Nutrient medium for automated cultivation of plants
AssigneeRobotec Ptc GmbH
InventorFriederike Von Rundstedt
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Abstract
A nutrient medium for the cultivation of plants, containing (a) 3 g/l to 18 g/l agar and (b) 0.5 g/l to 3 g/l carrageenan, as well as plant plugs which contain such a nutrient medium, a method for the production of the plant plugs, and a method for the automated or semi-automated cultivation of plants using the plant plugs.
Claims19
A growth medium for the cultivation of plants, the growth medium comprising:
- (a) 3 g/l to 18 g/l agar;
- and
- (b) 0.5 g/l to 3 g/l carrageenan.
A plant plug for the cultivation of plants, preferably for the automated or semiautomated cultivation of plants, wherein the plant plug comprises a growth medium comprising:
- (a) 3 g/l to 18 g/l agar;
- and
- (b) 0.5 g/l to 3 g/l carrageenan.
A method for producing a plant plug, preferably a plant plug for the automated or semiautomated cultivation of plants, comprising
- (a) providing a growth medium in a liquid state;
- and
- (b) gelling the growth medium in the shape of a plant plug.
A method for the automated or semiautomated cultivation of plants, comprising
- (i) contacting a plant plug with a plant or a plant part;
- (ii) cultivating the plant plug and plant or plant part together under growth conditions suitable for the plant such that the plant or the plant part roots in the plant plug and a plant unit is formed by plant or plant part and plant plug;
- and
- (iii) the plant unit is transferred in an automated manner into
- (iii.1) a recess in a larger plant plug;
- (iii.2) a cell in a cultivation tray;
- and/or
- (iii.3) a soil substrate.
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