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Lighting system for use with a vertical growing column

  • US 6,178,692 B1
  • Filed: 03/25/1996
  • Issued: 01/30/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A cultivation system for cultivating plants in an indoor environment, said cultivation system comprising:

  • at least one vertical growing column having a plurality of planting units of substantially similar construction, each of said planting units having a center column for reception within said center column of another of said planting units, a pair of lateral receptacles which extend from opposed sides of said center column and a front wall and a rear wall spaced from said front wall in a parallel orientation, said lateral receptacles defining an opening for receiving plants, growing media and plant nourishment, each said lateral receptacle being in fluid communication with said center column to provide a continuous volume of plant growing medium extending from a first one of said lateral receptacles to another of said lateral receptacles, said front and rear walls being identical in shape, said front and rear walls including a rectangular portion and oppositely disposed wings;

    at least one sulfur light source; and

    an apparatus for receiving and disposing said sulfur light source about said at least one growing column such that said light source provides sulfur light to plants disposed in said vertical growing column, regardless of position therein, thereby enhancing the quality and volume of the product produced by the plants disposed in said growing column.

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