JP2995275B2 - Irrigation method for potted plants and planter used therefor - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a watering method for potted plants and a planter used for the same, and more particularly to a watering method and a planter capable of simplifying water management.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various methods and apparatuses have been proposed so as to enable watering of potted plants without frequent management. For example, Shokai 5
In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-59651, a container body and a water receiver having an upper surface opened and capable of being vertically separated are provided. The former body has a receiving portion formed around a bottom plate having a small hole and is provided with a lower portion. The receiving cylinder provided with the hole is made to protrude, and when the main body receiving portion is placed on the latter water receiving body by the upper edge, a space is provided around the receiving cylinder so that the receiving cylinder is supported on the inner bottom surface, and There has been proposed a combined plant cultivator in which a lower part of the mouth is formed at a position below the main body bottom plate. Although this combined plant cultivator can supply water stored to some extent in the water receiver little by little into the container body through a downwardly projecting receiving cylinder without watering every day, Since a container body for planting a plant has a receiving cylinder projecting downward, it cannot be used unless a water receiver for this is used. Conversely, even if an attempt is made to use a general cultivation pot to water the water, the combined plant cultivator described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 52-59651 cannot at all.

Recently, it has been practiced to arrange a large number of potted plants on a road or a sidewalk to form a sidewalk on the road or to partition the sidewalk. In particular, in a venue for a seasonal event or a place where many people gather temporarily, a large number of potted plants are being arranged in order to form a passage and divide the venue. Potted plants used in such cases are:
It is used in large quantities, and cultivation pots for that purpose often have a general shape. It is necessary to change the type of potted plant according to the flowering time and the growing condition, and in such a case, the cultivation pot itself needs to have a shape that facilitates plant growth management and is easy to handle. Therefore, it is most advantageous to use a cultivation pot having a general shape for that purpose.

[0004] For this reason, the applicant filed Japanese Utility Model Application No. Hei 3-2483.
No. 6, in a plant watering cultivator in a substantially box shape having a side plate integrated with the bottom surface, to accommodate a plurality of flower pots planted flowers and houseplants,
A part of the bottom surface is swelled upward, and a water pipe supporting part for holding and holding a water pipe having a water sprinkling hole from below, and a part of an upper part of the water pipe supporting part is cut off and provided. A notch that exposes the water sprinkling hole of the water pipe upward, a water storage part formed between the side plate and the water pipe support part, a plurality of pot bases formed so as to protrude from the bottom surface, and the side plate Etc., and has already been proposed a plant irrigation cultivator characterized in that the lower edge thereof is provided with a ventilation drainage hole located between the lower surface of the flowerpot on the pot stand portion and the bottom surface. . This "plant irrigation cultivator" is excellent in that sense because a cultivation pot having a general shape can be used and the cultivation pot can be easily replaced. However, this plant irrigation cultivator must be improved in that the use of the cultivator for plant irrigation is dependent on the presence of a water pipe nearby.

[0005] Potted plants for partitioning roads and event venues are generally often placed outdoors and grow to some extent.
For this reason, the potted plants often directly hit the outdoor wind, and the pots may fall down as they are. Therefore, the pot in which the plant is planted may be fixed by some method, but the fixing must be performed while maintaining a state that facilitates replacement of the pot.

Therefore, the present inventor can arrange one section by arranging a large number of pieces, and can perform sufficient watering without performing daily management, and can freely exchange pots. The present invention has been completed as a result of various studies on what to do so.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made on the basis of the above circumstances, and the problem to be solved is to safely replace watering and replacing pots for a large number of potted plants. It is easy work.

The first object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily replace a pot while protecting the pot at any time, and to surely water the potted plant without trouble. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of irrigation that can be carried out at a time. Another object of the invention according to claim 2 is to provide a planter which can surely carry out the invention according to claim 1 and has a simple structure.

[0009]

Means for Solving the Problems To solve the above problems, means according to the first aspect of the present invention will be described with reference numerals used in the embodiment. A pot 20 having a large number of holes 21a whose periphery is surrounded by a protective wall 22 formed on the shelf 20 so that the shelf 20 can be detachably stored and held at a predetermined position in the planter body 10 where the amount can be accumulated. A part of the water absorbing material 30 at least one end of which is immersed in the water in the planter main body 10 is disposed on the mounting portion 21, and the water in the planter main body 10 is placed on the pot mounting portion 21 by the water absorbing material 30. The water-absorbing material 30 located on the bowl mounting portion 21
By placing the pot 40 with the plant directly on it,
The potted plant is characterized in that water is supplied to the pot 40 by the water-absorbing material 30 and that the pot 40 is watered to the plant planted in the pot 40 while the pot 40 is protected by the protective wall 22 located therearound. Irrigation method ".

[0010] The means according to the second aspect of the present invention also includes a "planter main body 10 capable of storing a certain amount of water such as rainwater, and a storage and support at a predetermined position in the planter main body 10. Shelf board 20 having pot placement part 21
And a water-absorbing material 30 at least one end of which is immersed in water in the planter body 10 and a part of which extends on the pot mounting portion 21. The shelf board 20 includes the water-absorbing material 30. An insertion hole 23 for passing the container up and down,
1. A planter 100 "characterized by having a protective wall 22 surrounding the periphery of one and a large number of holes 21a formed in the pot mounting portion 21.

[0011]

Operation and Use of the Invention The operation of the invention of each claim constructed as described above will be described below. The operation of the planter 100 according to the second embodiment is the same as that of the watering method according to the first embodiment. Since it is substantially included as a method of use,
The following description focuses on the operation of the watering method of claim 1.

First, in the watering method according to the present invention, a planter main body 10 capable of storing a certain amount of water such as rainwater, a shelf plate 20 detachably housed in the planter main body 10, and Each pot placement part 21 of the shelf 20
Water-absorbing material 30 that is covered and immersed in planter body 10
Because the planter 100 configured by
It can be implemented using materials with a simple configuration. In addition, these planter body 10, shelf board 20, and water absorbing material 30 are formed separately from each other,
Since these are combined into a predetermined state to form the planter 100, the planter 100 can be easily constructed by placing a plurality of water-absorbing materials 30 and watering the respective plants. Each exchange of the board 20 and the water absorbing material 30 can be easily performed.

In this watering method, each pot mounting portion 21 of the shelf plate 20 used in this method has a large number of holes 21a, and at least one end is placed on each of the pot mounting portions 21. Water absorbing material 30 placed in planter body 10
Is placed in the planter body 10 through the hole 21a of each pot placement part 21 or the notch 24 shown in the embodiment, for example, the planter body The amount of water regulated by the drainage port 12 formed at 10 is always stored. Of course, if necessary, when water is directly sprinkled into the pots 40, water that does not enter or becomes excessive in the pots 40 flows down into the planter body 10 as described above and is stored in a predetermined amount. It is. In addition, as illustrated in the examples, a large number of planters 100 are arranged.
For example, if the drain ports 12 are connected to each other with a hose or the like,
The surplus water in each planter main body 10 is supplied into another adjacent planter main body 10 by this hose or the like, so that the surplus water in one planter 100 is also short of other water. It will be used in the planter 100.

If water is stored in the planter main body 10 in this manner, the water is always supplied onto the pot mounting portions 21 of the shelf 20 by the water absorbing action of the water absorbing material 30. It is. That is, since at least one end of the water-absorbing material 30 is immersed in the planter body 10, the water spreads over the entire water-absorbing material 30 by a capillary phenomenon, and is eventually absorbed by a portion on each of the pot placement parts 21. It will be. Therefore, if each pot 40 is placed on the water absorbing material 30 on the pot mounting portion 21 as it is, the water absorbing material 30
The water inside is supplied to the bowl 40, and this state is maintained as long as there is water in the planter body 10. Therefore, the supply of water to the plants in each pot 40, i.e., watering, is constantly performed.

Further, in the watering method of the present invention, since the shelf board 20 having the protective wall 22 around the pot mounting portion 21 on which the pots 40 are mounted is used, each pot mounting portion 21 is provided. The lower periphery of each pot 40 placed above is surrounded by the protective wall 22. Therefore, even if the pot 40 and the plants planted therein are exposed to wind, and the pot 40 is inclined, the pot 40 is supported by the protection wall 22 and does not fall down completely. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, each protective wall 22 is formed so as to stand upright with respect to the shelf board 20. The protection wall 22 does not interfere at all.

The water-absorbing material 30 of the embodiment shown below is made of a non-woven fabric, and a large number of holes 21a are formed in each of the pot mounting portions 21. When the pots 40 are placed on the water-absorbing material 30 located on the 21 for a long time, the roots of the plants in each pot 40 enter the water-absorbing material 30 from the bottom of the pot 40 and Hole 21a
Also entangled. Even with this, the pot 40 is fixed, so that it does not fall down even if the wind blows.

As described above, according to the watering method of the present invention, the watering of each pot 40 or the plants planted therein is sufficiently performed, and particularly, each pot 40 in which the ungrown plants are planted. They are always protected from falling by the wind. When the plants in each pot 40 have grown and their roots have been sufficiently extended, the pot 4 on the right side of FIG.
Since the roots extend sufficiently into the planter body 10 and become entangled with the water-absorbing material 30 as in the case of 0, the roots themselves also serve to suck up the water in the planter body 10 and fix the pots 40 to the planter body 10. It also acts. By arranging a large number of planters 100 used in this method, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, sections such as roads can be beautifully formed.

The function of the planter 100 according to the second aspect of the present invention is not only that the watering method according to the first aspect can be reliably and easily implemented, but also that the synthetic resin is used as a material. It makes the manufacture of the product easy.

[0019]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a planter according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 1 and 2 show a watering method according to claim 1 and a planter 100 according to claim 2 at the same time. The planter 100 used in the watering method of the present invention is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, a planter main body 10 capable of storing a certain amount of water such as rainwater, and a plurality (four in the embodiment shown in the figure) of pots accommodated in the planter main body 10 Shelf 20 having mounting portion 21
And a water-absorbing material 30 that partially covers over the pot mounting portions 21 and is immersed in the planter body 10. The planter body 10 and the shelf 20 in this embodiment are integrally formed of a synthetic resin material, and the water absorbing material 30 is made of a woven or non-woven fabric using fibers having excellent water absorption and corrosion resistance. It is formed in.

The planter body 10 has a shelf board 20 therein.
Is stored, and a certain amount of water is stored below the shelf board 20. First, a part of each side wall is bulged inward, so that each top surface of the planter body 10 A plurality of support portions 11 having the same height from the bottom are formed,
As shown in FIG. 2, the planter main body 1 is provided on each side wall portion located slightly below the top surface of each of the support portions 11.
A plurality of drain ports 12 having the same height from the bottom surface of 0 are formed. Since each support portion 11 is for supporting the shelf board 20, as shown in FIG. 3, a bar formed separately from the planter main body 10 is fixed to the planter by means such as bonding or screwing. It may be implemented to be fixed to the main body 10.

In the planter main body 10 shown in FIG. 2, reinforcing ribs 13 are formed integrally on the back side of the bottom surface so as to secure air permeability between the surface and the ground and to reinforce the bottom surface. In addition to the reinforcement of the bottom surface, a flange portion 14 protruding outward is formed in the upper opening, so that the reinforcement of each side wall and the carrying of the planter body 10 are convenient. In order to form each of the support portions 11, the bulging portion formed on the side wall of the planter main body 10, when viewed from the outside, for example, when a large number of these planter main bodies 10 are arranged as shown in FIG. Not only will it be a dent that will be an accent on the design, but also a planter 10
It also serves as a handle for the movement of zero.

The planter body 10 constructed as described above
The shelves 20 which can be taken out of the shelf 20 are shown in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, it is basically a flat plate,
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, a total of four pot placement portions 21 are formed. These pot placement parts 21
Is formed as a so-called mesh-like structure having a large number of holes 21a, as shown in FIG. 2, and a sufficient pot such that a pot 40 planted with a plant may be placed thereon. It is formed as having rigidity. These pot placement parts 21
May be formed so as to be integral with the other parts of the shelf board 20 as shown in FIG. 2, but may be implemented at a predetermined position on the shelf board 20 as shown in FIG. The present invention may be implemented by fixing a net formed separately from the back side to the formed opening.

Around each of the pot mounting portions 21 configured as described above, protective walls 22 that rise substantially vertically from the shelf plate 20 are integrally formed, respectively.
Is designed to surround or protect the pots 40 placed on the pot placement sections 21 to protect or support the pots 40 from falling over. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 of each of the protective walls 22, the protective walls 22 are erected corresponding to three sides of the substantially square pot mounting portion 21, so that a portion corresponding to one side is open. However, since this portion is surrounded by the upper portion of the planter body 10, there is no problem. In this sense, these protective walls 22 may have a shape that matches the shape of the pot 40, such as a substantially circular plane, and may have any shape as long as each pot 40 is prevented from tipping over. Is also good. Since each protective wall 20 has a certain height, the operation for storing the pot 40 in the protective wall 22 or taking it out is facilitated.

Each of the protective walls 22 of the shelf 20 shown in FIG. 2 is formed with an insertion hole 23 through which a cloth-like water-absorbing material 30 to be described later is inserted.
Is arranged at the same position as the upper surface of the shelf plate 20, so that the water-absorbing material 30 spread on the shelf plate 20 is shifted as it is, so that the water-absorbing material 30 can be easily inserted into the insertion holes 23. As shown in FIG. 3, when each of the pot placement portions 21 is formed separately from the shelf board 20, as shown in FIG. In this case, the insertion of the water absorbing material 30 may be slightly difficult, but the formation of the insertion hole 23 itself may be performed. There is an advantage that it can be simplified.

As shown in FIG. 1, the notch 24 of the shelf board 20 in this embodiment has a notch 24 at a position that is a part of the outer edge thereof and does not interfere with each support portion 11 of the planter body 10. It is formed. These cutouts 24 are provided in the shelf 20
For easy storage or removal from the planter body 10, for example, by putting a finger on the
This operation can be facilitated by performing the above-mentioned handling operation. These notches 24 also allow the rain to flow down into the planter body 10 when rain falls on the shelf 20.

Various materials and forms can be used as the water absorbing material 30. In other words, as long as it has excellent water absorption and has sufficient durability such as corrosion resistance, it can be either a woven cloth made of chemical fiber or a non-woven cloth made by removing the fiber as it is. In this embodiment, a non-woven fabric of rayon fiber having an excellent water-absorbing action and polyester fiber having an excellent water-retaining action is employed. The water-absorbing material 30 has at least one end immersed in the planter main body 10, and has a length and width sufficient to allow a part of the water-absorbing material 30 to be disposed on the pot mounting portion 21 of the shelf 20. In the planter 100 of the present embodiment having four bowl mounting portions 21, two long ones are used.

The planter 100 constructed as described above
For example, as shown in FIG. 4, a large number of these are arranged to divide a certain place or the like, and these planters 100 are connected to a drain port 12 formed in each of the planter main bodies 10 by pipes. And hoses, etc.
You may implement so that the inside of each planter main body 10 may mutually communicate. This is because surplus rainwater or the like in one planter 100 is supplied to the other planter 100 that is short of water through such a pipe or hose. Needless to say, even if the planters 100 connected to each other by using the drainage ports 12 are placed on the slope as described above, the water required in each planter body 10 is
The position of each drainage port 12 is regulated so as not to flow to the outside, so that it does not all flow out.

Each pot 40 used in this embodiment is made of a plastic injection molded product or a plastic sheet vacuum molded product.

The planters 100 made up of the above-mentioned components are combined as shown in FIG. 2, and are positioned above the pot placement portions 21 of the shelf 20 constituting the planter 100. Each pot 40 is placed on the water absorbing material 30 to be used, and a predetermined amount of water is put into the planter body 10 for use. Then, for example, as shown in FIG.
Is used as a road or an event venue, and by arranging the arrangement, the environment can be beautified and the necessary sections can be freely defined. In this sense, the planter 100 serving as the partition is not limited to the planar quadrilateral as shown in the drawings, but can be implemented in various shapes such as a circle and a triangle.

Each planter 100 arranged as shown in FIG.
It is not necessary to water the water daily. The watering required for each pot 40 is performed little by little and constantly by the water stored in the planter body 10 of each planter 100, and if it rains at appropriate intervals, Since this is stored in the planter main body 10, artificial watering may not be required in some cases. Thus, each of these planters 100 can naturally water a certain amount of water for a long period of time without requiring special watering equipment such as a water supply pipe.
It can also reduce the number of facilities and personnel for irrigation work.

[0032]

As described above in detail, according to the watering method of the first aspect, the water stored in the planter body 10 is always supplied to the pot 40 via the water absorbing material 30. Since the pots 40 are protected by the protective walls 22 on the shelf 20, the pots 40 can be stably and watered automatically and without any trouble. In other words, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a watering method that can easily replace a pot while protecting the pot at any time, and can surely perform watering of a potted plant without trouble. You can do it.

The planter 1 according to the second aspect of the present invention.
According to 00, not only can the watering method of claim 1 be carried out reliably, but also each member can be easily manufactured, so that the entire configuration of the planter 100 is simplified. In addition, the planter 100 can be easily manufactured. Especially,
According to the planter 100, it is not necessary to use a specially shaped pot as the pot 40 to be watered, and a general shaped flower pot can be used as the pot 40 as it is. Therefore, according to the planter 100, it is possible to use a large amount of pots 40 for partitioning a road or the like, and to easily replace or prepare the pots 40 according to the season or flowering time. .

As described in the embodiment, if the drain port 12 of each planter main body 10 is connected by a hose or the like, for example, even if the planter 100 is located below the structure and rainwater is not supplied, the planter 100 can be used. , Rainwater is supplied and the surplus water is supplied from the surplus planters 100, and there is no drought in each of the planter bodies 10.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a planter according to the invention of claim 2;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where each pot is placed on a planter and the watering method of claim 1 is being carried out.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing another embodiment of the planter.

FIG. 4 is a partial perspective view showing an example in which a large number of planters are arranged and partitioned.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Planter 10 Planter main body 11 Support part 12 Drainage port 20 Shelf board 21 Pot mounting part 21a Hole 22 Protective wall 23 Insertion hole 30 Water absorption material 40 Pot

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Tetsuya Murakami 9-25 Kandacho, Gifu City Inside Gifu Plastic Industry Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-58-107120 (JP, A) 70647 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) A01G 9/02 A01G 27/04 A01G 27/06

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A shelf plate is detachably stored and held at a predetermined position in a planter body capable of storing a certain amount of water such as rainwater, and a plurality of shelves are surrounded by protective walls formed on the shelf plate. At least one end of a water-absorbing material that is immersed in water in the planter main body is disposed on the pot mounting portion having the hole, and the water in the planter main body is placed by the water-absorbing material on the pot mounting portion. By placing a pot planted directly on a water-absorbing material located on the pot mounting portion, water is supplied to the pot by the water-absorbing material, and the pot is provided. Watering a plant planted in the pot while protecting the potted plant with the protection wall located therearound. 2. A planter main body capable of storing a certain amount of water such as rainwater, a shelf plate housed and supported at a predetermined position in the planter main body and having a pot mounting portion, at least one end of which is inside the planter main body. A water absorbing material partially immersed in the water and extending above the bowl mounting portion, wherein the shelf board has an insertion hole for passing the water absorbing material up and down, and A planter comprising: a protection wall surrounding a pot placement portion; and a large number of holes formed in the pot placement portion.