Method for cultivating leafy vegetables
AssigneeAgricompany S.S.
InventorMauro Angeleri
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for cultivating leafy vegetables such as spinach, lettuce and the like, according to which a net (3) with meshes which are smaller in size than the overall volume of the leafy body of the fully grown vegetables is spread over the surface of the cultivation bed. The cultivation method according to the present invention offers the considerable advantage that the vegetables, once the roots have been cut, may be retrieved, amassed or in any case simply harvested by raising the net from the ground, without any risk that the quality or integral nature of the vegetables may be adversely affected in any way.
Claims21
Method for cultivating leafy vegetables, comprising the following operations:
- a) sowing the surface (2) of a cultivation bed;
- b) harvesting the vegetables (5) thus sown and fully grown;
- characterized by a step—before, at the same time or after the sowing step—involving spreading, over the surface (2) of the cultivation bed, a net (3) having meshes which are polygonal and smaller in size than the overall volume of the leafy body of the fully grown vegetables (5), so as to allow retrieval and amassing of the vegetables by raising and if necessary rolling up the net.
Cultivation method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the operating steps of the method are performed in protected environments such as greenhouses or the like.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.