Plant support structure for improving canopy light exposure
AssigneeMjnn LLC
InventorKevin Duane Grauberger
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Abstract
A plant support structure (e.g., a grow tower) comprises a spine and grow sites (e.g., pots) coupled to the spine. Each grow site may be configured to hold a root mass of a plant, such as a micro dwarf tomato. Each grow site may be disposed above another grow site. A ratio of a width of the spine to a width of the grow sites may be less than 1.0. A harvesting system may comprise multiple plant support structures, and a superstructure from which the structures are suspended and conveyed along a grow line to a harvesting site.
Claims16
A harvesting system comprising a plurality of structures and a superstructure from which the structures are suspended and conveyed along a grow line to a harvesting site, each plant support structure comprising:
- a. a spine;
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- b. a plurality of grow sites coupled to the spine, wherein
- i. each grow site in the plurality of grow sites is disposed above another grow site of the plurality of grow sites, and
- ii. each grow site is coupled by a coupling to the spine so that the grow site is free to move in at least one dimension to maintain its orientation while a major axis of the spine moves from a non-horizontal dimension toward a horizontal dimension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.