PULSED HYDROPONIC AGRICULTURAL GROWTH SYSTEMS AND METHODS
A system for pulsed hydroponic plant growth without using a media substrate to support plant roots includes a growth platform, a mixing tank, and a hydraulic delivery system, wherein the growth platform is shaped to form multiple apertures, each configured to support a growth ring, and the hydraulic delivery system includes sensors, a high pressure pump, multiple inline valves, and multiple micro-sprayers, the high pressure pump, inline valves, and micro-sprayers being hydraulically coupled to the mixing tank. The mixing tank is configured to combine nutrients in water to generate a nutrient solution for a nutrient solution mist for release through micro-sprayers located in proximity to one or more growth rings, and the hydraulic delivery system is configured to pulse the release of the nutrient solution mist during a feeding cycle at a selected pulse-width.
1 . A system for pulsed hydroponic plant growth without using a media substrate to support plant roots comprises:
a growth platform, a mixing tank, and a hydraulic delivery system;
wherein the growth platform is shaped to form multiple apertures, each aperture configured to support a growth ring;
the hydraulic delivery system comprises sensors, a high pressure pump, multiple inline valves, and multiple micro-sprayers, the high pressure pump, inline valves, and micro-sprayers being hydraulically coupled to the mixing tank;
wherein the mixing tank is configured to combine nutrients in water to generate a nutrient solution for a nutrient solution mist;
wherein the micro-sprayers are located in proximity to one or more growth rings disposed within one or more apertures of the growth platform, the micro-sprayers being positioned to direct the nutrient solution mist towards one or more plants supported by the one or more growth rings; and
the hydraulic delivery system is configured to pulse the release of the nutrient solution mist during a feeding cycle at a selected pulse-width.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the nutrient solution mist is released towards plant structures, based on the pulse-width, to feed and hydrate the one or more plants.
3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the mixing tank keeps the nutrients separate from the water immediately before delivering in the nutrient solution to the one or more plants.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the pulse-width and positioning of the nutrient solution mist are modified, based on readings of the sensor, in the hydraulic delivery system to promote pulsed hydroponic plant growth.