A seedling nursery member for grafting according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes at least one seedling nursery unit. At least one seedling nursery unit includes a stem storage section configured to store a stem of a plant and a stem holder configured to hold the stem of the plant. At least a portion of the stem storage section of the at least one seedling nursery unit is configured to be openable so as to allow communication between an inside of the stem storage section and an outside of the at least one seedling nursery unit in a direction different from a growth direction of the plant.

An openable plant pot assembly for replacing soil in a plant pot without disturbing a plant growing in the plant pot includes a plant pot vertically divided into a first half that is hingedly coupled to a second half. In this way the plant pot is positionable in an open position for replacing soil in the plant pot without disturbing roots of a plant that is growing in the plant pot. A pair of closures is each of the closures is coupled to the plant pot. A pair of engagements is each coupled to the plant pot. Each of the closures releasably engages a respective one of the engagements for retaining the plant pot in the closed position.

The planting pot comprises a pot wall and a pot bottom, wherein clamping assemblies are arranged at the bottom of the pot bottom. The clamping assemblies comprising a plurality of upper clamping members and a plurality of lower clamping members; the upper clamping members positioned above the lower upper clamping members. A plurality of clamping portions are arranged at the pot bottom, when the pot wall is assembled with the pot bottom, each of the upper clamping members is clamped with an upper side of one of the clamping portions and each of the lower clamping members are clamped with a lower side of one of the clamping portions. The pot bottom can be effectively clamped by the clamping pieces arranged on the pot wall of the planting pot, thus preventing the pot bottom from falling off when the planting pot is moved.

A system and method are provided for the indoor and outdoor cultivation of larger fruiting plants. Improved lighting techniques, plant layouts, and space utilization are provided to improve the quality and yields of harvested products from large fruiting plants on a per plant and unit area basis. The uniformity of artificial light is improved from the top to the bottom of tall plants and vines, and overcome the lack of light penetration through the canopy of the plant by changing the orientation of lights from a horizontal to vertical alignment along the side of the plant verses over the top of the canopy, as well as increasing the number of light sources to reduce shading. Plants are trained to grow in specific directions and orientations in a grid system to enable an optimal and uniform light distribution and to improve space utilization in a given growing area.

A method and an environment simulating system are disclosed which includes a database comprising a library of climate recipes characterizing growing environments for different plants and trees; a micro-controller electrically coupled to receive specific climate recipes when orders for different plants and trees are received from customers; an environment actuating system, electrically coupled to the micro-controller, operable to receive the specific climate recipes from the database; a sub-controller electrically coupled to receive the specific climate recipes from the micro-controller to drive the environment actuating system to generate specific growing environments in a growing enclosure in accordance with the specific orders; an array of web-based sensors, coupled to the growing enclosure and the micro-controller, operable to sense growing conditions of the specific growing environments and to feedback the growing conditions to the micro-controller; and a network server adapted to couple the Database, the micro-controller, the sub-controller, the array of web-based sensors, the growing enclosure, and the customers to a network.

A storage assembly includes a body with a space defined axially therethrough. A tray is connected to the top of the body and multiple pivotable members are pivotably connected to the body and the tray. Each member includes a reception portion for storage purpose, and a cover is mounted to the reception portion. A tube is inserted in a connection portion of the tray and receives fishes and plants in the tube. A base is connected to the underside of the body and is connected with a light device on the top thereof. The pivotable members can be pivoted to enclose the tube or to be pivoted outward around the tube.

A plant growing tray system, comprising a plurality of trays sequentially connected to each other via substantially impermeable inter-tray joints. Each of the plurality of trays extends between respective first and second lateral ends and has a respective plant growing space portion vertically recessed relative to respective first and second lateral ends in-between. Each inter-tray joint includes a male part positioned at a first horizontal longitudinal end of a tray and elongated between the respective first and second lateral ends of the tray, a female part complementary to the male part positioned at a second horizontal longitudinal end of an adjacent tray and elongated between the first and second lateral ends of the adjacent tray, and a substantially impermeable interstitial medium configured to be compressed between the male and female parts to generate residual stresses to at least partially support a tray load and mitigate leakage.

A plant-cultivating and protecting apparatus wraps overlapped smaller and larger plant-cultivating media. The plant-cultivating and protecting apparatus includes a cover and a frame. The cover extends around an upper portion of the plant-cultivating medium. The frame extends around a lower portion of the smaller plant-cultivating medium. The frame is formed on the cover in one piece, thereby avoiding detachment of the frame from the cover.

Generally described, a growing container for a vertical rack system includes an inner container portion with a plurality of inlet perforations across a sidewall, an opening for plant growth, and a base panel with a plurality of outlet perforations. An outer container portion is configured to at least partially surround the inner container portion, and having a fluid inlet port and a fluid drain port. An upper seal and a lower seal are disposed between the inner container portion and the outer container portion on either side of the plurality of inlet perforations to allow a fluid from the fluid inlet port to cover the plurality of inlet perforations at any tilt angle of the growing container. The fluid drain port allows excess fluid drainage. A racking handle protrudes from the outer container portion with an internal angle corresponding to the tilt angle when coupled to a vertical rack system.

A removable-base planter system that permits nesting of pots as a planting grows larger than may be supported by a single planting pot is disclosed. The removable-base planter system has one or more nesting planter pots. A first planter pots having a set of bottom drain holes and a set of side drain holes permitting roots of a planting to grow out of the bottom of a planter pot and into soil of a second planter pot. A removable base is coupled to the second planter pot covering the set of bottom drain holes and the set of side drain holes. The one or more nesting planter pots may be nested in any number of planter pots in which the first planter pot above the second planter pot has been buried into soil of the second planter pot to a distance deep enough to completely cover the set of bottom drain holes and the set of side drain holes and the diameter of a bottom of the first planter pot is smaller than the diameter of a top edge of the second planter pot.