PLANT GROWTH SYSTEM AND METHOD USING INDUCTION LIGHTS

• US 20110302839A1
• Filed: 11/22/2010
• Published: 12/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fss Hydro, LLC
• Original Assignee: 6062 Holdings, LLC
• Inventors: SENDERS, ERIC, Senders, Cary, Geschke, Mathew, Weber, T. Stephen
• Application Number:
  US12/951,824
• Publication Number:
  US 20110302839A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 47/66.6
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 7/045 with electric lighting
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 60/14 Measures for saving energy, e.g. in green houses

Abstract

An apparatus and method for cultivating plant material in an agricultural or horticultural controlled growth environment is provided. The method includes providing a plant material to by cultivated, generating light having a color temperature in the range with an electrodeless induction lamp, and exposing the plant material to the light for a sufficient amount of time to promote the desired plant growth outcome.

Claims

1. The present method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment comprising generating light having a desired color temperature with an induction lamp and exposing plant material to said light.

2. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 1 comprising:

generating light having a color temperature in the range from about 2400K to about 5800K with an induction lamp; and

exposing said plant material to said light.

3. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 1 comprising:

generating light having a color temperature in the range from about 2400K to about 2800K with an induction lamp; and

exposing said plant material to said light.

4. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 1 comprising:

generating light having a color temperature in the range from about 4200K to about 5800K with an induction lamp; and

exposing said plant material to said light.

5. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 1 comprising:

generating light having a color temperature of about 2800K with an induction lamp; and

exposing said plant material to said light.

6. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 1 comprising:

generating light having a color temperature in the range from about 8500K to about 20,000K with an induction lamp; and

exposing said plant material to said light.

7. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 1 comprising:

contacting plant material with a plant growth medium;

generating light having a desired color temperature with an induction lamp; and

exposing said plant material to said light.

8. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 7 comprising:

contacting plant material with a plant growth medium;

generating light having a desired color temperature in the range from about 2400K to about 5800K with an induction lamp; and

exposing said plant material to said light.

9. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 7 comprising:

contacting plant material with a plant growth medium;

generating light having a color temperature in the range from about 2,400K to about 2,800K with an induction lamp; and

exposing said plant material to said light.

10. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 7 comprising:

contacting plant material with a plant growth medium;

generating light having a color temperature of about 2,800K with an induction lamp; and

exposing said plant material to said light.

11. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 7 comprising:

contacting plant material with a plant growth medium;

generating light having a color temperature in the range from about 4,200K to about 5,800K with an induction lamp; and

exposing said plant material to said light.

12. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 7 comprising:

generating light having a color temperature in the range from about 8500K to about 20,000K with an induction lamp; and

exposing said plant material to said light.

13. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 7, wherein said contacting plant material with a plant growth medium comprising contacting an ungerminated seed with said plant growth medium.

14. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 7, wherein said contacting plant material with a plant growth medium comprising contacting a germinated seedling with said plant growth medium.

15. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 7, wherein said contacting plant material with a plant growth medium comprising contacting a germinated seedling and the plant medium in which the seedling is growing with said plant growth medium.

16. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 7, wherein said contacting plant material with a plant growth medium comprising contacting a plant cutting with said plant growth medium.

17. A method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment comprising:

contacting plant material with a nutrient solution;

generating light having a desired color temperature with an induction lamp; and

exposing said plant material to said light.

18. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 17, comprising contacting said plant material with a substantially inert plant growth medium.

19. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 17 comprising:

contacting plant material with a nutrient solution;

generating light having a color temperature in the range from about 2400K to about 5800K with an induction lamp; and

exposing said plant material to said light.

20. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 17 comprising:

contacting plant material with a plant growth medium;

generating light having a color temperature in the range from about 2,400K to about 2,800K with an induction lamp; and

exposing said plant material to said light.

21. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 17 comprising:

contacting plant material with a plant growth medium;

generating light having a color temperature of about 2,800K with an induction lamp; and

exposing said plant material to said light.

22. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 17 comprising:

contacting plant material with a plant growth medium;

generating light having a color temperature in the range from about 4,200K to about 5,800K with an induction lamp; and

exposing said plant material to said light.

23. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 17 comprising:

generating light having a color temperature in the range from about 8500K to about 20,000K with an induction lamp; and

exposing said plant material to said light.

24. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 17, wherein said contacting plant material with a plant growth medium comprising contacting an ungerminated seed with said plant growth medium.

25. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 17, wherein said contacting plant material with a plant growth medium comprising contacting a germinated seedling with said plant growth medium.

26. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 17, wherein said contacting plant material with a plant growth medium comprising contacting a germinated seedling and the plant medium in which the seedling is growing with said plant growth medium.

27. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 17, wherein said contacting plant material with a plant growth medium comprising contacting a plant cutting with said plant growth medium.

28. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 17 comprising:

contacting plant material with a solution comprising plant nutrients and at least one aquatic animal;

generating light having a desired color temperature with an induction lamp; and

exposing said plant material to said light.

29. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 28, comprising contacting said plant material with a substantially inert plant growth medium.

30. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 28 comprising:

contacting plant material with a nutrient solution;

generating light having a color temperature in the range from about 2400K to about 5800K with an induction lamp; and

exposing said plant material to said light.

31. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 28 comprising:

contacting plant material with a plant growth medium;

generating light having a color temperature in the range from about 2,400K to about 2,800K with an induction lamp; and

exposing said plant material to said light.

32. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 28 comprising:

contacting plant material with a plant growth medium;

generating light having a color temperature of about 2,800K with an induction lamp; and

exposing said plant material to said light.

33. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 28 comprising:

contacting plant material with a plant growth medium;

generating light having a color temperature in the range from about 4,200K to about 5,800K with an induction lamp; and

exposing said plant material to said light.

34. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 28 comprising:

contacting plant material with a nutrient solution;

generating light having a color temperature in the range from about 1850K to about 20,000K with an induction lamp; and

exposing said plant material to said light.

35. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 28, wherein said contacting plant material with a plant growth medium comprising contacting an ungerminated seed with said plant growth medium.

36. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 28 wherein said contacting plant material with a plant growth medium comprising contacting a germinated seedling with said plant growth medium.

37. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 28, wherein said contacting plant material with a plant growth medium comprising contacting a germinated seedling and the plant medium in which the seedling is growing with said plant growth medium.

38. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 28, wherein said contacting plant material with a plant growth medium comprising contacting a plant cutting with said plant growth medium.

39. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 17 comprising:

contacting plant material with a nutrient solution by misting the nutrient solution onto the plant material;

generating light with an induction-type lamp having a desired color temperature; and

exposing said plant material to said generated light.

40. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 39 comprising:

contacting plant material with a nutrient solution;

generating light having a color temperature in the range from about 2400K to about 5800K with an induction lamp; and

exposing said plant material to said light.

41. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 39 comprising:

contacting plant material with a misted nutrient solution;

generating light with an induction-type lamp having a color temperature in the range from about 2,400K to about 2,800K; and

exposing said plant material to said generated light.

42. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 39 comprising:

contacting plant material with a misted nutrient solution;

generating light with an induction-type lamp having a color temperature of about 2,800K; and

exposing said plant material to said generated light.

43. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 39 comprising:

contacting plant material with a misted nutrient solution;

generating light with an induction-type lamp having a color temperature in the range from about 4,200K to about 5,800K; and

exposing said plant material to said generated light.

44. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 39 comprising:

contacting plant material with a nutrient solution;

generating light having a color temperature in the range from about 8500K to about 20,000K with an induction lamp; and

exposing said plant material to said light.

45. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 39, wherein said plant material comprises ungerminated seeds.

46. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 39, wherein said plant material comprises a germinated seedling.

47. The method of cultivating plant growth in a controlled growth environment of claim 39, wherein said plant material comprises a plant cutting.

48. A plant growth system comprising:

a grow container or chamber for holding plant material and optionally plant growth media; and

at least one induction-type lamp capable of generating light having a color temperature in the range from about 2400K to about 20,000K.