US 11,700,803 B2
Cultivation system for cultivating plants
John Bijl, Burgh-Haamstede (NL)
Assigned to Own Greens Holding B.V., Burgh-Haamstede (NL)
Appl. No. 17/47,093
Filed by Own Greens Holding B.V., Burgh-Haamstede (NL)
PCT Filed Feb. 15, 2019, PCT No. PCT/NL2019/050101
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 13, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/203637, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1042822 (NL), filed on Jun. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0144941 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. A01G 27/00 (2006.01); A01G 9/029 (2018.01)
CPC A01G 27/008 (2013.01) [A01G 9/0293 (2018.02)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cultivation system for cultivating plants from seeds, seedlings, and/or cuttings arranged in or onto substrate plugs, comprising:
a plurality of cultivation pots, wherein each cultivation pot of the plurality of cultivation pots is provided with a filling channel extending upwards from a bottom and/or a side wall of the cultivation pot,
a filling module provided with one or more filling connections, wherein each filling connection is arranged for being removably received in the filling channel of each cultivation pot for supplying the associated cultivation pot with water,
wherein each filling connection does not come into contact with the water contained in any of the plurality of cultivation pots,
wherein each filling channel and each filling connection comprises a passageway through which water can flow, and wherein each filling connection comprises one or more suction openings each of which is arranged substantially halfway along a length of the filling connection for engaging an inner wall of the filling channel of each cultivation pot and securing the filling connection to the filling channel when a negative pressure is applied to the one or more suction openings of the filling connection,
further comprising means for measuring an actual quantity of water or an actual water level in each associated cultivation pot and for additional filling of water in dependence thereon.