therein, the channel being arranged to receive a longitudinal rib provided on the growing medium.
  • the block 28 may be of generally mushroom shaped cross sectional shape as illustrated in Figure 4, including a projecting rib 28a of the block 28 received, in use, within a channel defined by the support member 12.
  • Figure 2 illustrates a modification to the arrangement described hereinbefore in which the growing medium 26 takes the form of a rigid trough or tray 40 formed with a channel 42 to receive the rib 20, the trough or tray 40 containing the growing material.
  • Figure 3 illustrates another variant of the arrangement shown in Figure 1, in which the channel 50 is defined between a pair of blocks 28 of growing material.
  • Figure 3 further illustrates the use of a support member 12 including generally U-shaped channels 52, instead of generally V-shaped channels 14.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un système de culture qui comprend un élément de support allongé (12), l'élément de support (12) comprenant un motif longitudinal (20), et un milieu de culture (26) porté par l'élément de support (12), le milieu de culture (26) définissant un motif longitudinal coopérant (30) avec lequel le motif longitudinal (20) de l'élément de support (12) est en prise.
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GB2230170A (en) * 1989-04-11 1990-10-17 Robert Irvine Hydroponic growing system
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