A stackable grow pot system including a plant pot having an inner volume, a plurality of side-walls, and a base including a selectively removeable disc. The selectively removeable disc is configured to be removed to allow plant roots to extend through an aperture. The plant pot is stackable. When stacked, the plant pot provides for volume expansion for growth of a plant and the plant roots through the aperture into a second-plant-pot. The device allows for quick and efficient transplanting.

An apparatus is disclosed for watering plants received in a non-hydroponic substrate, comprising an upwardly open planter for receiving at least one plant with non-hydroponic substrate, the planter having a planting cavity enclosed by a wall and a bottom configured for receiving a plant with the substrate, further comprising a liquid container which is at least partially integrated in the planting cavity or is designed as a separate liquid container which is inserted into the planting cavity from above or is held on an outer wall of the planting cavity, the liquid container being a container which is sealed off from the outside and which has an outlet pipe which opens into a region separated from the planting cavity at a certain distance from the bottom of the planting vessel, the separated region communicating with the planting cavity via at least one connecting opening and communicating with an outer side of the planting vessel via at least one ventilation opening, in such a manner that a liquid volume is established below the outlet tube, which is limited upwardly by a liquid level predetermined by the lower end of the outlet tube, which is located at a level above the bottom of the planting cavity, so that liquid can be discharged from the liquid volume into the substrate via the at least one connecting opening.

An apparatus is disclosed for watering plants received in a non-hydroponic substrate, comprising an upwardly open planter for receiving at least one plant with non-hydroponic substrate, the planter having a planting cavity enclosed by a wall and a bottom configured for receiving a plant with the substrate, further comprising a liquid container which is at least partially integrated in the planting cavity or is designed as a separate liquid container which is inserted into the planting cavity from above or is held on an outer wall of the planting cavity, the liquid container being a container which is sealed off from the outside and which has an outlet pipe which opens into a region separated from the planting cavity at a certain distance from the bottom of the planting vessel, the separated region communicating with the planting cavity via at least one connecting opening and communicating with an outer side of the planting vessel via at least one ventilation opening, in such a manner that a liquid volume is established below the outlet tube, which is limited upwardly by a liquid level predetermined by the lower end of the outlet tube, which is located at a level above the bottom of the planting cavity, so that liquid can be discharged from the liquid volume into the substrate via the at least one connecting opening.

A plant grow tray system comprising a plurality of trays comprising at least one upper tray and at least one bottom tray is provided. The upper tray is placed inside the bottom tray with upper tray supports between the upper tray and the bottom tray creating a space between the trays. The upper tray and the bottom tray comprise a sealing mechanism to seal the upper tray to the bottom tray. The upper tray has a corrugated profile with crest and trough portions, air holes on the corrugated surface, a drain basin, drain flange, and drain pipe. The bottom tray has an air-flow modifier, air flange, and a drain hole. The system is designed to allow air to be ducted or exhausted from the space between the upper tray and the bottom tray enabling the delivery of conditioned, fresh, or recirculated air directly to a plant.

An automated farm includes a cloning room and an environmentally controlled nursery with a storage and retrieval system, child storage racks, and child conveyor trays. The automated farm has environmentally controlled grow rooms, environmentally controlled lighted and unlighted flower rooms, a trimming or pruning room, and a harvest room. The automated farm includes specialized parent plant pots with training devices, and tray and trellis systems with rotation plant holders and removable trellis combs. Plant tending robots are configured to clone, trim, prune, harvest, and maintain plants. The automated farm includes a transport mechanism configured to transport the child conveyor trays, the parent plant pots, and the tray and trellis systems between the cloning room, the nursery, the grow rooms, the flower rooms, the trimming or pruning room, and/or the harvest room. The automated farm also includes a farm control and data management system.

A plant growing system includes a base component; and a container disposed on top of the base component. The container includes a container body having a floor surface at a lower end, and a wall having a lower edge coupled to the floor surface and extending upward from the perimeter of the floor surface to an upper edge. A drainage port is disposed through the wall near the lower edge of the wall.

A planter includes an interior surface and a riser extending from a bottom of the interior surface and including a space between the riser and lateral walls of the planter. A top portion of the riser is configured to receive and support a plant therein.

A planter includes an interior surface and a riser extending from a bottom of the interior surface and including a space between the riser and lateral walls of the planter. A top portion of the riser is configured to receive and support a plant therein.

A modular hydroponic tower array fixture system for the growth of organisms such as plants and fungi on arrays of hydroponic towers, allowing for the insertion and removal of individual towers from the array, is provided. Methods for the production of organisms such as plants and fungi using a modular hydroponic tower array fixture system are also provided herein.

A system having an elongated body defining a hollow passageway therethrough, which includes as a first opening disposed about a longitudinal upper half of the elongated body, and at least two second openings disposed about longitudinal side zones of the elongated body, wherein each of the at least two second opening has an area of between 80 and 700 cm.sup.2.