A commodity RFID system is used for automatically measuring levels of soil moisture in planting containers. A large number of planting containers are used to grow pots in soil in a greenhouse. An RFID reader interrogates passive RFID tags affixed to the planting containers. The RFID reader can be attached to a robotic arm configured to move above multiple rows and columns of containers. Signal features (e.g., MRT, RSS, DMRT) of specific passive RFID tags affixed to specific ones of the containers are automatically monitored, based on the wireless interrogation of the specific tags by the reader. Soil moisture levels of specific containers are then automatically determined based on the signal features of the attached RFID tags, and effects of soilure moisture on electromagnetic fields of antennas of passive RFID tags.

A system for automated plant condition notification, detection, and watering to improve plant growth and maintenance including a computing unit, an optical sensor, a soil moisture sensor, a water tank level sensor, a pump, and a computing unit. The computing unit includes a memory and a processor that receives a first input indicative of a user identifier and a communication type, a second input indicative of a plant type, a soil moisture input, a water level input, and an optical sensor input. The processor also determines a water pump initiation threshold and a water pump completion threshold based on one or more of the plant type, the optical sensor input, or the soil moisture input and determines a plant maturity optical value based on the plant type. Additionally, the processor transmits a water pump initiation, a water pump completion signal, and a notification via a selected communication method.

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.

The present invention is a plant cultivation device. The water tank supplies cultivation water to the cultivation tank via an irrigation conduit. The water tank also suctions cultivation water from the cultivation tank via a water-sucking pipe. The heat-collecting part receives sunlight, and the pressure of air that is heated inside the air-storage part presses the surface of the water inside the water tank. The water tank supplies cultivation water that has been pressed by the air to a culture medium material. The heat-collecting part raises the surface of the water inside the water tank as a result of the heated air being cooled by a decrease in the sunlight. The water tank suctions cultivation water from a bottom section of the cultivation tank.

Devices, systems, and methods for providing and operating a pump control module and one or more pumps in an assembly line grow pod are provided herein. Some embodiments include the assembly line grow pod having one or more pumps, a master controller with a plurality of bays and being communicatively coupled to the pumps, and a pump control module within one of the bays such that the pump control module is communicatively coupled to the master controller and the pumps. The pump control module is programmed to receive information regarding fluid within the assembly line grow pod, determine one or more control signals necessary to provide or pressurize the fluid, and provide the one or more control signals to the one or more pumps.

The present invention relates to a suspended flowerpot adapted to automatic water supply and, more specifically, to a plant cultivation system wherein multiple flowerpots can be suspended on a horizontal member, and the system has a water supply structure enabling automatic water supply to the flowerpots by means of buoyancy, thereby facilitating management for plant cultivation. The present invention, as described above, comprises: at least one flowerpot comprising a mounting portion that can be suspended on a horizontal member, and a body portion having a containing space therein and having a water supply hole in the lower portion thereof; a plant planting portion having an open supper portion through which soil and plants are contained therein, the planting portion being contained in the flowerpot; and a water supply portion having a water storage space for storing water supplied from the outside, having a drain hole formed in the lower portion of the water storage space such that a water supply hose connected to the water supply hole is mounted therein, and having a buoyancy opening/closing portion driven by buoyancy according to the water level, thereby opening/closing the water supply hole.

A water-circulation irrigation system includes a water supply device and a planting device. The planting device includes a water storage container, an irrigation pipeline, a nozzle and a recycling pipeline. One end of the irrigation pipeline is in communication with the water storage container and has a water supply end. The planting device includes a water collection container, a planting tray and a shunting element. The water collection container has a water dispensing post. The planting tray is disposed at an opening of the water collection container. The planting tray has a fitting portion and a through hole and corresponds in position to a water collection space of the water collection container. The shunting element includes a fertilizer chamber and is disposed at the rim of the through hole of the fitting portion. Therefore, a fertilizer solution is produced in a manpower-efficient manner and thus conveniently.

A greenhouse for underwater cultivation of terrestrial plant species comprising a dome (2) suitable for being filled with air in an underwater environment, provided with an aperture (21) for lower access and made of a material that is impermeable to water and permeable to light, such dome comprising means for restraining to the sea floor, and means for adjusting the level of water/air in the dome itself which must ensure that plant species cultivated in the greenhouse always reside above such level. Inside such dome a system for the automatic irrigation of the cultivated plants is present comprising a tubular structure (3) on which a plurality of mutually spaced holes (31) is provided, inside which supports are placed for housing and cultivating plant species, irrigation water flowing inside such tubular structure and irrigating such supports in order to achieve a hydroponic culture.

Automated terrariums and methods of using the terrariums are disclosed. The automated terrarium comprises a housing having a base and a lid, wherein the lid is supported by at least two support pillars. The terrarium also comprises at least two transparent side panels supported by the at least two support pillars and positioned between the base and the lid, an irrigation system within the base, a lighting system within the lid, and a control unit. The control unit is adapted to monitor growth of the plant and adjust the irrigation system, heating system, airflow system, and/or lighting system.

A personal grow pod system includes a plurality of compartments, a plurality of lighting devices corresponding to the plurality of compartments, and a controller including one or more processors, one or more memory modules, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules. The controller is configured to identify plants in the plurality of compartments, retrieve recipes for each of the compartments based on the identified plants, and operate the plurality of lighting devices respectively based on the recipes for each of the compartments.