Title:
A water culture apparatus and a water culture method
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6025131
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A hydroponic cultivation apparatus, wherein a plant that stores nourishment in an underground portion 5 thereof is raised by means of hydroponics, comprises: a nutrient solution flow path 2 provided at a bottom portion of a cultivating container 1; and a partitioning member 3 arranged above the nutrient solution flow path 2 , including a through-hole portion 3h having such a size that a root 7 and a stolon 8 produced from the underground portion 5 of the plant pass therethrough, and supporting the stolon 8 and a tuber extended from underground portion 5 with an upper surface thereof. The hydroponic cultivation apparatus makes the root 7 produced from the underground portion 5 pass through the through-hole portion 3 from an upper surface side toward a lower surface side of the partitioning member 3, and immerses the root 7 in the nutrient solution flow path 2 and grows the stolon 8 on the upper surface of the partitioning member 3 and produces the tuber of the plant on the upper surface of the partitioning member 3.
Inventors:
Satoshi Ogata
Akihiro Komura
Taro Ishido
Hiroki Ohira
Akihiro Komura
Taro Ishido
Hiroki Ohira
Application Number:
JP2015535291A
Publication Date:
November 16, 2016
Filing Date:
June 05, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Panasonic IP Management Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
A01G31/00; A01G1/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP3505046B2 | 2004-03-08 | |||
JPH10113085A | 1998-05-06 | |||
JPH05284864A | 1993-11-02 | |||
JP2008011752A | 2008-01-24 |
Other References:
JPN6014038389; High-security Aroostook farm advances tater technology — Business — Bangor Daily News &# , 20110610, [online]
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masakazu Ito
Takayoshi Matsumoto
Satoshi Hosokawa
Mori Taishi
Takayoshi Matsumoto
Satoshi Hosokawa
Mori Taishi