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US 12,507,642 · App. 18/528,796 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Method of cultivating fruit vegetable plant

Inventors: Takafumi Hosokawa (Kanagawa, JP); Akiko Hattori (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
A01G31/00A01G22/05
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Patent No.
US 12,507,642
App. No.
18/528,796
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of cultivating a fruit vegetable plant, including raising seedlings of the fruit vegetable plant by a flooded hydroponic method using a culture solution having a dissolved oxygen concentration of 3.2 mg/l or more in an environment in which one or more conditions selected from the group consisting of temperature, relative humidity, and light are controlled.

Claims (48)

1 . A method of cultivating a fruiting vegetable plant, comprising:

raising seedlings of the fruiting vegetable plant by a flooded hydroponic method using a culture solution having a dissolved oxygen concentration of 3.2 mg/l or more, in an environment in which at least one condition selected from the group consisting of temperature, relative humidity, and light is controlled;

planting the fruiting vegetable plant after the raising seedlings; and

cultivating the fruiting vegetable plant after the planting using a cultivation apparatus comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of a light source for irradiating the fruiting vegetable plant with artificial light from at least one of an upper surface direction or side surface direction of the fruiting vegetable plant, a hydroponic cultivation mechanism, and a temperature/humidity control mechanism.

2 . The method of cultivating a fruiting vegetable plant according to claim 1 ,

wherein the raising seedlings of the fruiting vegetable plant is carried out by using a flooded hydroponic seedling raising apparatus comprising a support that supports the fruiting vegetable plant, a panel having a hole for fixing the support, and a culture solution tank in which the culture solution is accommodated, and

an area of a support surface of the support is 9 cm 2 to 40 cm 2 .

3 . The method of cultivating a fruiting vegetable plant according to claim 2 ,

wherein the panel has a plurality of the holes for fixing the support, and

an interval between adjacent fruiting vegetable plants supported by the support is 10 cm to 30 cm.

4 . The method of cultivating a fruiting vegetable plant according to claim 2 ,

wherein the flooded hydroponic seedling raising apparatus comprises a circulation mechanism that carries out supplying of the culture solution to the culture solution tank and discharging of the culture solution from the culture solution tank, and

a flow rate of the culture solution is 2.0 l/min to 20 l/min in at least one of the supplying of the culture solution to the culture solution tank or the discharging of the culture solution from the culture solution tank.

5 . The method of cultivating a fruiting vegetable plant according to claim 2 ,

wherein the flooded hydroponic seedling raising apparatus comprises an oxygen supply mechanism that supplies oxygen to the culture solution.

6 . The method of cultivating a fruiting vegetable plant according to claim 2 , wherein the support is selected from the group consisting of a urethane sponge, a phenol resin sponge, a rock wool, and a support table provided with a water-retaining sheet.

7 . The method of cultivating a fruiting vegetable plant according to claim 1 ,

wherein the fruiting vegetable plant is a tomato or a melon.

8 . The method of cultivating a fruiting vegetable plant according to claim 1 ,

wherein the dissolved oxygen concentration is 3.5 mg/l or more.

9 . The method of cultivating a fruiting vegetable plant according to claim 1 ,

wherein the dissolved oxygen concentration is 4.5 mg/l or more.

10 . The method of cultivating a fruiting vegetable plant according to claim 1 ,

wherein the dissolved oxygen concentration is 6.0 mg/l or more.

11 . The method of cultivating a fruiting vegetable plant according to claim 1 ,

wherein the dissolved oxygen concentration is 7.87 mg/l or less.

12 . A method of cultivating a fruiting vegetable plant, comprising:

raising seedlings of the fruiting vegetable plant by a flooded hydroponic method using a culture solution having a dissolved oxygen concentration of 3.2 mg/l or more, in an environment in which at least one condition selected from the group consisting of temperature, relative humidity, and light is controlled,

wherein the raising seedlings of the vegetable plant is carried out by using a flooded hydroponic seedling raising apparatus comprising a support that supports the vegetable plant, a panel having a hole for fixing the support, and a culture solution tank in which the culture solution is accommodated,

an area of a support surface of the support is 9 cm 2 to 40 cm 2 ,

the panel has a plurality of the holes for fixing the support, and

an interval between adjacent vegetable plants supported by the support is 10 cm to 30 cm.

13 . The method of cultivating a fruiting vegetable plant according to claim 12 ,

wherein the flooded hydroponic seedling raising apparatus comprises a circulation mechanism that carries out supplying of the culture solution to the culture solution tank and discharging of the culture solution from the culture solution tank, and

a flow rate of the culture solution is 2.0 l/min to 20 l/min in at least one of the supplying of the culture solution to the culture solution tank or the discharging of the culture solution from the culture solution tank.

14 . The method of cultivating a fruiting vegetable plant according to claim 12 ,

wherein the flooded hydroponic seedling raising apparatus comprises an oxygen supply mechanism that supplies oxygen to the culture solution.

15 . The method of cultivating a fruiting vegetable plant according to claim 12 , wherein the support is selected from the group consisting of a urethane sponge, a phenol resin sponge, a rock wool, and a support table provided with a water-retaining sheet.

16 . The method of cultivating a fruiting vegetable plant according to claim 12 ,

wherein the fruiting vegetable plant is a tomato or a melon.

17 . The method of cultivating a fruiting vegetable plant according to claim 12 ,

wherein the dissolved oxygen concentration is 3.5 mg/l or more.

18 . The method of cultivating a fruiting vegetable plant according to claim 12 ,

wherein the dissolved oxygen concentration is 4.5 mg/l or more.

19 . The method of cultivating a fruiting vegetable plant according to claim 12 ,

wherein the dissolved oxygen concentration is 6.0 mg/l or more.

20 . The method of cultivating a fruiting vegetable plant according to claim 12 ,

wherein the dissolved oxygen concentration is 7.87 mg/l or less.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2023
From: HOSOKAWA, TAKAFUMI; HATTORI, AKIKO
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065805/0653 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-104916 · Jun 24, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022017412 · Apr 8, 2022
Related Publication 20240099208A1 · Mar 28, 2024
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