PLANT CULTIVATION APPARATUS WITH OPEN CHANNEL IRRIGATION SYSTEM
Autor/es: COPPING DAVID ALEXANDER JAMES (AU); MARTIN CHRISTOPHER NEILL (AU)
Solicitante: CLEV A GARDEN PTY LTD (AU); COPPING DAVID ALEXANDER JAMES (AU); MARTIN CHRISTOPHER NEILL (AU)
Descripción
Plant cultivation apparatus (10) comprises housing (12) made of stacked segments (16a, b, c) and has detachable receptacles or pots (26) to receive and support plants. Each receptacle (26) is connected with a respective shallow reservoir (30, not shown) on the top face (22) of apparatus (10) so as to be gravity-fed irrigating water via conduit (32), which has at least a portion of its length in the form of a channel open to the atmosphere. Water feed apparatus (14) comprising further reservoirs is detachably attached to top face (22) and dispensers therein feed water to shallow reservoirs (30).