System and the related method for limiting the growth of creeper plants
A system for limiting the growth of creeper plants on an upright surface, including a voltage generator comprising a ground terminal and a voltage terminal, a conductive stopping element positioned on the upright surface and adapted to be connected to the voltage terminal thereby obtaining a growth limiting boundary for the creeper plants, and a grounding element positioned on the upright surface and adapted to be connected to the ground terminal, thereby providing a grounding of the upright surface. The grounding element is positioned such that the grounding element grounds the creeper plants by contact with the creeper plants within a distance of a hundred centimeters from the conductive stopping element.
1. A system for limiting the growth of creeper plants on an upright surface, said system comprising:
a voltage generator comprising a ground terminal and a voltage terminal;
a conductive stopping element positioned on said upright surface and electrically isolated from said upright surface, wherein said conductive stopping element is adapted to be connected to said voltage terminal thereby obtaining a growth limiting boundary for said creeper plants; and
a grounding element positioned on said upright surface and adapted to be connected to said ground terminal, thereby providing a grounding of said upright surface;
wherein:
said grounding element is positioned on said upright surface such that said grounding element grounds said creeper plants by contact with said creeper plants within a distance of a hundred centimeters from said conductive stopping element;
said grounding element comprises openings; and
said grounding element is positioned between said conductive stopping element and said creeper plants such that said creeper plants extend through said openings of said grounding element towards said conductive stopping element.
2. A system according to claim 1 , wherein said voltage generator periodically generates voltage pulses.
3. A system according to claim 1 , wherein a generated voltage between said conductive stopping element and said grounding element is larger than 4 kilovolts.
4. A system according to claim 1 , wherein said system further comprises an electrically insulating element positioned between said upright surface and said conductive stopping element.
5. A system according to claim 4 , wherein said conductive stopping element comprises:
an upright section, fixedly positioned parallel to said upright surface on said electrically insulating element; and
a conductive stopping section, extending from said upright section.
6. A method for limiting the growth of creeper plants on an upright surface, said method comprising the steps of:
providing a voltage generator comprising a ground terminal and a voltage terminal;
positioning a conductive stopping element on said upright surface, electrically isolated from said upright surface;
connecting said conductive stopping element to said voltage terminal, thereby obtaining a growth limiting boundary for said creeper plants;
connecting a grounding element to said ground terminal, wherein said grounding element comprises openings;
positioning said grounding element on said upright surface within a distance of a hundred centimeters from said conductive stopping element, thereby providing a grounding of said upright surface, such that said grounding element grounds said creeper plants by contact with said creeper plants;
positioning said grounding element between said conductive stopping element and said creeper plants such that said creeper plants extend through said openings of said grounding element towards said conductive stopping element.