JPH0731302A

JPH0731302A - Flower pot

Info

Publication number: JPH0731302A
Application number: JP20458593A
Authority: JP
Inventors: Fusako Ishikawa; 房子石川; Takeshi Ishikawa; 剛士石川
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1993-07-26
Filing date: 1993-07-26
Publication date: 1995-02-03
Anticipated expiration: 2016-02-05
Also published as: JP3131890B2

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a flower pot by which the necessity of daily watering has been greatly reduced. CONSTITUTION:This flower pot 1 has through holes 2 made in the peripheral sidewall 1b and the lower part 1a than the through holes 2 constitutes a water storage unit. A porous water-retaining material 3 is charged therein and a planting bed material 4 is put on the porous water-retaining material as the under layer so as to fill the higher part than the through holes 2. Thus, a suitable amount of water is supplied from the water storage unit through the porous water-retaining material 3 to the planting bed material 4.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】Detailed Description of the Invention

【０００１】[0001]

【産業上の利用分野】本発明は、水やりの手間を大幅に
削減する手段を施した植木鉢に関する。BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a flower pot provided with means for significantly reducing the labor of watering.

【０００２】[0002]

【従来の技術とその課題】植物を栽培するに当っては、
植物を植える場所によって、いわゆる地植えと鉢植えが
あることは、周知である。このうち、鉢植えでは、素焼
鉢、プラスチック鉢、ピートでできたジフィーポット等
のポット類、プランター類などの鉢容器に、植物の生育
に必要な土等の植込み材料を入れ、植物を植え、水と肥
料を与えて植物を生育させるものである。この場合、水
は植物体に必要不可欠なもので、吸収された水分のうち
植物体の形成のためにはわずかな水分で足りるのである
が、残りの多くの水分は、乾燥地域の種を除く通常の場
合、植物体を通り抜けて大気中に蒸散される。そして、
この植物体内の水の通過に伴い、水に溶けた養分の吸
収、光合成等の生理作用、植物体の体温調節等が営まれ
る。この結果、葉、茎、根から吸収される水としては、
植物体の体躯に比して常時多量の水が必要となる。[Prior art and its problems] When cultivating plants,
It is well known that there are so-called ground plant and pot plant depending on the place where the plant is planted. Among them, potted plants include pottery such as biscuit pots, plastic pots, jiffy pots made of peat, potted containers such as planters, and the like. And fertilizer to grow plants. In this case, water is indispensable to the plant, and a small amount of the absorbed water is sufficient for the formation of the plant, but most of the remaining water excludes the seeds in the arid region. Normally, it passes through the plant and is transpired into the atmosphere. And
With the passage of water in the plant body, absorption of nutrients dissolved in water, physiological actions such as photosynthesis, and body temperature regulation of the plant body are performed. As a result, the water absorbed from the leaves, stems and roots is:
A large amount of water is always required compared to the body of the plant.

【０００３】そして、鉢植えは、地植えの如く雨水のみ
ならず地下水やその毛管水によって常に水分が与えられ
るわけでなく大地としゃ断されており、しかも上述の植
物体による多量の水の蒸散のため、水やりを怠ると急速
に乾燥するという事態を招く。したがって、鉢植えは、
一般的に、水やりをひんぱんに行なう必要がある。[0003] The potted plant is cut off from the ground not only by rainwater, but also by groundwater and its capillary water as in the case of ground planting. However, neglecting watering will cause a situation of rapid drying. Therefore, potted plants are
Generally, watering is necessary frequently.

【０００４】他方、植物体に水を常に与えようとして例
えば鉢の受皿に水を張っておくことも植物によっては可
能であるが、通常植物の根系は養水分の吸収と同時に呼
吸を行なっており、空気や酸素が必要不可欠であるにも
かかわらず植込み材料や根系に水を浸した状態では根が
窒息し、酸素不足となっていわゆる根ぐされを生起す
る。On the other hand, it is possible for some plants to always water the plants in order to constantly give water to them, but the root system of plants normally breathes at the same time as absorbing nutrients. , Despite the fact that air and oxygen are indispensable, the roots suffocate when water is immersed in the implant material or root system, resulting in oxygen deficiency and so-called rooting.

【０００５】つまり、植物の根系にとっては、水分と空
気とが双方共十分に必要であるが、空気が十分含まれ得
る植込み材料にあっては、蒸散のための水分を保給する
ためひんぱんに水やりをせざるを得ないという状態であ
る。That is, both the water and the air are sufficiently required for the root system of the plant, but in the case of an implant material which can contain a sufficient amount of air, it is frequently necessary to retain the water for transpiration. It is in a state where there is no choice but to water it.

【０００６】本発明は、上述の問題を解決し水やりを無
くしたり軽減した植木鉢の提供を目的とする。It is an object of the present invention to provide a flower pot which solves the above problems and eliminates or reduces watering.

【０００７】[0007]

【課題を解決するための手段】上述の目的を達成するた
め本発明は、植木鉢であって、下端が閉塞して水溜とな
る底部を有し周囲壁面に開孔を有する鉢容器と、この鉢
容器内部の上記開孔付近の高さに入れられた細孔保水材
と、この細孔保水材と接触してこの上にかぶせられる植
込み材料とを有することを特徴とする。In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is a flowerpot, which has a bottom portion which is closed at its lower end to serve as a water reservoir and which has an opening in a peripheral wall surface, and this pot. It is characterized in that it has a pore water retaining material placed at a height near the opening inside the container, and an implanting material which comes into contact with the pore water retaining material and is covered thereover.

【０００８】[0008]

【作用】水に浸された細孔保水材からこの上に被せられ
た植込み材料に適度の毛管水が徐々に供給されることが
考えられ、鉢容器底部の溜り水が植込み材料の空気を適
度に保持しつつ植込み材料に加えられ、水やり作業は長
期間不要となる。ここにおいて、着眼されるのは細孔保
水材であるが、植込み材料を水に浸したり水を浸したス
ポンジ（保水材となる）を鉢容器底部に置くとき植込み
材料の空気は追い出されて植物体の根系は水びたしにな
り根ぐされを起してしまうのに対し、無機質交換体の珪
酸質交換体であるゼオライトの如き水分を吸着する多数
の細孔保水材を水に浸してこの細孔保水材（水ではな
い）上に植込み材料を被せたところ、数十日経過しても
鉢植えの植物体は乾燥も根ぐされも生起せず植込み材料
が適度のしめりを保っており植物体の生育が順調であっ
たことを勘案すると、均一細孔による分子レベルでの水
の吸着によって植込み材料に細孔保水材より徐々に水分
が供給されることが考えられ、結果としてゼオライト等
の均一細孔にて水を吸着する細孔保水材が適度の水分供
給材として有効である。[Function] It is considered that a suitable amount of capillary water is gradually supplied from the pore water retention material soaked in water to the implanting material covered thereon, and the pooled water at the bottom of the pot container appropriately adjusts the air of the implanting material. It is added to the implant material while keeping it in the water, and watering work becomes unnecessary for a long time. The focus here is on the pore water retention material, but when the implant material is dipped in water or a sponge (water retention material) soaked in water is placed on the bottom of the pot container, the air of the implant material is expelled. While the root system of the body becomes rooted and causes rooting, many pore water-retaining materials that adsorb water, such as zeolite, which is a siliceous exchanger of inorganic exchangers, are soaked in water. When the planting material was covered on the wood (not water), the planted plant did not grow dry or rooted even after several tens of days, and the planting material kept a proper texture and the plant growth Considering that it was good, it is considered that water is gradually supplied to the implant material from the pore water retention material by the adsorption of water at the molecular level by the uniform pores. Water retention Is effective as a moderate moisture feed stock.

【０００９】[0009]

【実施例】ここで、図１，図２を参照して本発明の実施
例を説明する。図１はプラスチック鉢、図２はプランタ
ーの例を示している。図１において、プラスチック鉢の
鉢容器１は、その底部１ａが水溜となっており、従来の
鉢容器にみられる底穴は存在しない。鉢容器１の周囲側
壁１ｂには、１か所又は略同じ高さの複数か所にて丸孔
２が形成されている。この丸孔２は、この丸孔２以下の
鉢容器内部を水溜とするための溢水孔であると共に丸孔
２以上の鉢容器内部に入れられる植込み材料４の通気孔
である。すなわち、この丸孔２によって形成される鉢内
部の空気層を境界として丸孔２より下部が底部１ａとな
って水溜となり、この水溜内に丸孔２の上まで細孔保水
材３を充填し、この細孔保水材３を下敷きとしてその上
に植込み材料４が入れられている。したがって、丸孔２
による空気層は、その上部の植込み材料４の通気を促
し、底部１ａに溜った水と植込み材料４との直接接触を
妨げており、この空気層にて盛り上げられる細孔保水材
３から植込み材料４には水分が適宜供給されることにな
る。ここで、丸孔２の位置（鉢底からの高さ）は、鉢容
器１の大きさや植える植物の性質、植込み材料の層の厚
さ、底部１ａである水溜の深さなどを考慮して決めら
れ、複数種類の丸孔２の高さを有する鉢容器１を用途に
応じて形成してもよい。また、丸孔２の大きさは、水が
流れ出て通気ができれば良いので小さな孔で差支えな
く、底部１ａの水溜の水を蒸発させないためにも小さい
孔が好ましいと考えられる。逆に、丸孔２が大き過ぎる
場合には鉢容器１の強度上等の問題が生ずる可能性があ
る。なお、上述の構成は丸孔２を前提として述べたので
あるが、その形状は種々考えられ例えばスリット状の横
長孔等としてもよく、また造形創作上新たな形状のデザ
インとしてもよい。EXAMPLE An example of the present invention will now be described with reference to FIGS. 1 shows an example of a plastic pot, and FIG. 2 shows an example of a planter. In FIG. 1, the bottom portion 1a of the pot container 1 of the plastic pot is a water reservoir, and there is no bottom hole found in the conventional pot container. Round holes 2 are formed in the peripheral side wall 1b of the bowl container 1 at one location or at a plurality of locations having substantially the same height. This round hole 2 is an overflow hole for making the inside of the pot container of the round hole 2 or less a water reservoir, and a vent of the implanting material 4 put in the pot container of the round hole 2 or more. That is, with the air layer inside the pot formed by the round holes 2 as a boundary, the lower part of the round holes 2 becomes the bottom portion 1a to serve as a water reservoir, and the water reservoir 3 is filled up to the top of the round holes 2. The pore water retention material 3 is used as an underlay and the implanting material 4 is placed thereon. Therefore, the round hole 2
The air layer by accelerating the ventilation of the implanting material 4 on its upper part and preventing direct contact between the water accumulated in the bottom part 1a and the implanting material 4, and from the pore water retention material 3 raised in this air layer. Moisture is appropriately supplied to No. 4. Here, the position of the round hole 2 (height from the bottom of the pot) is determined in consideration of the size of the pot container 1, the nature of the plant to be planted, the thickness of the layer of the implant material, the depth of the water reservoir that is the bottom 1a, and the like. The pot container 1 having a plurality of types of heights of the round holes 2 may be formed depending on the application. Further, the size of the round hole 2 may be a small hole as long as water flows out and allows ventilation, and it is considered that a small hole is preferable in order not to evaporate water in the water reservoir of the bottom portion 1a. On the contrary, if the round holes 2 are too large, problems such as strength of the pot container 1 may occur. Although the above-described configuration has been described on the premise of the round hole 2, various shapes are conceivable, and for example, a slit-shaped laterally long hole or the like may be used, or a new shape design may be made for modeling creation.

【００１０】図２はプランターを例示したもので、この
プランターについても水溜である底部１ａ、周囲側壁１
ｂの孔２、水溜内に充填された細孔保水材３及びその上
の植込み材料４にて構成される。FIG. 2 shows an example of a planter, and this planter also has a bottom 1a which is a water reservoir and a peripheral side wall 1.
It is composed of the hole 2 of b, the pore water retention material 3 filled in the water reservoir, and the implanting material 4 thereon.

【００１１】上述の説明では細孔保水材３上に直接植込
み材料４を入れた例を示したのであるが、細孔保水材３
の上に中敷きを敷いて植込み材料４を入れるようにして
もよいし、あるいは別の変形例として水溜の上部に層状
に細孔保水材３を配置し、例えば水溜上部に中敷きを敷
いてその上に細孔保水材３を配置し、この細孔保水材３
上に植込み材料４を被せると共に水溜底部の水に細孔保
水材３が部分的にでもひたるようにしてもよく、要は細
孔保水材３の毛管水が適度に植込み材料４に上がるよう
にしてやればよい。In the above description, the example in which the implanting material 4 is directly placed on the pore water retaining material 3 is shown.
The insole 4 may be placed on top of the above, or the implanting material 4 may be put in, or as another modification, the pore water retention material 3 may be arranged in layers on the upper part of the water reservoir, and for example, the insole may be laid on the upper part of the water reservoir. The pore water retention material 3 is arranged in the
The pore-holding material 3 may be partially covered with the water at the bottom of the water reservoir while covering the top portion with the implanting material 4. The point is that the capillary water of the pore-holding material 3 should rise to the implanting material 4 appropriately. You can do it.

【００１２】いずれにしても植込み材料４に孔２より通
気がなされ、しかも水溜の水が細孔保水材３を介して植
込み材料４に上がるようにすることにより、植込み材料
４に適度のしめりが常に加えられ、水やりの手間は極め
て省ける。In any case, the implant material 4 is ventilated from the holes 2, and moreover, the water in the water reservoir is allowed to rise to the implant material 4 through the pore water retaining material 3, so that the implant material 4 is appropriately squeezed. It is always added, and the trouble of watering can be saved extremely.

【００１３】試験例として、丸孔２を二つ設けたプラス
チック製の鉢容器１内に細孔保水材３を丸孔２まで入れ
る。この場合、細孔保水材３としては、ゼオライトの一
種である珪藻土とか珪酸白土を用いた。因に、これら珪
藻土や珪酸白土はいわゆる土壌改良剤として土に混ぜて
用いる場合があるが、本発明の如き水に浸して毛管水利
用の水分供給材として用いることは未だない。さて、鉢
容器１の細孔保水材３上には、次に植込み材料である鉢
用土を入れ、草花を植えた後、上から丸孔２まであふれ
るまで水を加えて、大地としゃ断された棚上に約１月雨
水がかからないようにして屋外にて放置し、水やりを全
く行なわない状態としたが、鉢用土は乾燥することなく
適度にしめりを帯び、草花の生育は非常に順調であっ
た。As a test example, the pore water retention material 3 is placed up to the round hole 2 in a plastic pot container 1 having two round holes 2. In this case, as the pore water retention material 3, diatomaceous earth or silicate clay, which is a kind of zeolite, was used. Incidentally, these diatomaceous earths and silicate clays may be used as a so-called soil improving agent by being mixed with soil, but they have not yet been used as a water supply material utilizing capillary water by immersing in water as in the present invention. Now, after putting potting soil, which is a planting material, on the pore water retention material 3 of the pot container 1 and planting flowers, water was added until it overflowed from the top to the round hole 2, and the pot was cut off from the ground. Approximately January January It was left outdoors so that it would not be exposed to rainwater, and it was not watered at all, but the potting soil did not dry out, it had a moderate squeak, and the growth of flowers was very smooth. there were.

【００１４】[0014]

【発明の効果】以上説明したように本発明によれば、細
孔保水材による少しずつの毛管水の保給によって、鉢植
えの水やりは極めて削減できることとなった。また、こ
のことは、種々の容器による植物栽培の可能性をも生起
する。As described above, according to the present invention, the watering of potted plants can be significantly reduced by the stepwise retention of the capillary water by the pore water retention material. This also gives rise to the possibility of plant cultivation in different containers.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of drawings]

【図１】プラスチック鉢の断面図。FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a plastic pot.

【図２】プランターの断面図。FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a planter.

【符号の説明】[Explanation of symbols]

１鉢容器１ａ底部１ｂ周囲側壁２丸孔（孔）３細孔保水材４植込み材料 1 Pot Container 1a Bottom 1b Surrounding Side Wall 2 Round Hole (Hole) 3 Pore Water Retaining Material 4 Implant Material

Claims

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims]

【請求項１】下端が閉塞して水溜となる底部を有し周
囲壁面に開孔を有する鉢容器と、この鉢容器内部の上記開孔付近の高さに入れられた細孔
保水材と、この細孔保水材と接触してこの上にかぶせられる植込み
材料と、を有する植木鉢。1. A pot container having a bottom portion whose bottom end is closed to serve as a water reservoir and an opening on a peripheral wall surface; and a pore water retention material placed at a height near the opening inside the pot container. And a potting material which is brought into contact with and covers the pore water retention material.