To provide a cultivation method, capable of readily and inexpensively performing subsistence cultivation of vegetables or the like using an accessible material.

A water-absorbent and water-retentive material such as sawdust is stored in a container, a plant such as vegetable to be cultivated is put over it, a proper amount of water is put in the container, and a measure for preventing scattering of the water-absorbent and water-retentive material is applied onto the top surface as needed. According to this, subsistence cultivation of the plant such as vegetable can be readily and inexpensively performed using the accessible material.