A flowering plant growing system utilizes a flowering plant growth assembly that enables the limbs of a flowering plant to be retained and supported along a bud platform to spread the growth out in a planar configuration. This type of growth arrangement may stimulate the plant to produce buds that are distributed across the bud platform and may grow up from the bud platform toward a cover. The height of the bud platform and cover may be adjustable as they are secured to vertical supports by retainers.

System for covering flat surfaces that is installed on support structures formed by support poles (2) maintained in position in by a network of tie-rods (3), both the support poles and the tie-rods being fixed on the surface by means of suitable pins. Said system comprises a plurality of pairs of elongated support elements (6, 6) having a lower portion positioned on such poles (2) and being joined together in raised position in proximity to their upper end, to form a plurality of pairs of slopes on which protection nets or protection sheets (7) are positioned, which in open position cover the area below the support structure and which in closed position are compact and amassed between adjacent poles (2) of the same row; the movement from the open position to the closed one and vice versa being obtained through the sliding of the sheet along the support elements by means of movement means.

A canopy sprinkler assembly includes a frame that is substantially hollow. The frame is fluidly coupled to a fluid source thereby facilitating the frame to selectively spray a fluid. A stand is provided and the stand is selectively positioned on a support surface. The frame is coupled to the stand such that the frame is elevated from the support surface. Moreover, the stand is selectively positioned around a garden thereby facilitating the frame to selectively irrigate the garden. A canopy is removably positioned on the frame such that the canopy completely covers the frame. The canopy is comprised of an opaque material to shade the garden.

A canopy assembly for a barrier defined by at least two sides, wherein the canopy assembly including a cover assembly; and a bracket assembly, coupled to the cover assembly, wherein the bracket assembly includes at least a first bracket for coupling the cover assembly to the first side of the barrier and at least a second bracket for coupling the cover assembly to the second side of the barrier, wherein each of the at least first and second brackets have a cavity dimensioned to receive a plurality of differently dimensioned barrier top rails or wall surfaces.

A method and apparatus for cultivating vegetation at an arid location includes rooting immature vegetation in a mat combined with a super absorbent polymer (SAP) and, in embodiments, fertilizer, sand, and/or soil; placing the mat at the arid location; covering the mat with a perforated, transparent or semi-transparent cover; collecting urine in a water purification system; and providing purified water extracted from the urine to the mat. A water barrier can be placed below the mat. The cover can be placed on or suspended above the mat. SAP, seeds, and/or additional water barriers can be placed between mats in a stack. The opacity of the cover can be increased to emulate shade from natural vegetation. A water distribution system can be included for continued support of the vegetation, and can include a water reservoir and/or at least one solar still.

Autonomous mobile field robots may be used to maintain fields. An autonomous mobile field robot may perform soil mechanics with environment sensors at a sub-region and store the soil mechanics. The robot may further determine soil temperature of the sub-region and store the soil temperature. The soil mechanics and the soil temperature are sent to a monitoring server via a radio access network for storage and analysis. The parameters for the soil of the sub-region may be adjusted based on the soil mechanics of the sub-region with the chemicals from chemical storage units. The robot may return to a home station to refill one or more of the water or chemicals.

The present invention provides methods and systems for improved solar energy capture in an orchard, the system including at least one solar energy apparatus comprising at least one photovoltaic cell and at least one row of solar panels, deployed in the orchard to capture the solar energy from the sun and a processor configured to activate an algorithm for dynamic control of at least one of a position of incidence of shading from said at least one row of solar panels and an area of incidence of shading from said at least one row of solar panels on ground parallel to said rows of trees.

A method of treating a tree, the method includes positioning a temperature transmitter proximate to the tree; and lowering a treatment unit over the tree and the temperature transmitter, the treatment unit configured to move independently from a supply unit, the treatment unit in fluid communication with the supply unit.

Described herein is a pillar knitted crop netting comprising widely spaced knitted pillars and crop netting materials comprising a region(s) having such construction. Also described herein are crop nettings comprising yarns defining apertures to form the netting wherein said apertures have a plurality of sides formed by yarn sections and at least one of those yarn sections may be relatively slack when the netting is held taut in lengthwise and widthwise directions. The above nettings may have advantageous hail passage performance.

The application refers to a plastic film for protecting linear soft fruit cultivations such as table grapes, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, red currants, cherries etc. Soft fruit cultivation is commonly performed in a linear fashion so that any cultivation work can be facilitated. Soft fruits are susceptible to weather conditions especially when they are ripe enough for collection to start and in particular to hail, rain, humidity, and frost as well as the intense sun radiation that can cause skin burns to the fruit.