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US 2012/0233918 A1Published application
Hydroponics equipment cleaning method
AssigneeBMT Partners
InventorsBrian Hayes, Michael Blasetti
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Abstract
This invention is for a business method in which is disclosed a step by step procedure for quick, clean and efficient cleaning of hydroponics growing (“Flood”) trays. The method essentially comprises the use of a custom-fitted tray insert of a lightweight material designed to fit inside the much heavier-duty hydroponics growing tray. After the plants are grown, the lightweight insert tray is removed and discarded, thus saving the manual labor of cleaning and sanitizing the heavy-duty growing tray before the next use.
Claims3
A method of cleaning hydroponics growing trays comprised of:
- First, in the growing phase of hydroponics plant growing using flood trays or the like, a new lightweight cleaning tray is placed inside each growing flood tray;
- Second, each combination growing flood tray and its inserted lightweight cleaning tray, is then treated the same for said growing phase setup in the same fashion as if said combination growing flood tray had been a single growing flood tray;
- Third, upon completion of said growing phase setup, the growing phase proceeds using an ebb and flow system in said combination growing flood trays;
- Fourth, upon completion of said growing phase, the cleanup phase begins wherein the grown plants are removed from each said combination growing flood trays, and the lightweight cleaning trays are removed from each flood tray or the like, and discarded;
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- Fifth, the method is repeated starting with the first step and the beginning of the next said growing phase.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.