A method for irrigation of a crop capable of producing Cannabidiol (CBD) comprises irrigating the crop with a nanobubble hydrogen rich water (HRW-nano), whereby a concentration of CBD in the crop increased as a result of irrigating with the HRW-nano, compared to irrigation with an irrigation water having the same composition except without added hydrogen (control irrigation).

An integrated sensor assembly includes a housing having a rectangular shape, a front side having a length and width and including a plurality of openings, and a thickness significantly less than the length or the width of the front side. The assembly includes an infrared thermal sensor disposed in the housing and aligned with a first opening of the plurality of openings, a time-of-flight proximity sensor disposed in the housing and aligned with a second opening of the plurality of openings, and a color light sensor, disposed in the housing and aligned with the second opening of the plurality of openings, to respectively sense at least red light, green light, and blue light. The integrated sensor assembly does not include a narrowband irradiator to facilitate multispectral imaging of reflected or emitted radiation from at least one object in response to irradiation by the narrowband irradiator.

A gardening appliance includes a liner positioned within a cabinet and defining a grow chamber, a grow tower rotatably mounted within the liner and defining a root chamber, a hydration system comprising a water supply tank for storing water, a supply conduit fluidly coupling the water supply tank to a discharge nozzle, a supply pump for selectively urging the water through the discharge nozzle and a water level sensor operably coupled to the water supply tank. A controller obtains a water level of the water in the water supply tank using the water level sensor, determines a conservative water supply schedule based at least in part on the water level, and operates the hydration system to provide the water in accordance with the conservative water supply schedule, the conservative water supply schedule providing the water at a slower average hydration rate relative to the standard water supply schedule.

A growing system includes a tub having a lid attached thereto, the tub having an interior area; a tubing system secured within the interior area of the tub; a fluid reservoir housing a fluid pump, the fluid pump in fluid communication with the tubing system; a water tank positioned within the interior area of the tub and having a water level sensor therein; one or more lights configured to emit light into the interior area; a heat pump to emit heat into the interior area; a thermocouple and hygrometer to measure temperature and humidity within the interior area of the tub; and a controller having one or more controls to receive user commands to operate the fluid pump, the one or more lights, and the heat pump; the controller operates to control a microclimate within the interior area of the tub based on user preferences.

A cultivation floor system has a floor on which plant containers are to be placed. The system includes a watertight basin and a water-permeable structure in the basin, which structure has a permeable top cloth which forms the top side of the floor on which plant containers are placed. The structure includes one or more water-retaining layers. A watering installation supplies water so that water is available for the plants in the plant containers. A perforated film is placed between the permeable top cloth on the one hand and the one or more water-retaining layers on the other hand, which perforated film is made of impermeable film material which is provided with distributed perforations in such a manner that the film reduces the free evaporation surface for water from the one or more water-retaining layers.

A vertical farming system promoting uniform crop airflow in an enclosure may include a crop suspension system including crop containers, suspension extensions connected to the crop containers, and an upper support disposed at an upper side of the enclosure and connected to the suspension extensions. The system may further include a ventilation system including a main upper airway disposed at the upper side of the enclosure, upper branch airways in fluid communication with the main upper airway and disposed at the upper side of the enclosure, a main lower airway disposed at a lower side of the enclosure, and lower branch airways in fluid communication with the main lower airway. The suspension extensions may include subgroups of different lengths relative to the upper support.

Horticulture automation systems, devices, and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a horticulture automation system for indoor vertical farming can include a sensor input configured to receive sensor readings related to a horticulture environment, an internet of things (“IoT”) module operably coupled to the sensor input, power supply channels coupled to luminaire panels, and a power control unit that controls the transfer and distribution of the power from a power supply to the power supply channels. The IoT module can communicate the sensor readings to a database and receive instructions to manage the horticulture environment. The device can be attached to a vertical grow rack and/or near a grow deck.

Infrastructure and methods to implement a platform for a horticultural operation are disclosed. Sensor data is received from one or more sensors configured to capture data for plants within a plant growth operation. Accumulated data associated with other plants in other plant growth operations is access. The data is analyzed to determine conditions of the plants within the plant growth operation. Plant grower actions to improve plant growth are determined. Instructions are transmitted to a controller device associated with the plant growth operation. Agricultural products or services associated with the plant grower actions are determined. An agricultural exchange service processes electronic commerce information from servicers of the products or services. Bids from the servicers are received, and selection and fulfillment of the bids are facilitated.

An indoor growing facility includes an enclosed structure defined by one or more first walls and a growing shell defining a grow zone positioned in the enclosed structure. The growing shell defined by one or more second walls. The indoor growing facility also includes at least one environmental control component positioned inside the enclosed structure and outside the growing shell.

The present invention relates to a nutrient solution recycling plant cultivation system, which recycles and supplies a cultivation nutrient solution and measures in real time the composition of each nutrient component to be added to a waste nutrient solution through a so-called soft sensor using measured values of pH, EC, temperature, turbidity, and weight and a previously constructed estimation model instead of an expensive high-performance analyzer, thereby minimizing nutrient solution consumption while meeting a required level of accuracy.