A plant growing device for personal home use in an insulated environment is disclosed as comprising a cabinet for accommodating different facilities of the plant growing device and a space for plant growth. The system further comprises at least one water tank having a water-based solution, at least one controller, a light source, a watering subsystem electrically connected to the controller, a plurality of environmental sensors for providing input data about environmental conditions, plant sensors electrically connected to said controller to provide input data about the plant physical parameters, water level sensors, a dosing subsystem controlled by the controller for selectively dispensing/delivering required amounts of nutrients into the water-based solution, a climate subsystem having an air cooler, air humidifier and air heater, a watering subsystem, and a communication module to communicate with a database server and a mobile device.

Disclosed are high-density soil-less hydroponic cultivation systems, apparatus used therein, and methods of operation thereof. A high-density soil-less cultivation system can comprise one or more grow columns, each comprising a column lumen, and one or more angled housings coupled to the grow columns. The system can further comprise a nutrient reservoir configured to contain a nutrient solution to be delivered to the grow columns, a capture conduit coupled to the grow columns configured to capture or recapture nutrient solution flowing through the grow columns, and a capture reservoir configured to collect the captured or recaptured nutrient solution from the capture conduit for delivery to the nutrient reservoir to be reused. The system can also comprise an omnidirectional light tower configured to shine light on the one or more angled housings to induce growth of any plant matter within the angled housings.

A hydroponic grow assembly including an assembly base and at least one plant structure removably connectable to the assembly base to form a plant wall for growing plants. The plant structure includes a plurality of plant wells opened to a root chamber and the base includes a bottom structure enclosed by a perimeter wall to form an inner cavity of a reservoir tank to supply water to the root chamber of the plant structure. The bottom structure includes a support feature within the inner cavity of the reservoir tank to support the at least one plant structure in an upright position to form the plant wall of the assembly.

The invention provides a planter arrangement for hydroponics. The planter arrangement includes a plurality of plant containers arranged side by side, circumferentially about a central axis to define a circular configuration of plant containers. The Invention further provides a vertical planter which includes at least two planter arrangements which are stacked in a vertical series such that outlets of plant containers in an upper planter arrangement direct liquid into inlets of plant containers in a lower planter arrangement.

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.

Provided is an apparatus for growing a plant or a fungus, in which struts provided for hydroponic cultivation or the growth of a fungus are kept out of the way. An apparatus for growing a plant or a fungus according to the present invention is provided with: multiple struts 1; brackets 2 respectively fixed to the struts 1; top-opened water passages 3 which are suspended over the brackets 2 and in which a plant P is to be grown; and lids 4 which respectively cover the upper surfaces of the water passages 3 and each of which has, formed therein, multiple holes (pot insertion holes) 41. Each of the brackets 2 projects in opposite directions around each of the struts 1. Each of the struts 1 is arranged at the midpoint of each of the brackets 2, and multiple rows of the water passages 3 are arranged in parallel so as to pinch the struts 1 therebetween. Each of the lids 4 is made from a material that can reflect light from above and can prevent the penetration of the light through the water passages 3.

A stackable grow-pot system, including a plurality of pots stacked vertically with respect to one another such that one of the plurality of pots is a top-most pot and another one of the plurality of pots is a bottom-most pot, such that water flows from the top-most pot to the bottom-most pot via any other pots of the plurality of pots, a stabilizing pole to pass through center apertures of each of the plurality of pots to align the plurality of pots with respect to one another, and a plurality of auto-siphon tubes disposed singularly in each of the plurality of pots in various quadrants therein, to allow the water to flow between the pots.

A surface-mountable vertical hydroponic garden and curved lighting application is provided. The device is mountable to a wall making it more accessible and adjustable to the user and clears horizontal surface spaces. The symmetrical hydroponic gardening tower provides a continuous nutrient soluble water circulatory system to two identical growing site columns. The front face remains open to connect to an adjustable curved lighting panel application. The vertical grow lights are affixed to the interior space of the panels providing focus and proximity to the plants, reducing light dispersion and reducing direct light lighting to the user.

A hydroponics system that uses image processing techniques to automatically manage nutrients is disclosed. The hydroponics system allows small amounts of nutrients to be added to circulated solution on a frequent basis. Images of plants located in a growing area are processed by a computer processor to determine whether the plants are growing. If the plants are growing, the computer processor causes more nutrients to be added to the system than if plants are not growing.

An autonomous farming system includes a computing device that is configured to obtain plant characteristic data that characterizes one or more plant characteristics of a plant growing in at least one growing module. The computing device is further configured to determine at least one growing deficiency of the plant based on the plant characteristic data using a farming engine and to send at least one farming action to a farming controller operatively coupled to the at least one growing module. The at least one farming action includes a remedial action to improve growing conditions of the plant.