Growing container for free-rooted plants and system and method using same
OwnerKeerti Ayakannuinventor
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Abstract
A growing container system for free-rooted plants adapted to grow plants to be grown aeroponically. The growing container includes a spherical upper portion and a conical lower portion. The growing container allows for the growing of individual free-rooted plants and is coupled to a fluid supply system which provides water to misters within the growing container, and which removes excess water from the bottom of the lower portion of the growing container. The growing container may be made of two halves which are coupled vertically.
Claims14
A growing container for aeroponically grown plants, said growing container comprising:
- a hemispherical upper portion, said hemispherical upper portion comprising:
- an upper portion of a sphere and an upper hole at a top of said hemispherical upper portion, wherein said hemispherical upper portion is empty of any container structure within an interior of said hemispherical upper portion;
- a conical lower portion, wherein said hemispherical upper portion and said conical lower portion are configured to enclose roots of an aeroponically grown plant in said growing container and wherein the plant would protrude from the growing container through the upper hole at the top of the hemispherical upper portion, wherein stalks and leaves of the plant would be above and exterior to the growing container;
- a lower hole at a lower end of said conical lower portion;
- one or more supply tubes routed from said lower hole in said conical lower portion upwards along an inside surface of said conical lower portion;
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- one or more misters coupled to each of said one or more supply tubes.
A growing container for aeroponically grown plants, said growing container comprising:
- a hemispherical upper portion, said hemispherical upper portion comprising:
- an upper portion of a sphere and an upper a hole at a top of said hemispherical upper portion, wherein said hemispherical upper portion is empty of any container structure within an interior of said hemispherical upper portion;
- a conical lower portion, wherein said hemispherical upper portion and said conical lower portion are configured to enclose roots of an aeroponically grown plant in said growing container and wherein the plant would protrude from the growing container through the upper hole at the top of the hemispherical upper portion, wherein stalks and leaves of the plant would be above and exterior to the growing container;
- a lower hole at a lower end of said conical lower portion,
- wherein said hemispherical upper portion and said conical lower portion comprise two halves separable along separation lines extending from the upper hole at the top of the hemispherical upper portion and the lower hole at the bottom of the conical lower portion, wherein said halves are separable to allow for the insertion or removal of an aeroponically grown plant.
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