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US 2018/0279568 A1Published application
Horticultural method and apparatus
Assignee9934294 Canada Inc.
InventorGilles Dumont
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for optimizing the growth of a plant by taking a measurement of at least one property of a plant growing in a growing medium, calculating the optimal nutritional requirement of the plant based on the measurement, and then injecting an optimal amount of at least one substance selected from the group consisting of water, fertilizer and a combination of water and fertilizer into the container. A rotating drum apparatus is provided for the practice of the invention.
Claims10
A method for optimizing the growth of a plant comprising the steps of:
- taking a measurement of at least one property of a plant growing in a growing medium;
- calculating the optimal nutritional requirement of said plant based on said measurement;
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- injecting an optimum amount of at least one substance selected from the group consisting of water, fertilizer, and a combination of water and fertilizer, into said container.
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A horticultural apparatus comprising:
- a rotating drum having at least one ring, a drive system to rotatably drive said ring, a light source within said drum;
- a plurality of medium retaining members extending transversely of said ring;
- a detecting device mounted proximate to said ring for detecting a property of individual ones of said medium retaining members;
- a feeder associated with each of said medium retaining members to inject a substance into said medium retaining members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.