Systems and methods for hydroponic plant cultivation are disclosed herein. The systems can include a water management unit, a bioreactor, and one or more plant growth regions. Plants may be cultivated on floats disposed in the one or more plant growth regions. The bioreactor can include a substrate upon which one or more of bacteria, fungi, and/or other microorganisms can reside. A nitrogen feed source can be delivered to the bioreactor where it is converted into nitrates via a nitrification process. Plasma activated water can also be added to the system.

Hydroponics systems and methods of efficient, configurable nutrient solution grow reservoirs include shared components while creating more space in grow facilities. The hydroponics systems include vertical and horizontal rows or layouts of connected reservoirs that may include movable reservoirs to allow for better user access and reduce aisles, which allows space for more reservoirs in a grow facility. Multiple reservoirs may be connected to one another by irrigation tubing (e.g., as shown in in vertical layouts) or by pipes or irrigation tubing (e.g., as shown in horizontal layouts) and share various multiple system components, such as water pumps, water chillers, air pumps, float valves, and drain out systems. In some implementations, incorporation of the 4″ pipes in the horizontal layouts provides for efficient water circulation in a closed loop configuration throughout the disclosed hydroponic systems.

The present disclosure relates to a plant cultivation apparatus and a method for controlling water supply in the plant cultivation apparatus. The plant cultivation apparatus of the present disclosure may supply feed water to a bed according to whether or not the feed water supplied to the bed to cultivate plants remains to prevent the feed water from being supplied more than necessary.

An automated plant pot assembly includes a first pot for containing an aqueous solution. A second pot is provided for having a plant potted therein and the second pot is insertable into the first pot. A spray bar is removably positionable in the second pot and the spray bar has a plurality of spray ports each fluidly integrated therein. A pumping unit is integrated into the first pot to pump the aqueous solution in the first pot. The pumping unit is placed in fluid communication with the spray bar when the second pot is positioned in the first pot to spray the aqueous solution onto the plant that is potted in the second pot.

A system for the fertigation of a plant vessel and method of use for the same is disclosed. The system comprises a grow module containing a plurality of growing trays additionally containing plants, and/or shoots of plants in various stages of development. The growing trays are individually extracted from the grow module via a tray movement system and tray elevator controlled by a control system and precisely placed in a fertigation system, wherein they are aligned over and lowered onto an at least one nozzle which penetrate the plant vessels containing the plants and fertigate them with a combination of water, nutrients, and/or pressurized air. The individual growing tray is then replaced in the grow module and the process is repeated for all growing trays and plant vessels in the grow module.

An automated growing facility for plants, seeds, or seedlings is disclosed. The facility comprises a growing chamber, a fertigation station, a load/unload station, a device such as an automated guided vehicle (AGV) configured to transport grow modules, and a control system configured to control at least one of the grow modules, the fertigation station, the load/unload station, and the AGV. The grow modules are transported from the growing chamber to the fertigation station using the AGV for fertigating plant vessels in growing trays of the grow modules, and the fertigated plants vessels are transported from the fertigation station to the growing chamber using the AGV. Further, the plant vessels are loaded into the growing trays and unloaded from the growing trays at the load/unload station.

A Christmas tree foot water replenisher is disclosed in the present invention, including a water supply assembly and a water discharge control assembly, the water supply assembly includes a water pump and a water pipe, and the water discharge control assembly includes a first float switch and a third float switch. The first float switch is arranged in a water storage chamber to detect a liquid level, the third float switch is arranged in a cylinder cavity to detect a liquid level, and the water pump, the first float switch, and the third float switch are electrically connected in series. The water replenisher of the present invention automatically replenishes water according to the liquid level height in the cylinder cavity, and can stop the water pump when the liquid level in the water storage chamber is too low.

The hydroponic growing system, comprising a support frame, a cover, one or more grow lights, a plurality of growing barrels, a water tank, a first water pump, an air pump, a sprinkler subsystem, a hydroelectric generating subsystem, and a system controller, may be a growing system for growing one or more plants. The one or more plants may be grown within the plurality of growing barrels supported within the support frame. The one or more grow lights suspended from the cover may provide illumination that is necessary for photosynthesis. Water may be stored in the water tank may be pumped to the one or more plants by the first water pump. The air pump may oxygenate the water. The hydroelectric generating subsystem may generate electricity as the water moves through the hydroponic growing system.

Modular systems for propagating plants in at least one of a hydroponic environment and an aquaponics environment may include at least one tank configured to hold liquid. A modular drive assembly may be carried by the at least one tank. At least one propagation module may be drivingly engaged for rotation by the modular drive assembly. The at least one propagation module may be configured to support and propagate at least one plant. At least one pump may be disposed in fluid communication with the at least one tank. The at least one pump configured to pump the liquid from the at least one tank through the at least one propagation module. Modular methods for propagating plants in at least one of a hydroponic environment and an aquaponics environment are also disclosed.

A grow system. The system includes growing plants in grow modules that are individually moveable. The plants grow in trays where roots never touch the water supply. The plumbing to the grow modules is a low flow, one way flow continual drip system that is hands free. A mobile robot can navigate around a growspace, bring any grow module from one location to another, and perform growspace operations. The growspace is a control space with data source zones and a control space manager. The control space manager can collect data and control different variables across different data source zones in order to determine optimal policies and conditions for data source growth and generation.