A growing medium for a plant production apparatus utilized in greenhouse crop production is provided. The growing medium comprises a fibrous, non-woven matrix media material wherein the media material is constructed from a plastic material.

The present invention is related to a method for improving plant growth and reduce the effects of diseases, with environmental friendly techniques. This is a method for controlling or ending diseases and also, to perform a non-stop electromagnetic combine with invaded electrons treatment with its effective methods for soil, plants, trees and their roots region. Furthermore, high voltage electricity can control the borer insect/s, nematodes in plant, tree and in the soil under treatment. Some of the pathogens, nematodes and insect/s in the region influenced by the magnetic field, invaded by squall of electrons, can be decontaminated after the treatment. The exited and invasive electrons pass through the magnetic field region via negative terminal and will be discharged at positive discharge points which located on discharge bar. After receiving the high voltage treatment, the infected plant can be stimulated to regenerate and grow new leaves, shoots, and/or flashes that exhibit little to no symptoms of infection, depending on the voltage applied to the infected plant and the condition of the infected plant.

A system of growing plants having a coco pod having at least one layer of coconut coir fiber and at least a hole for receiving a plant's roots, a nutrient solution, and a container for holding the coco pod and the nutrient solution, such that the coco pod is at least partially immersed in the nutrient solution and the plant's roots are continuously exposed to the nutrient solution and substantially protected from sunlight.

Hydroponic grow containers and methods for growing plants in a hydroponic grow container are disclosed. The hydroponic grow containers may include a bottom wall having a perimeter, and at least one sidewall attached to, or formed with, the perimeter of the bottom wall. The bottom wall and the at least one sidewall may define an open-topped container having an interior. The hydroponic grow containers may additionally include an upper surface within the interior and attached to, or formed with, at least one of the bottom wall or at least one sidewall, and a lower surface within the interior and adjacent to the upper surface. The hydroponic grow containers may further include a plurality of ribs connected to, or formed with, the upper surface and configured to support a root mass of one or more plants. The upper surface may be configured to facilitate liquid flow towards the lower surface.

The present invention provides novel lettuce cultivar Hoja Verde and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce plants of the invention with themselves or another lettuce plant. The invention also provides lettuce plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom.

The present invention provides a plant grafting method using a plurality of rootstocks grafted together to one scion. A collar is positioned around at least one rootstock to limit a period of its contribution for growth and development of said plant. The grafting method benefits from simultaneous utilization of plurality of rootstocks with versatile growth control.

The present invention relates to a method for applying biochar to turf and landscape to allow the turf and landscape to be effectively maintained under reduced water and/or reduced fertilizer applications.

A hydroponic apparatus includes: a cultivation tank inside which a plant is held, and into a lower portion of which a nutrient solution is introduced; a separator that separates a first space where aboveground portions of the plant are positioned and a second space where underground portions of the plant are positioned; an environmental control unit that performs control of adjusting a temperature of the first space to a first temperature in a first period and adjusting the temperature of the first space to a second temperature lower than the first temperature in a second period; and a humidity control unit that performs control to decrease a humidity of the second space when the growing period for the plant shifts from the first period to the second period.

Disclosed are a method and system for dividing a plant organ point cloud. According to information about lamina point cloud blocks and stem point cloud blocks in a previous adjacent point cloud frame of a point cloud frame to be divided and a flatness feature of a data point of the point cloud frame to be divided, a point cloud of the point cloud frame to be divided is divided into lamina point cloud blocks and stem point cloud blocks; taking the adjacent point cloud frame as a reference to divide the point cloud frame facilitates the divided organ in maintaining the consistency of time and space between adjacent point cloud frames, and improves the accuracy of plant organ division. When a new lamina point cloud block or a stem point cloud block is discovered, the point cloud in the point cloud frame before the point cloud block to be divided is redivided through tracking back; when redividing, according to information about the lamina point cloud blocks and the stem point cloud blocks in the next adjacent point cloud frame, the point cloud frame to be redivided is divided; and the redivision during tracking back facilitates extracting, from the point cloud frame, a new lamina point cloud block or a stem point cloud block which was not discovered in the previous division process, thereby further improving the accuracy of plant organ division.

A plant growth promotion device includes: a flat-plate rotor, a motor coupled to the rotor by a rotary shaft, and a plurality of permanent magnets fixed in place at arbitrary intervals within the rotor, the rotor being rapidly rotatable by the rotary shaft that is coupled to the motor, so as to produce an alternating magnetic field. The device is used by situating and operating it in an agricultural field of crops so that the alternating magnetic field is produced in the agricultural field.