The present invention relates a plant cultivation apparatus using an up-down system enabling mass production of plants by allowing the entire area of a greenhouse to be used as a cultivation space. The plant cultivation apparatus using the up-down system includes a driving unit 20 installed at trusses 12 installed at regular intervals in a forward and backward direction to horizontally cross tops of inner pillars 11 of a greenhouse 10 and including a deceleration motor 21, a drive shaft 22, driving sprocket members 23 installed at the drive shaft at regular intervals in the forward and backward direction and including first to fifth sprockets 231 to 235, and first to fourth left and right auxiliary sprockets 241 to 244 installed to be adjacent to left and right sides of the second to fifth sprockets respectively, an elevating unit 30 operably installed by the driving unit 20 including first to fifth elevating members 31 to 35, and left and right cultivation gutters 40 and 40 ascending and descending in a state of being coupled to left and right ends of the first to fifth elevating members respectively. The left and right cultivation gutters of the first to third elevating members simultaneously ascend and descend alternately in turn by using one deceleration motor and one driving shaft.

A bracket for holding a plurality of plant receptacles for use in an automated systems in an aqueous farming system.

Provided is a method of growing a plant in a container, wherein the container comprises an open top rim, closed rigid sides, a closed lower surface, and a hole through the lower surface, wherein the container can hold a medium suitable for growing a plant therein. The method comprises suspend the container above a closed bottom surface of a floodable vessel, and, intermittently, flood the vessel with a fluid to a first fluid level such that the lower surface of the container is immersed in the fluid, then drain the vessel such that the fluid (a) is at a level below the lower surface of the container or (b) completely leaves the vessel.

In other embodiments, the method comprises a system for growing a plant in a container. The system comprises the vessel in the above-identified method.

A smart basket includes a basket body and a handle. The handle is located above the basket body. A plant light is connected with a manual switch through a conducting wire. The plant light is further connected with an interior of the basket body through the conducting wire. An inner side of the basket body is provided with a water hopper, a plastic inner tray, and an atomizer. An upper surface of the plastic inner tray is provided with collection grooves. The upper surface of the plastic inner tray is fixedly connected with the water hopper. The LED plant light of the smart basket provides the plant in the basket three-dimensional supplemental light, such that the plant can absorb light energy more evenly. The amount of the water in the water storage tank can be monitored, and the data can be transmitted to the user via Bluetooth.

A lightweight multiple plant hanger is made from flexible straps, designed to hold multiple containers of varying sizes. Predetermined size loops are made from flexible horizontal straps by cutting it to the right size and sewing the ends together. The premade flexible horizontal straps are perpendicularly attached to vertical flexible straps to form openings for the containers. Said vertical straps are hanged on a rigid support by loops made from the same vertical straps. The rigid support has cutouts to guide the vertical straps. The multiple plant hanger can be as a single column or multiple columns connected together by the same premade horizontal straps. For taller plants, an optional attachment (fabric covered wire) can be used by twisting it around the two vertical straps and cover half of the container.

A vertical agriculture apparatus is provided, including a drive mechanism, chain tensioning mechanism, connection assembly for connecting trays to a roller chain, tray assemblies, tray hangers, and a watering system. The watering system includes seal members attached to a spring-biased moveable member that is actuated by a surface attached to a tray. The connection assembly includes a connector member defining an inner aperture for receiving pins of a roller chain and an outer aperture for receiving a bolt or rod passing through a tray aperture. The apparatus has a tray that is supported on first and second vertical loops at positions that are spaced apart in two perpendicular horizontal directions. Water is added to the trays on a downward leg of the vertical loop to drive travel of the vertical loop or augment a drive mechanism.

A hydroponic growing system uses a plurality of vertically supported pots suspended one above the other, each pot being removably held on a supporting ring attached to a plurality of vertically extending chains, or the like, supported from above. The hydroponic growing system includes a water delivery system which feeds the water to the top-most pot which drains to each next pot and to a bottom reservoir where it may be pumped back into the water delivery system.

A system for growing plants, the system may include a substrate having one or more weakened areas or openings: one or more grow portions coupled to the substrate and situated at the one or more weakened areas or openings and having at least one seed or plant; and/or a fluid distribution portion coupled to the substrate and configured to provide fluid to the one or more grow portions. The system may further include a method of operation including one or more acts of: obtaining a weather forecast for a future time period; determining whether rain is expected during the future time period; and preventing, terminating, or restricting an irrigation cycle when it is determined that rain is expected during the future time period. The restricting may restrict a flow of liquid during the irrigation cycle or shorten the irrigation interval.

A hanging basket device includes a first housing configured to be connected to an associated hanging basket and a second housing at least partially slidably received in the first housing. The hanging basket device also includes a user-adjustable indicia that is disposed on the second housing to indicate a relative positional relationship between the first housing and the second housing.

A light-emitting birdbath basin having a body and a light-emitting body. A bottom portion of the body protrudes inwardly into the body to form a chamber. The light-emitting body is provided inside the chamber. Chamber walls of the chamber are formed as a first luminous body which is translucent. Lights emitted by the light-emitting body may brighten the hollow chamber to form a luminous chamber, and be configured to converge and focus on the surfaces of inner walls of the body after passing through the first luminous body. The basin-shaped body is placed outdoors. Water and bird food can be held in the basin. In daytime, the light-emitting body does not light up. Birds can clean their feathers and peck at the bird food in the basin, which is environmentally friendly and energy saving.