US 12,219,907 B2
Apparatus for cultivation of long-stem vegetable plants, related method and uses
Juha Näkkilä, Kaarina (FI); Liisa Särkkä, Littoinen (FI); Saila Karhu, Turku (FI); Kari Juhani Jokinen, Helsinki (FI); and Risto Tahvonen, Piikkiö (FI)
Assigned to LUONNONVARAKESKUS, Helsinki (FI)
Appl. No. 18/014,101
Filed by LUONNONVARAKESKUS, Helsinki (FI)
PCT Filed Jul. 2, 2021, PCT No. PCT/FI2021/050514
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/003258, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20205715 (FI), filed on Jul. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0255152 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. A01G 31/04 (2006.01); A01G 22/05 (2018.01); A01G 22/40 (2018.01)
CPC A01G 31/042 (2013.01) [A01G 22/05 (2018.02); A01G 22/40 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for cultivation of long-stem vegetable plants used in combination with a static tray and at least one long-stem vegetable plant rooted in a static tray, the apparatus comprising a frame rack and at least one essentially horizontal cultivation platform configured to support a stem portion of the at least one long-stem vegetable plant rooted in the static tray, the static tray placed proximal to the apparatus, wherein said at least one cultivation platform comprises a conveying device, wherein a speed of said conveying device is adjustable such, as to correspond to the speed of plant growth, and wherein the conveying device is arranged to convey the stem portion of said at least one vegetable plant in a direction opposite to the direction of plant growth, with the stem portion of the at least one vegetable plant being supported on the conveying device.