Agriculture production system with temperature controlled root zone

摘要

An agriculture production system includes a plurality of plant housings interconnected by conduit portions of a conduit assembly. Each plant housing has an upper housing portion that supports a plant in a growing media therein and a lower housing portion defining a chamber cavity below the upper housing portion so that roots of the plant extend into the chamber, said conduit portions fluidly interconnecting the chambers of the plant housings. A conditioned air unit is coupled to the conduit assembly and conditions air that flows through the conduit assembly into the chambers of the plant housings. A water supply assembly has a plurality of irrigation units, each associated with one of the plant housings and delivering water to the plant housing from a water supply source. The plant housings are arranged in a circuit allowing conditioned air to flow through the chambers of the plant housings to control a temperature and/or humidity in said chambers to promote root development and plant growth.

主权项

1. An agriculture production system, comprising:
a plurality of plant housings interconnected by conduit portions of a conduit assembly, each of the plant housings comprising an upper housing portion configured to support a plant in a growing media therein and a lower housing portion defining a chamber cavity below the upper housing portion so that one or more roots of the plant extend into the chamber, said conduit portions fluidly interconnecting the chambers of the plurality of plant housings; a conditioned air unit coupled to at least a portion of the conduit assembly and configured to condition air that flows through the conduit assembly into the chambers of the plurality of plant housings; and a water supply assembly comprising a plurality of irrigation units, where each irrigation unit is associated with one of the plurality of plant housings and configured to deliver water to its associated plant housing from a water supply source, wherein the plurality of plant housings are arranged in a circuit allowing conditioned air to flow through the chambers of the plurality of plant housings to thereby control one or both of a temperature and humidity in said chambers to promote root development and plant growth.