Vegetables, mushrooms or herbs in a box
AssigneeRijk Zwaan Zaadteelt En Zaadhandel B.V.
InventorsWilhelmus Petrus Adrianus Roeland VOERMANS, Jeanette Diana VAN DER LAKEN, Michiel Anton ZWAAN, Marc Alfons Constant CELIS
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for producing consumer-ready vegetables, mushrooms or herbs, comprising the steps of culturing vegetables, mushrooms or herbs in a closed container under suitable growing conditions until maturity; and transferring the container with the mature vegetable, mushrooms or herb to a retail outlet. The culturing of the vegetables, mushrooms or herbs until maturity takes suitably place in or in the vicinity of the retail outlet. The invention further relates to a set for performing the method and to the container comprising the mature vegetables, mushrooms or herbs.
Claims8
A consumer-ready-to-be-consumed spinach plant in a closed container that the consumer-ready-to-be-consumed spinach plant was grown in, or a consumer-ready-to-be-consumed lettuce plant in a closed container that the consumer-ready-to-be-consumed lettuce plant was grown in, said consumer-ready-to-be-consumed spinach plant in the closed container or said consumer-ready-to-be-consumed lettuce plant in the closed container produced by a method comprising the steps of:
- a) assembling in a container, materials for producing the consumer-ready-to-be-consumed spinach plant in the closed container or the consumer-ready-to-be-consumed lettuce plant in the closed container comprising:
- i) spinach or lettuce seed, spinach or lettuce germinated seed, spinach or lettuce seedling, or small spinach or lettuce plant,
- ii) water for growth to the consumer-ready-to-be-consumed spinach plant in the closed container or the consumer-ready-to-be-consumed lettuce plant in the closed container of the spinach or lettuce seed, the spinach or lettuce germinated seed, the spinach or lettuce seedling, or the small spinach or lettuce plant under suitable growing conditions, and
- iii) substrate for growth to the consumer-ready-to-be-consumed spinach plant in the closed container or the consumer-ready-to-be-consumed lettuce plant in the closed container of the spinach or lettuce seed, the spinach or lettuce germinated seed, the spinach or lettuce seedling, or the small spinach or lettuce plant under suitable growing conditions,
- wherein, said suitable conditions for growth to the consumer-ready-to-be-consumed spinach plant in the closed container or the consumer-ready-to-be-consumed lettuce plant in the closed container of the spinach or lettuce seed, the spinach or lettuce germinated seed, the spinach or lettuce seedling, or the small spinach or lettuce plant comprise suitable light intensity and color for optimal growth to the consumer-ready-to-be-consumed spinach plant in the closed container or the consumer-ready-to-be-consumed lettuce plant in the closed container;
- b) sealing the container with a permeable membrane to obtain a closed container containing the materials for producing the consumer-ready-to-be-consumed spinach plant in the closed container or the consumer-ready-to-be-consumed lettuce plant in the closed container,
- wherein said membrane is permeable to oxygen and carbon dioxide and impermeable to contamination and pathogens, and
- c) growing in the closed container at the place for growth the spinach or lettuce seed, the spinach or lettuce germinated seed, the spinach or lettuce seedling, or the small spinach or lettuce plant under the suitable growing conditions until the consumer-ready-to-be-consumed spinach plant in the closed container or the consumer-ready-to-be-consumed lettuce plant in the closed container is produced,
- whereby the consumer-ready-to-be-consumed spinach plant in the closed container or the consumer-ready-to-be-consumed lettuce plant in the closed container is produced.
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