The present invention relates to a modular personal growing system (PGS). The components of a PGS are designed to work in unison to grow plants hydroponically from seed to maturity. A PGS can be scaled and configured into a desired interior or exterior space requirement for residential or commercial use. The individual components of a PGS may include a stand, a trellis, a vessel, a luminaire and an enclosure.

A plant cultivation apparatus and system including a reservoir and central shaft containing a first and second end, wherein the first end of the central shaft terminates in the central chamber of the reservoir. One or more trays are positioned along the central shaft with variable distances between each tray. The plant cultivation apparatus and system also includes an outer housing member having a plurality of plant-receiving apertures. The outer housing member defines a chamber and has a bottom edge. The bottom edge defines a respective opening, which is configured to contact a reservoir opening. The hydroponic apparatus and system may further include a lighting system mounted above the outer housing member, the lighting system illuminating plants inserted into the plant-receiving apertures to enable the associated plants to photosynthesize in environments exposed to low levels of sunlight.

A method for hydroponic cultivation of crops by using mycorrhizal fungi and their partner bacteria includes growing a partner plant between rows of the crops, and inoculating a mycorrhizal fungal strain and a partner bacterial strain to infect the partner plant or the crop with the mycorrhizal fungal strain, wherein the partner bacterial strain is compatible and coexists with the mycorrhizal fungal strain, and the partner plant facilitates growth of the mycorrhizal fungal strain and the partner bacterial strain.

Growing systems may include a number of modular growing chambers adapted to be configured in a stacked arrangement with each growing chamber surrounding a corresponding portion of the plant. The grow chambers may be selectively added or removed during plant growth, such that different sections of the growing plant may be influenced differently using aeroponic, hydroponic or other growing techniques. The grow chamber stack may be portable and provided with integrated or independent lifting devices to assist an operator in adding or removing chambers from the stack. Three growing processes may be facilitated using such systems. These include a process for producing assorted product from a single plant for simultaneous harvest, a process for producing an extended harvest of a desired size product from a single plant, and a process for extending the productive life of a plant and provide for multiple, continued, and perpetual harvest.

An aeroponic system that includes a number of grow chambers that support plants in a contaminant free environment above a reservoir that collects excess fluid. A pumping and piping system is provided to deliver nutrient fortified water to the plants in the grow chamber and to recycle or drain the excess liquid from the reservoir. A number of access ports provide a grower with access to the chambers and reservoir.

A hydroponic cultivation apparatus comprises: at least cultivation containers for growing the plants; a plurality of plant supporting portions to support the plants; a plurality of nutrient solution supplying portions to supply nutrient solutions; a plurality of first switching valves; a plurality of nutrient solution discharging portions to discharge the nutrient solutions; a plurality of second switching valves; a plurality of pH value detecting portions to detect pH values of the nutrient solutions; a receptacle portion to store the nutrient solutions discharged from the plurality of nutrient discharging portions; nutrient solution circulating portions to send the nutrient solutions from the receptacle portion; and a controlling portion to control opening and closing operations of the first switching valves and the second switching valves based on the pH values detected by the pH value detecting portions.

A high density horticulture growing system comprises a plurality of containers in which crops are grown and one or more elevator devices to automatically move the containers between vertically spaced levels of one or more modular racks. Each elevator device comprises a carrier to transport the containers between the vertically spaced levels and a ram to push the containers from the carrier onto one or more longitudinal supports at the vertically spaced levels. A first conveying device moves containers at least horizontally from a crop planting area to each rack and a second conveying device moves containers at least horizontally from each rack to a crop storage area. One or more processors control movement of the containers, watering of the crops, temperature, lighting and other parameters of the system. A plurality of the high density horticulture growing systems are in communication with a centralised data monitoring and collection system for the transmission and reception of data relating to the growing of crops.

Provided is a cultivation device, including a planting trough, a first auxiliary member and a second auxiliary member. A plant is cultivated in the planting trough. The first auxiliary member and the second auxiliary member are fixed on the planting trough and tilt toward an outside of the planting trough, and here the first auxiliary member and the second auxiliary member are opposite in tilting direction. The plant grows from the planting trough along the first auxiliary member and the second auxiliary member. The cultivation device provided in this invention may utilize space effectively for the plant to grow and is conducive to mechanical harvesting and/or hand harvesting.

The subsequent invention is in the technical fields of agriculture and biotechnology. More specifically the subsequent invention is in the technical field of aeroponics. An invention of industrial aeroponics comprising of delivering a precise pulse of an aerosol containing a colloid, or a solution, or a combination of a colloid and a solution to any living organism, a portion of a living organism, or to the tissue of an organism; wherein the aforementioned colloid, or solution, or combination of a colloid and a solution is constructed containing nutrients, or fertilizers, or a varying combination of the dispersed phase in the continuous phase, or a varying combination of solutes in a solvent, or a varying combination of the aforementioned. The pulse of aerosol is for a precise duration of time in a repeating manner as needed.

The facility has a pair of side bars (1,1) acting as inclined supports for an upper sheet (2) with openings (8) for inserting the plants, a closed lower sheet (4) acting as a collector, and at least one intermediate sheet (3) with openings determining a cascade trajectory for the water with the nutrients. The multi-layer upper sheet (2) preferably includes four layers (2a, 2b, 2e and 2d), which together define narrow channels (7) such that at insertion, the root of each plant is placed in a channel (7) different from that used by the adjacent plants. The openings (8) for the insertion of the plants form two marginal and longitudinal lines, so than the roots of adjacent plants can be completely isolated during the first growth phase thereof, preventing interference therebetween and allowing plants with different growth rates and even different types of plants to be arranged on the facility, generating, in turn, continuous production and an improved yield from the facility.