A planting system includes a pot having a bottom floor with at least one drainage opening, a spray ring implanted in the planting medium in an upper portion of the pot and configured to inject pressurized water downwardly into the planting medium, and a grid disposed below the planting medium. The grid includes a plate spaced above the bottom floor of the pot. The plate includes apertures configured to allow roots to pass through the plate. Slats formed on the underside of the plate define a plurality of compartments configured to prevent the roots from spiraling. The grid also allows oxygen to circulate under and around the roots.

A planting system includes a pot having a bottom floor with at least one drainage opening, a spray ring implanted in the planting medium in an upper portion of the pot and configured to inject pressurized water downwardly into the planting medium, and a grid disposed below the planting medium. The grid includes a plate spaced above the bottom floor of the pot. The plate includes apertures configured to allow roots to pass through the plate. Slats formed on the underside of the plate define a plurality of compartments configured to prevent the roots from spiraling. The grid also allows oxygen to circulate under and around the roots.

A plant dock for growing plants, the plant dock including a container portion and a buoyant portion positioned at the base of the container portion. The container portion includes a base, a plurality of walls positioned at the base, each wall including a first end positioned and the base and a second end positioned opposite the first end, a partially enclosed volume defined by the plurality of walls and the base, and at least one divider positioned at the base and configured to divide the volume into a first volume and a second volume. The buoyant portion includes at least one buoyancy element, and a net coupled to the container portion and configured to contain the at least one buoyancy element. The buoyant portion is configured to maintain the plurality of walls above a liquid surface level when the plant dock is positioned within a liquid.

A plant dock for growing plants, the plant dock including a container portion and a buoyant portion positioned at the base of the container portion. The container portion includes a base, a plurality of walls positioned at the base, each wall including a first end positioned and the base and a second end positioned opposite the first end, a partially enclosed volume defined by the plurality of walls and the base, and at least one divider positioned at the base and configured to divide the volume into a first volume and a second volume. The buoyant portion includes at least one buoyancy element, and a net coupled to the container portion and configured to contain the at least one buoyancy element. The buoyant portion is configured to maintain the plurality of walls above a liquid surface level when the plant dock is positioned within a liquid.

The present invention provides a use of a higher aliphatic alcohol in preparing a preparation for increasing a content of lysophosphatidylcholine in legumes, and the higher aliphatic alcohol increases a quantity of nodules by increasing the content of lysophosphatidylcholine in the legumes, thereby improving a nitrogen fixing capacity of the legumes. The present invention also provides a use of a higher aliphatic alcohol in preparing a preparation for improving a drought resistance of legumes, and the preparation containing the higher aliphatic alcohol improves the drought resistance of the legumes by increasing a transcriptional level of genes related to the phenylpropanoid metabolic pathway, increasing a transcriptional level of genes related to the isoflavone biosynthetic pathway and increasing a content of an isoflavone compound in the legumes.

Disclosed is a grass protection mat including: a plurality of bodies formed with grass passing spaces; and one or more contraction-expansion compensatory connector(s) connecting the plurality of bodies and compensating for contraction or expansion of the mat units.

A system for autonomous crop monitoring includes a mobile platform configured to autonomously propel the system to a plurality of locations in a field of the crop and an imaging device. A leaf bending mechanism is configured to bend leaves of a crop plant in the field when an image of the crop plant is being acquired by the imaging device.

A system for autonomous crop monitoring includes a mobile platform configured to autonomously propel the system to a plurality of locations in a field of the crop and an imaging device. A leaf bending mechanism is configured to bend leaves of a crop plant in the field when an image of the crop plant is being acquired by the imaging device.

A plant transportation assembly for inhibiting a plant from being damaged when the plant is transported includes a support that may be positioned in a plant pot thereby facilitating the support to extend upwardly from the plant pot. A plurality of restraints is provided and each of the restraints is removably coupled to the support. Each of the restraints is removably attached to a plant in the plant pot thereby facilitating the support to retain the plant in an upright orientation in the plant pot when the plant pot is being transported.

An apparatus and method for the protection and transportation of floral arrangements are shown. The apparatus includes a container defining a central volume. A tray is included for the suspending of a floral arrangement within the central volume. A decorative base is configured to surround a portion of the flowers. An insert is in communication with the container and configured to cradle a portion of the decorative base so as to restrict movement. The floral arrangement is tied or coupled to a portion of the tray. An optional temperature regulating device may be inserted to assist in maintaining the freshness of the floral arrangement.