A cloner may include a reservoir to hold a liquid, a lid with apertures to hold plant cuttings, stems, or roots, and a manifold mountable at or near a water line of the reservoir. One end of the lid may include a fan housing, and an opposite end may include ventilation holes. The reservoir may have a pump housing to hold a pump so that the pump does not become submerged in water, mitigating or preventing excess heat inside the cloner.

There is provided a seedbed holding unit capable of reliably and firmly holding a seedbed with a simple structure, causing no damage to a plant. A seedbed holding unit 160 that holds a seedbed B used in plant cultivation includes a first holding member 170 and a second holding member 180 that are rotatable relative to each other about a predetermined rotation axis A, the first holding member 170 is provided with a first claw part 173 in a fixed state, the second holding member 180 is provided with a second claw part 183 in a fixed state, and the seedbed B is held between the first claw part 173 and the second claw part 183 by rotating the first holding member 170 and the second holding member 180 relative to each other.

Systems and methods for establishing growing plant material are presented. The system is configured to grow the plant material in a non-sterile room. One method includes providing a host container comprising sidewalls and a bottom wall that forms an interior processing volume. The method further includes depositing a growth substrate into the interior processing volume and positioning an insert member into the processing volume. The insert member includes a plurality of open-bottom cells, each of the plurality of open-bottom cells includes an open bottom portion and an open top portion. The growth substrate partially extends into each of the plurality of open-bottom cells. The method also includes depositing a plant material composition over the growth substrate. Other systems and methods are presented.

Method of manufacturing a plant receptacle wherein the following steps are performed: a) providing a mixture of fibers, said mixture at least comprising PLA fibers and a bio-degradable fiber; b) using said mixture of fibers in a woven or non-woven process, making a permeable sheet material; c) continuously forming said sheet material into a continuous receptacle, by bringing the side edges of said sheet material into contact and welding said side edges together; d) cutting said continuous receptacle in predetermined lengths thereby creating separate plant receptacles or wherein said continuous receptacle is perforated substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the continuous receptacle at predetermined intervals, thereby allowing separate plant receptacles to be detached from the continuous receptacle.

A plant-growing tray comprises a plurality of cells, each cell for containing in use a substrate for a plant or a cylindrical stabilised medium for propagating a plant. Each cell is formed from injection-moulded plastic and comprises a cell base and eight inclined side walls extending upwardly from the cell base, and each cell comprises four corner side walls having a corner wall gradient, and four stepped side walls which comprise an upper portion having an upper gradient, a lower portion having a lower gradient, and a step having a step gradient. The step is positioned between the upper portion and the lower portion, and the step gradient is less steep than the gradients of the upper portion and the lower portion of the side wall. Each cell comprises a pair of ribs on each of the four stepped walls, the ribs extending upwards from the cell base. At least a lower portion of the ribs have a rib gradient which is steeper than the gradients of the inclined side walls, and the gradient of the corner side walls is less steep than the upper portion or the lower portion of the stepped walls.

The present invention provides a system for changing an interval between plants without performing thinning work or transplanting work of plants. The nutrient solution tray is configured to include: a receptacle part for housing a plant, a nutrient solution-inflow area for allowing inflow of water or nutrient solution, and a nutrient solution-outflow area having at least one nutrient solution-outflow port for allowing the water or the nutrient solution to flow out. At least the receptacle part, the nutrient solution-inflow area, and the nutrient solution-outflow area form a bottom surface of the nutrient solution tray. The nutrient solution tray includes a first installation surface pair comprising a first installation surface and a second installation surface. The first installation surface is formed in a side of the nutrient solution-inflow area in a longer side direction of the nutrient solution tray. The second installation surface is formed in a side of the nutrient solution-outflow area in the longer side direction of the nutrient solution tray. The first installation surface is farther away from the bottom surface than the second installation surface.

The present invention relates to an apparatus for breeding plants having at least two units arranged in the apparatus for the reception of a plant, wherein at least two units are arranged in a first row and at least one of these units is movable relative to at least one further unit of the first row so that their spacing from one another is changeable.

Plant tray comprising a series of columns and/or sets of columns of plant pockets, wherein at least two of said columns and/or sets of columns are movably connected to each other, such that they can move relative to each other between at least a first position in which they are relatively close to each other, preferably abutting, and a second position, in which they are spaced apart further than in the first position.

Provided is an expandable, modular tower planter having an internal vertical composting capability, and a method of assembling and using the same. Provided in various example embodiments is a modular composting garden container system comprising a base and a plurality of stackable rings forming a tower upon the base, including an optional base ring specially sized, shaped, and positioned to connect the tower to the base. A plurality of perforated, stackable tube sections are provided that are removably assembled into a compost tube assembly of selectable height and mounted within the interior of the tower and above the base. A plurality of holding struts are sized, shaped, and positioned to removably connect the compost tube assembly with the tower and to securely locate the compost tube assembly relative to the tower. Means are provided for recovering nutrient-rich drainage and selective recovery of compost material for reintroduction into the system.

[Problem]

Provided is a continuous assemblage of pots for continuous transplanting capable of handling a seedling crop that requires a wide interval between plants, facilitated in manufacture, and reduced in manufacturing cost, and a method for manufacturing the assemblage.

[Solution]

A link piece 3 is formed by folding back both sides in a width direction of a strip-shaped sheet onto an identical face by one-sixth of a width of the sheet, using a water-soluble adhesive 21 to attach folded back inner faces, folding back the sheet onto an opposite side of the folding back by a width same as the folded back width, and using the water-soluble adhesive 21 to attach folded back inner faces. A continuous piece 13 is formed by arranging the link pieces 3 in a stagger pattern in a direction in which first folded-back portions 3a are opposed, and attaching both side end portions in the width direction of the first folded-back portion 3a in one link piece 3 to the first folded-back portion 3a of the opposed other link piece 3 using a non-water-soluble adhesive 23. An individual pot 11 is formed between the first folded-back portions 3a of the mutually opposed link pieces 3. In a transplantation of the individual pot 11, by expanding the link piece 3, the length between the individual pots 11 is increased, thus allowing handling a seedling crop that requires a wide interval between plants.