| 摘要 |
An apparatus for hydroponically sprouting seeds in an artificial environment and in the same individual containers used to distribute the sprouts to consumers includes a plurality of perforated seed germinating and sprout growing bags (28). The bags (28), which contain seeds to be sprouted, are initially suspended from sets of portable racks (26) which are placed in circular tiers on circular, partially translucent structures (22). The tray structures (22) are supported in spaced vertical relationship by an upright mast (24) located within an enclosed housing (20) and adapted to rotate about its longitudinal axis. Periodically, filtered and anti-bacterially treated irrigation water is supplied to each bag (28) at a fast enough rate to thoroughly mix the seeds located therein. Water draining from the bags (28) is collected in a storage tank (32) and subsequently recycled after first being filtered and purified. Once the seeds have sprouted, artificial light is provided so that substantially all the sprouts in each bag (28) receive an uniform amount of growing light. |
