Cultivation systems and methods for improvement of plant
View Patent ↗Systems and methods relating to utilizing plant shoot-to-root temperature differentials alone or in conjunction gas mixture humidity about a plant shoot to improve plant bast fiber growth; the timing, sequence, and range of shoot-to-root temperature differentials selected during plant development utilized to modify and improve plant bast fibers for industrial, scientific, and medical use.
1. A method of improving a bast fiber of a plant of and from the family Cannabaceae sensu stricto and species cannabis , the method comprising the steps of:
providing a plant of and from the family Cannabaceae sensu stricto and species cannabis having roots and a shoot;
providing a plant growing system configured for growing the plant having roots and a shoot, the plant growing system including a plant nutrient solution about and surrounding the plant roots having a temperature between thirty-five degrees and fifty-five degrees Fahrenheit and including air circulating about and surrounding the plant shoot having a temperature above seventy-five degrees Fahrenheit; thereby
providing and maintaining with the plant growing system a shoot-to-root temperature differential of at least twenty degrees Fahrenheit to the plant continuously and throughout the entirety of both the vegetative and flora growth phases of the plant;
the plant being harvested at a preferred and selected time during the flora growth phase of the plant; whereby
the provided at least twenty degrees Fahrenheit shoot-to-root temperature differential causes reduced nutrient translocation by and within the plant resulting in significant and desired reduction in the overall diameter of the plant bast fibers.
2. A method of improving a bast fiber of a plant of and from the family Cannabaceae sensu stricto and species cannabis , the method comprising the steps of:
providing a plant of and from the family Cannabaceae sensu stricto and species cannabis having roots and a shoot;
providing a plant growing system configured for growing the plant having roots and a shoot, the plant growing system including a plant nutrient solution about and surrounding the plant roots having a temperature between thirty-five degrees and fifty-five degrees Fahrenheit and having air circulating about and surrounding the plant shoot having a temperature above seventy-five degrees Fahrenheit; thereby
providing and maintaining a shoot-to-root temperature differential of at least twenty degrees Fahrenheit to the plant continuously and throughout the entirety of the vegetative growth phase of the plant; and
the plant being harvested before the onset of the flora growth phase of the plant; whereby
the provided at least twenty degrees Fahrenheit shoot-to-root temperature differential causes reduced nutrient translocation by and within the plant resulting in significant and desired reduction in the overall diameter of the plant bast fibers.
3. A method of improving a bast fiber of a plant of and from the family Cannabaceae sensu stricto and species cannabis , the method comprising the steps of:
providing a plant of and from the family Cannabaceae sensu stricto and species cannabis having roots and a shoot;
providing a plant growing system configured for growing the plant having roots and a shoot, the plant growing system including a plant nutrient solution about and surrounding the plant roots having a temperature between thirty-five degrees and fifty-five degrees Fahrenheit and including air circulating about and surrounding the plant shoot having a temperature above seventy-five degrees Fahrenheit; thereby
providing and maintaining with the plant growing system a shoot-to-root temperature differential of at least twenty degrees Fahrenheit to the plant continuously and throughout the entirety of both the vegetative and flora growth phases of the plant; and
the plant being harvested at a preferred and selected time during the flora growth phase of the plant; whereby
the provided at least twenty degrees Fahrenheit shoot-to-root temperature differential causes reduced nutrient translocation by and within the plant resulting in significant and desired reduction in plant bast fiber internodal length.
4. A method of improving a bast fiber of a plant of and from the family Cannabaceae sensu stricto and species cannabis , the method comprising the steps of:
providing a plant of and from the family Cannabaceae sensu stricto and species cannabis having roots and a shoot;
providing a plant growing system configured for growing the plant having roots and a shoot, the plant growing system including a plant nutrient solution about and surrounding the plant roots having a temperature between thirty-five degrees and fifty-five degrees Fahrenheit and having air circulating about and surrounding the plant shoot having a temperature above seventy-five degrees Fahrenheit; thereby
providing and maintaining a shoot-to-root temperature differential of at least twenty degrees Fahrenheit to the plant continuously and throughout the entirety of the vegetative growth phase of the plant; and
the plant being harvested before the onset of the flora growth phase of the plant; whereby
the provided at least twenty degrees Fahrenheit shoot-to-root temperature differential causes reduced nutrient translocation by and within the plant resulting in significant and desired reduction in plant bast fiber internodal length.