Abstract: A system for de-plugging ground engaging tools of an agricultural implement includes a ground engaging tool. A fluid nozzle is in fluid communication with a pressurized fluid source such that pressurized fluid from the pressurized fluid source is flowable to the fluid nozzle. The fluid nozzle is oriented towards the ground engaging tool. Thus, pressurized fluid from the fluid nozzle is flowable towards, next to and/or against the ground engaging tool.

Abstract: An electric tractor including one or more all-electric bidirectional force exerting three-point hitch assemblies for lifting and lowering farm tool implements in level relationship to the ground regardless of the elevation of lift applied to the implement. The front, middle and rear three-point hitch assemblies are each operated using linear actuators. The hitches may be coupled with battery boxes to provide power and to counterbalance attached farm implements. Each of the described three-point hitch assemblies (including embodiments for front, middle and rear positions) may be operated through manipulation of electric controls. Electronic components include controller, displays, panels, wiring harnesses, linear actuators, joy sticks, lighting, switches, gauges, electric battery management system for managing one or more power sources, and processing modules and memory for controlling hitch movement and implements.

Abstract: A method of controlling the downpressure on an air seeder that has a plurality of seed assemblies and a plurality of fertilizer assemblies each applying an adjustable downforce, wherein the method includes keeping a total downforce applied by all of the plurality of seed assemblies and all of the plurality of fertilizer assemblies less than a maximum downforce. The method may also include keeping the downforce applied by each of the fertilizer assemblies less than the downforce applied by each of the seed assemblies.

Abstract: Please replace the Abstract originally filed with the following: The invention relates to a method for controlling a soil working means, based on an image processing. Such a soil working means comprises a locomotion member and a working member. The method comprises the steps of acquiring at least one digital image of the soil by means of digital image acquisition means installed on the working means; processing, by means of an electronic processing unit, the at least one digital image acquired by performing at least one convolution operation on the digital image by means of a trained neural network; obtaining, by means of the electronic processing unit, at least one synthetic soil descriptor based on such a processing; generating, by means of the electronic processing unit, at least one control signal of the locomotion member or of the working member based on the synthetic soil descriptor.

Abstract: A method for planning the cultivation of an at least quadrangular area of an agricultural field is presented. The area has edge sections between its corners, including a first edge section and a second edge section. The second edge section is arranged opposite of and oblique to the first edge section. A plurality of first working paths and a plurality of second working paths are determined. A lane that runs at least partially along the first working paths and the second working paths and along which an agricultural machine is to be moved over the area is determined. A plurality of turning points along the lane at which the machine is steered is determined, such that the lane runs less along the first working paths and further along the second working paths as the distance from the first edge section increases.

Abstract: In one aspect, a system for determining subsurface soil layer characteristics as an agricultural implement is towed across a field by a work vehicle may include a RADAR sensor configured to capture data indicative of a subsurface soil layer characteristic of the field. Furthermore, the system may include a load sensor configured to capture data indicative of a load applied to the agricultural implement by soil within the field, with the load being indicative of the subsurface soil layer characteristic. Additionally, a controller of the system may be configured to determine a first value of the subsurface soil layer characteristic based on the data received from the RADAR and a second value of the subsurface soil layer characteristic based on the data received from the load sensor. Moreover, the controller may be configured to determine a differential between the first value and the second value.

Abstract: There is provided a method comprising: computing state parameter(s) indicative of a state of a target crop at the target field based on output of crop physiological sensor(s), and classifying by a classifier(s), the state parameter(s) and the agricultural practice(s) into instructions for administration of the agricultural practice(s) to the target field, wherein yield and/or quality of the target crop at a future target event is predicted to be increased when the instructions are implemented relative to the yield and/or quality of the target crop that is predicted at the future target event when an alternative administration of the agricultural practice(s) is implemented, wherein the classifier(s) computes the instructions based on previously obtained instructions associated with respective reference fields associated with respective state parameter(s), and yield and/or quality of respective reference crops at respective reference fields at historical reference events corresponding to the future target event

Abstract: A seed delivery system for a seeding machine having a seed meter comprises a housing that defines an upper seed loading area and a lower seed discharge area. A drive pulley is mounted to rotate with respect to the housing. A belt is supported for rotation by the drive pulley within the housing. A loading wheel is mounted to rotate with respect to the housing to transfer seeds from the seed meter into the belt at the seed loading area. The belt conveys the seeds through the housing as the belt travels from the seed loading area to the seed discharge area.

Abstract: A meter roller for an agricultural metering system includes multiple flutes and corresponding recesses. The flutes and the corresponding recesses are configured to meter flowable particulate material from a storage tank to a material distribution system via rotation of the meter roller. The meter roller also includes multiple air passages formed within a body of the meter roller. Each air passage is fluidly coupled to a central cavity of the meter roller and extends to a base of a respective recess, and the air passage is configured to flow air from the central cavity into the respective recess.

Abstract: A converging row unit for planting seed potatoes includes a plurality of linear arrays of seed cups, each array disposed upon a flexible endless belt and having an upwardly moveable portion and a downwardly moveable portion. The upwardly moveable portion passes through a seed pick region wherein each seed cup can draw a seed, while the downwardly moveable portion progresses to a point of discharge of the seed. The upwardly movable portion is characterized by the linear arrays being laterally spaced apart from each other. The downwardly moveable portion is characterized by the seed cups of the plurality of linear arrays being alternately interleaved together in a single converged linear array extending to the point of discharge.

Abstract: A converging row unit for planting seed potatoes includes a plurality of linear arrays of seed cups, each array disposed upon a flexible endless belt and having an upwardly moveable portion and a downwardly moveable portion. The upwardly moveable portion passes through a seed pick region wherein each seed cup can draw a seed, while the downwardly moveable portion progresses to a point of discharge of the seed. The linear arrays are laterally spaced apart from each other in the upwardly moveable portion, and converge together in the downwardly moveable portion, toward to the point of discharge.

Abstract: There are included a passage portion provided at an upper surface portion of a mower deck, front and back slope portions and provided at front and back portions of the passage portion, front and back supporting portions supporting the slope portions in such a manner that the slope portions are movable in the front-back direction and swingable in the up-down direction, and front and back linking portions that are supported in such a manner as to be swingable in the front-back direction about axes extending in the left-right direction and that are connected with the slope portions. Operating the front and back linking portions in the front-back direction causes the front and back slope portions to be operated to the storage and use positions.

Abstract: A sickle cutting system is mounted on a header for forward travel over ground having a standing crop thereon and includes a cutter bar with a plurality of knife guards and two sickle bars driven at a phase angle difference where the drive system has a phase difference control component operable to drive the first and second sickle bars at a first phase angle difference typically at or around 180 degrees difference to minimize vibration when no cutting action is occurring and at a second phase angle difference which can be at or around 90 degrees to minimize variations in loading applied to the drive system when the cutting action is taking place.

Abstract: An autonomous garden weeding robot includes a chassis, a motorized cutting subsystem, and a drive subsystem for maneuvering the chassis. A weed sensor subsystem is located on the chassis at a first elevation from the ground and a crop/obstacle sensor subsystem is located on the chassis at a second, higher elevation from the ground. The drive subsystem is controlled to maneuver the chassis about a garden. Upon detection of a weed, the motorized cutting subsystem is energized to cut the weed. The motorized cutting subsystem is de-energized after the chassis has moved a predetermined distance and/or after a predetermined period of time. Upon detection of a crop or obstacle, the drive subsystem is controlled to maneuver the chassis away from the obstacle.

Abstract: A grass trimmer includes a grass cutting head and a driving mechanism. The grass cutting head includes a head housing, a spool, and a clutch mechanism. The clutch mechanism is configured to implement power transmission between the head housing and the spool. The clutch mechanism includes an elastic member which is elastically deformable.

Abstract: The invention provides a garden tool, which comprises a traveling assembly, a travel-driven assembly and a control assembly. The traveling assembly comprises front wheel and rear wheel. The travel-driven assembly comprises a front-drive mechanism for driving the front wheel and a rear-drive mechanism for driving the rear wheels. The control assembly controls the work of the front-drive mechanism and the rear-drive mechanism, so as to enable the front wheel and the rear wheel to respectively move forward or backward. Compared with the prior art, the garden tool drives the front wheels and the rear wheels to move forward or backward respectively through the front-drive mechanism and the rear-drive mechanism, and thus not only the garden tool automatically walks backward, but also the traveling assembly can be ensured to obtain sufficient power, thereby the garden tool is prevented from slipping when climbing and retreating.

Abstract: A harvesting vehicle includes a header having a cutter bar, a crop transport draper and a reel mounted above the cutter bar to sweep the crop to the draper. The operation of the header is autonomously monitored and controlled to reduce operator loads or to run autonomously by detecting: reel wrapping; differential rates of flow of crop on the header at different locations; where the crop to be cut is at least partly lodged so that stems of the crop are not vertical; the presence of a crop streak of uncut or poorly cut crop behind the cutter bar and/or a band of disturbed soil behind the cutter bar. The detector is arranged to control ground speed, header height, reel height and operation.

Abstract: The agricultural raking machine comprises a frame configured to be towed by a towing vehicle; at least a raking group assembled on the frame and provided with rotating comb-like elements apt to move material mowed onto the ground to form a windrow; a control device operatively connected to the raking group and configured to adjust the rotation speed of the comb-like elements.

Abstract: A device for conveying and feeding wet material for a cross-flow hot air combine harvester, the device consisting of a hot air pumping part and a material conveying part. The hot air pumping part uses an air suction pump (4) to pump a flow of hot waste air from an engine radiator (1) of the combine harvester by means of an air suction pipeline (3) so as to provide hot air flow for the material conveying and feeding device. The material conveying part consists of a chain harrow-type conveying groove structure (A) and a cross-flow air chamber structure (B), wherein the chain harrow-type conveying groove structure (A) is located at an upper part of the cross-flow air chamber structure (B) and is used for forcibly conveying and feeding a material; and the cross-flow air chamber structure (B) uses hot air to dry the material, blows to assist in feeding the material, and uses a cross-flow air wheel (14) to forcibly feed the material.

Abstract: A draper belt assembly for an agricultural harvester that includes a first roller, a second roller, and a draper belt surrounding the first and second rollers. The draper belt includes a front end, a rear end opposite the front end, and an upper surface extending from the front end to the rear end having a width substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of one of the first and second rollers. The draper belt further includes a plurality of spaced apart lugs each extending in the widthwise direction having an anterior end distal to the rear end and a posterior end proximal to the rear end, wherein the anterior end is spaced from the front end of the draper belt at least about 15 mm.

Abstract: A shifting device for a transmission is disclosed. The shifting device comprises a transmission shaft, a shift gear being mounted thereon, wherein the shift gear is configured with a connecting hub which is axially displaceable relative to the transmission shaft, wherein the connecting hub has an internal toothing in engagement with an external toothing of the transmission shaft, so that the shift gear is drive-connected to the transmission shaft in an axially displaceable manner therewith. A latching device is further provided, the shift gear being axially displaceable thereby into a plurality of latching positions. The latching device comprises a spring-pretensioned setting pin displaceably mounted radially to the transmission shaft and in engagement with a setting shaft rotatably mounted in the transmission shaft, such that the setting shaft and the setting pin can be brought out of an unlocked position into a locked position and vice-versa by rotating the setting shaft.

Abstract: The invention provides a lawn mower, which comprises a driving assembly, an impact protection assembly, a transmission assembly and a cutting assembly. The driving assembly comprises a motor. The impact protection assembly comprises a pressing member and an elastic piece. The pressing member presses the elastic piece towards the transmission assembly to drive the transmission assembly and the cutting assembly to synchronously rotate with the motor shaft. When the resistance of the cutting assembly is greater than a predetermined value, A relative rotation is generated between the transmission assembly and the motor shaft. According to the lawn mower, the impact protection assembly is arranged between the driving assembly and the transmission assembly, when the reaction force upon the cutting assembly from external obstacles is greater than the friction force of the impact protection assembly, the transmission assembly and the motor shaft rotate relatively, and the transmission assembly is protected.

Abstract: The agricultural raking machine comprises a frame configured to be towed by a towing vehicle, at least a raking group assembled on the frame and provided with rotating comb-like elements apt to move material mowed onto the ground to form a windrow, and flotation means associated to the raking group and to the frame, the configuration being so that, at variations in height from the ground, the raking group raises/lowers with respect to said frame.

Abstract: Weighing systems and methods for dynamic loads are provided. A plurality of sensors are configured to provide force information based on a weight of a bin and a weight of a material in the bin. An IMU is coupled to the bin and configured to provide gyroscope information and accelerometer information based on orientation and movement of the bin respectively. A controller is communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors and to the IMU. The controller is configured to receive the force information from the plurality of sensors and the gyroscope information and the accelerometer information from the IMU. The controller is configured to compensate the force information based on slope of the bin to provide slope-compensated force information, filter the slope-compensated force information using a Kalman filter to provide filtered force information, and estimate the weight of the material in the bin based on the filtered force information.

Abstract: A duckbill assembly of a wrapper for an agricultural baler. The duckbill assembly includes a frame, at least one roller movably connected to the frame and configured for spreading a wrapping material, an upper baffle connected to the frame, and a lower baffle connected to the frame and located underneath the upper baffle. The lower baffle has a width, a first set of grippers, and a second set of grippers. The first and second set of grippers are configured for spreading the wrapping material across the width of the lower baffle.

Abstract: A yield calculation system comprises a position sensor configured to detect a position. A baler comprises a bale chamber in which crop material is to be formed into a bale, a volume measurement sensor provided in the bale chamber and configured to measure a volume of the bale in the bale chamber, the volume corresponding to the position detected by the position sensor, and a moisture measurement sensor provided in the bale chamber and configured to measure a moisture amount in the bale, the moisture amount corresponding to the position detected by the position sensor. Circuitry is configured to calculate, based on the volume of the bale and the moisture amount corresponding to the position, a yield corresponding to the position by excluding the moisture amount from an amount of the bale.

Abstract: An agricultural baler including a movable density door; a fluid cylinder for moving the density door and including a fluid chamber and a piston disposed in the fluid chamber having piston and rod sides, and a cylinder rod coupled to the piston on the rod side; a fluid supply circuit for suppling working fluid to the fluid cylinder, the fluid supply circuit selectively connectable to the fluid cylinder such that, in a first fluid supply mode, the fluid supply circuit is connected to the fluid cylinder to supply working fluid to only one side of the fluid chamber and that, in a second fluid supply mode, the fluid supply circuit is connected to the fluid cylinder to supply working fluid to both the piston and rod sides of the fluid chamber. A control unit configured to: receive density-data; determine a supply-mode-control-signal; and provide the supply-mode-control-signal to the fluid supply circuit.

Abstract: An agricultural system including an agricultural baler and a control unit. The agricultural baler includes a drive system; a bale chamber defined by at least one movable density door; and at least one actuator for moving the at least one density door. The control unit is configured to: receive a routine-trigger-signal; determine an actuator-control-signal for adjusting a speed at which the at least one actuator moves the at least one density door in response to the routine-trigger-signal; and provide the actuator-control-signal to the drive system for driving the at least one actuator.

Abstract: An agricultural system including an agricultural baler and a control unit. The agricultural baler includes a baler driveline; a rotatable flywheel; and a rotary input shaft connected by way of the baler driveline to the rotatable flywheel. The driveline includes one or more clutches for controllably transferring rotary drive between the input shaft and the flywheel. The control unit is configured to receive input-power-data indicative of a drive power available at the rotary input shaft; and determine a clutch-control-signal for controlling an amount of torque transferred from the input shaft to the flywheel bye the one or more clutches, based on the input-power-data.

Abstract: An agricultural system including an agricultural baler including a rotary input shaft connectable by way of a baler driveline to a rotatable flywheel; a hydraulic pump for supplying the agricultural baler with hydraulic fluid, the rotatable flywheel being connectable to the hydraulic pump via the driveline. The baler is transferrable between a first state for driving the hydraulic pump by external drive power provided by a corresponding work vehicle, and a second state for driving the hydraulic pump by the rotatable flywheel. The agricultural system further includes a control unit that is configured to: receive input-power-data indicative of a drive power available for driving the hydraulic pump in the first state of the baler; and determine a control-signal for transferring the baler into the second state, if the input-power-data indicates that the available drive power is insufficient for driving the hydraulic pump.

Abstract: An agricultural system including an agricultural baler and a control unit. The agricultural baler includes a pick-up arrangement for collecting plant matter. The pick-up arrangement includes a roller for feeding crop into the baler. The baler further includes a pick-up drive shaft for moving the roller at a desired rotational speed. The pick-up drive shaft is connected to the roller by a clutch for selectively transferring power between the pick-up drive shaft and the roller. The control unit is configured to: receive clutch-status-data indicative of an engagement status of the clutch; determine a speed-control-signal for varying the rotational speed of the pick-up drive shaft based on the clutch-status-data; and provide the speed-control-signal to a driveline for driving the pick-up drive shaft.

Abstract: A light source for plant cultivation and a plant cultivation method are provided. The plant cultivation method includes planting germinated seeds of a plant; and growing the plant by applying light treatment to the plant. In growing the plant, main light treatment of supplying main light to the plant and dark treatment of cutting off supply of the main light to the plant are alternated. The main light has at least two peak wavelengths in the visible light spectrum. In addition, the main light has a PPFD of greater than 92 ?mol/m2/s to less than 198 ?mol/m2/s.

Abstract: A cultivation apparatus for cultivating seedlings of Solanaceae plants equipped with a lighting device, wherein the lighting device has a light source that constitutes a spectrum showing a wavelength range A of 400 nm or more and less than 500 nm and a wavelength range B of 500 nm or more and less than 700 nm; wherein the photosynthetic photon flux density in the wavelength range A is 100 ?mol/m2/sec or more; and wherein, when the total of the photosynthetic photon flux density in the wavelength range A and the photosynthetic photon flux density in the wavelength range B is 100%, the photosynthetic photon flux density in the wavelength range A is 70% or more and less than 99%.

Abstract: The LED grow light system includes at least one of a first LED that includes a 4,000 k LED having a first light output, at least one of a second LED having a second light output in about an orange spectra, at least one of a third LED having a third light output in about a green/yellow spectra, and at least one of a fourth LED having a fourth light output in about a red spectra. Each of the first light output, the second light output, the third light output, and the fourth light output combine into an aggregate light output that mimics a full spectrum of sunlight at a relatively efficient input power of about 600-650 watts.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a rotary-type vegetable cultivation apparatus configured to grow various vegetables in cultivation containers fixed to a drum-shaped loop rotated by the driving of a motor and a cultivation container used in the rotary-type vegetable cultivation apparatus, and more particularly to a rotary vegetable cultivation apparatus and a cultivation container that enable the cultivation of a large quantity of edible vegetables in a narrow installation space and considerably facilitate the harvest and planting of vegetables.

Abstract: Disclosed is a smart farm system comprising: a Rankine cycle in which a first fluid passes through a pump, an evaporator, a turbine, and a condenser along a first circulation line; a heating unit configured to exchange heat with the evaporator; a valve unit which is provided between the turbine and the condenser, and configured to run the first fluid to the condenser when the temperature of the first fluid at the outlet of the turbine is a first temperature, and to bypass the first fluid to a bypass line when the temperature of the first fluid at the outlet of the turbine is a second temperature higher than the first temperature; and a smart farm configured to exchange heat with the first fluid and the heating unit via the condenser or the bypass line.

Abstract: A plant cultivation system that includes a plurality of mobile racks and a plurality of lighting assemblies that are movable relative to each other. The mobile racks are designed to be independently movable along a floor surface and each support a plurality of planting units designed to receive the plants. The lighting assemblies are positioned adjacent to the mobile racks and are supported along an overhead lighting track independent from the mobile racks. Each of the lighting assemblies is movable along a rail of the overhead lighting track to adjust the position of the lighting assemblies relative to the mobile racks. The lighting assemblies are designed such that the mobile racks contact the lighting assemblies to move the lighting assemblies along the lighting track. Each lighting assembly includes one or more lighting fixtures that are operable to provide the required light for growing plants supported on the mobile rack.

Abstract: A modular plant growing system may comprise two or more substantially vertical light panels, wherein each substantially vertical light panel may comprise one or more LED light engines. A support base may be attached directly or indirectly to each vertical light panel, wherein the support bases may be configured to engage with bottom surfaces of plant growing containers. Optional one or more top reflection panels may be configured to be disposed above the two or more substantially vertical light panels, the one or more top reflection panels may comprise reflection material and at least one ventilation opening. A plant growing space may be provided in the space defined by the two or more substantially vertical light panels and the one or more optional top reflection panels.

Abstract: An autonomous farming system includes a computing device that is configured to obtain plant characteristic data that characterizes one or more plant characteristics of a plant growing in at least one growing module. The computing device is further configured to determine at least one growing deficiency of the plant based on the plant characteristic data using a farming engine and to send at least one farming action to a farming controller operatively coupled to the at least one growing module. The at least one farming action includes a remedial action to improve growing conditions of the plant.

Abstract: A tree limb connector and method of use has a first member and second member that, when connected, securely hold two limbs of a tree in place. The device has a first member with a hook at a first end and a hollow receptacle at a second end. A second member has a hook at a first end and a threading on a second end with a length and teeth. Each hook attaches onto one limb of a tree. The threading is pulled into a first end of receptable and out of a second end of the receptacle, held securely in place via a tongue at the second end of the receptacle that catches a rib at a desired length. The present invention and methods may be used to bring two plant limbs closer together to reduce bare spots for ornamental reasons, such as on a Christmas tree, or provide added support.

Abstract: A system assists during execution of a sequence of cuttings in a tree, wherein, during a cutting sequence, a first cut in the tree is followed by a second cut in the tree At least a part of an ideal course of the second cut depends on at least a part of a course of the first cut. An identification device identifies at least the part of the course of the first cut in the tree. A precalculation device precalculates at least the part of the ideal course of the second cut in the tree based on the identified part of the course of the first cut. An output device outputs cutting information for executing the second cut based on the precalculated part of the ideal course of the second cut.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a coherent growth substrate product formed of man-made vitreous fibres (MMVF), comprising the steps of (vi) providing MMVF; (vii) providing an uncured binder composition; (viii) providing a superabsorbent polymer; (ix) forming a mixture of the MMVF, the uncured binder composition and the superabsorbent polymer; (x) curing the uncured binder composition in the mixture to form the coherent growth substrate product; wherein the uncured binder composition comprises at least one hydrocolloid.

Abstract: An irrigation filter system and method is provided. The system may have a body and a filtration subsystem and may separate fluid from detritus carried by the fluid. The fluid may be released onto a crop, while the detritus is collected by the filtration subsystem. A drain fixture may be operated to release the detritus from the irrigation filter system in response to at least one of the pressure of the fluid flowing in the system and gravity. In this manner, the detritus may be released without requiring the system to be shut down and/or disassembled.

Abstract: In a flow system and method, a fluid delivery pipe is connected in series between a fluid distributor and a fluid valve that is connected in series between a fluid source and the fluid distributor. A controller, disposed remote from the fluid delivery pipe, can be programmed or configured to control the fluid value via a communication channel or communication network. A hydrogenerator, powered by fluid running from the fluid source to the fluid distributor, can charge a battery that can power a radio to wirelessly transmit flow data to the controller. The controller can control the open and close states of the fluid valve based on the wirelessly transmitted flow data received by the controller to control an amount of fluid delivered by the fluid delivery pipe, for example, for controlled irrigation of an area to a desired extent.

Abstract: A hydration system for an indoor gardening appliance includes a pressurized water supply including a pump assembly for pressurizing an accumulator and an auxiliary nozzle in fluid communication with the pressurized water supply. An auxiliary valve assembly is operably coupled to the auxiliary nozzle for selectively directing an auxiliary flow of water from the accumulator onto the plant pods when power is lost to the gardening appliance.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a device for iris recognition. By providing a sensing unit under the iris recognition region of the display unit, the invention can capture the iris information of the user's eyeball in time, and then compare with the presetting iris information, and execute the operation instruction corresponding to the iris information, thereby effectively improving the precision of the iris recognition. In addition, the sensing unit is disposed under the display unit, and the overall thickness of the mobile device can be effectively reduced compared with the structure in which the camera is protruded and disposed independently outside the region of the display screen, so that the wearable device or the mobile device is thinner and more suitable for flexible wearable devices or mobile devices, to meet the needs of the market.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for watering plants received in a non-hydroponic substrate, comprising an upwardly open planter for receiving at least one plant with non-hydroponic substrate, the planter having a planting cavity enclosed by a wall and a bottom configured for receiving a plant with the substrate, further comprising a liquid container which is at least partially integrated in the planting cavity or is designed as a separate liquid container which is inserted into the planting cavity from above or is held on an outer wall of the planting cavity, the liquid container being a container which is sealed off from the outside and which has an outlet pipe which opens into a region separated from the planting cavity at a certain distance from the bottom of the planting vessel, the separated region communicating with the planting cavity via at least one connecting opening and communicating with an outer side of the planting vessel via at least one ventilation opening, in such a manner that a liquid volume is e

Abstract: The present application discloses a hydroponic system including a planting block or structure including a plurality of plant units coupled to a water source to provide water to root chambers of the plurality of plant units. The system includes a lighting structure movably supported along a rail to adjust a location of the lighting structure relative to the planting block or structure. As described, the lighting structure includes a plurality of lighting elements or fixtures disposed in a flexible duct connectable to HVAC equipment or blower to supply air flow to dissipate heat from the lighting elements or fixtures. In illustrated embodiments, the plant units are coupled to a blower or fan through a duct to actively control humidity in the root chambers.

Abstract: A plant pollination control bag (10) defines, in an expanded condition, a space (12) in which a plant part is receivable. The bag (10) defines an opening (14) through which the plant part passes into the space (12). In the expanded condition, the bag (10) has an end face (16) which is substantially square or rectangular in shape.

Abstract: A smart pollination system includes a smart pollination apparatus (100) that is machine learned and uses artificial intelligence engine for pollination. The smart pollination apparatus (100) is communicatively coupled to a global communications system (GCS). The GCS and the smart pollination apparatus (100) manage the pollination trends with the help of artificial intelligence and machine learning.