APPARATUS OR INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR THE HYDROPONIC PLANTS CULTURE.

摘要

Plant support structure (56) for an apparatus or installation (10) for hydroponic plant cultivation, including structure (56) a plurality of plant rooting compartments (72) to support the plant rooting medium (68 ) to root at least one plant in each compartment (72) leaving the plant foliage out of the compartment, the compartments being arranged in a series that extends between a pair of separate ends of the structure (56), the structure being (56) characterized in that: it includes a hollow water drain collector (64) that has the shape of a conduit (64), provided with a wall defining a hollow interior of the collector (64); the manifold (64) being connected in parallel with the compartments (72) of the series with its interior in communication with the interior of each compartment (72), with a separate connection (84) for each compartment (72), to drain the compartment water (72); the plant support structure (56) presenting the shape of an elongated column (56); the ends being separated at opposite ends of the column; the column including a sleeve (66) of flexible material containing the means for rooting in particulate plants (68) and the sleeve (66) being divided by a plurality of narrowings (70), separated along the column (56 ), to form the rooting compartments (72).