US 12,213,415 B2
Methods and systems for irrigating a cannabis plant
Céline Catherine Sarah Nicole, Eindhoven (NL); and Esther De Beer, Waalre (NL)
Assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 18/274,053
Filed by SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Jan. 27, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/051826
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 25, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/162035, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 21154186 (EP), filed on Jan. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0237596 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A01G 25/16 (2006.01); A01G 22/15 (2018.01)
CPC A01G 25/165 (2013.01) [A01G 22/15 (2018.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for irrigating a Cannabis plant, the method comprising sequentially performing the steps of
providing, before a pruning of the Cannabis plant, water to the Cannabis plant at a first rate, and
changing, in a time window that extends from one hour before said pruning to one hour after said pruning, the rate of water provisioning to the Cannabis plant from the first rate to a second rate, the second rate being lower than the first rate, and
providing, after said pruning of the Cannabis plant, water to the Cannabis plant at the second rate for at least 15 minutes.