Apparatus for cultivation of long-stem vegetable plants, related method and uses
AssigneeLuonnonvarakeskus
InventorsJuha NÄKKILÄ, Liisa SÄRKKÄ, Saila KARHU, Kari Juhani JOKINEN, Risto TAHVONEN
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Abstract
An apparatus for cultivation of long-stem vegetable plants, related system, methods and uses are provided. The apparatus includes a frame rack with at least one essentially horizontal cultivation platform configured to support a stem portion of at least one long-stem vegetable plant rooted in a static cultivation tray, wherein each the cultivation platform is established by a conveying device and wherein speed of the conveying device is adjustable such, as to correspond to the speed of plant growth.
Claims20
An apparatus for cultivation of long-stem vegetable plants, comprising a frame rack- and at least one essentially horizontal cultivation platform configured to support a stem portion of at least one long-stem vegetable plant rooted in a static tray, wherein said at least one cultivation platform comprises or consists of a conveying device, wherein speed of said conveying device is adjustable such, as to correspond to the speed of plant growth, and wherein the conveying device is arranged to convey the stem portion of said at least one vegetable plant in a direction opposite to the direction of plant growth, the stem portion of the plant being supported on the conveying device.
A method for cultivation of long-stem vegetable plants in an apparatus comprising a frame rack and at least one essentially horizontal cultivation platform comprising or consisting of a conveying device, in which method a stem portion of at least one long-stem vegetable plant rooted in a static tray is supported on the conveying device, wherein a speed of said conveying device is adjustable such, as to correspond to the speed of plant growth, and wherein the method further comprises conveying the stem portion of said at least one vegetable plant supported on the conveying device in a direction opposite to the direction of plant growth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.