Title:
SEEDLING PICKING METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/1995/007017
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
This invention aims at efficiently growing a plant, such as a strawberry from the runners of which seedlings are to be picked. According to the present invention, a seedling picking method is provided as a means for achieving this object, in which a plant bed is disposed in a high place, a plurality of linked runners being grown in a hanging state from a parent plant planted in the plant bed, water absorbers being fixed in the air to rooting portions at the connections of the runners, water being sprinkled in the air over the water absorbers to have the rooting portions take root to grow seedlings, the runners being then cut off in the air at the portions thereof which are in front of and at the back of the seedlings, whereby the seedlings are picked.
Inventors:
ABE YOSHIMI (JP)
MURAI SHINJI (JP)
MURAI SHINJI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP1994/001490
Publication Date:
March 16, 1995
Filing Date:
September 08, 1994
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HYDROPONICS RESEARCH CO LTD M (JP)
ABE YOSHIMI (JP)
MURAI SHINJI (JP)
ABE YOSHIMI (JP)
MURAI SHINJI (JP)
International Classes:
A01G1/00; A01G9/02; A01G31/00; (IPC1-7): A01G1/00; A01G31/00
Foreign References:
| JPS62100228A | 1987-05-09 | |||
| JPH03285615A | 1991-12-16 | |||
| JPH02273122A | 1990-11-07 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 0668011A4
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