DESC:BACKGROUND
Technical Field
[0001] Embodiments of this disclosure generally relate to a farming system, and more particularly, to a vertical farming system for reducing infections spreading through water for yielding saplings in a small space.
Description of the Related Art
[0002] Hydroponic production system is a method of growing plants under soilless (i.e., soilless) conditions with nutrients, water, and an inert medium including at least one of gravel, sand, and pearlite. Hydroponic production systems are engineered as a high-space and resource-efficient form of farming and represent a considerable source of industrially grown produce.
[0003] There is a lack of a Traditional Hydroponic production system that demands intensive capital and has a limitation of production volume. In the horizontal hydrophonic system, plants are grown in water instead of soil, resulting in the high transmittal of waterborne diseases. In the existing hydroponic production system, the water circulates through the horizontal hydroponic system continuously, enabling the spreading of infections throughout the growing system as a whole and affecting the whole collection of plants. The water is circulated inside a PVC pipe in the hydroponic production system, from one end of the PVC pipe to another end of the PVC pipe. As the hydroponic production system affects the collection of plants, it may also affect persons who eat leafy greens and vegetables produced in this hydroponic production system. Further, it may affect persons in the future with some kind of disease. FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary diagram of a Hydroponic Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) system 100. The hydroponic Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) system 100, is a horizontal farming system and requires a large surface area for production. The hydroponic NFT system 100 includes one or more plastic pipes 102A-N, one or more net cups 104A-N, and multi-way drips that pass through the surface area for production.
[0004] The Nutrient Film Technique system (NFT) includes a horizontal table-like structure 106 with the one or more plastic pipes 102A-N, with holes, to insert one or more net cups 104A-N in each hole. The one or more plastic pipes 102A-N are laid on Y-shaped metal stands, looking like a table. Each of these one or more plastic pipes 102 A-N, have holes in them, of a predetermined inter distance. Water flows through one or more plastic pipes 102A-N. The one or more net cups 104A-N holding pre-grown saplings, ideally of leafy plants, continue their growth in these water-running pipes. The water inside the one or more plastic pipes 102A-N is mixed with nutrients. The nutrient enriched water wets the root zone of the sapling in the one or more net cups 104A-N. The multi way drips are fitted in the one or more net cups 104A-N placed in the table to pour water in the root zone of the saplings in the one or more net cups 104A-N that may result in transmitting of infections on yielding saplings.
[0005] The plastic pipe and cups system include high installation charges, and high costs upwards of cups and tables. In terms of space, the cups for the hydroponic NFT system 100 needs a surface area of one hundred and twenty square feet, resulting in high installation spaces.
[0006] Accordingly, there remains a need for cost-effective farming system to grow crops with reduced infections on hydroponics farming.
SUMMARY
[0007] In view of the foregoing, an embodiment herein provides a vertical farming system for reducing infection spreading through water for yielding one or more saplings in a small space. The vertical farming system includes a bamboo, one or more holders, and one or more drip tubes. The bamboo is processed with one or more holes. The one or more holders that are placed in the one or more holes of the bamboo. The one or more holders are filled with root zone materials. The one or more drip tubes that includes a first end and one or more second ends. The first end of the one or more drip tubes are connected with a tank and the one or more second ends of the one or more drip tubes are connected to the root zone materials of the one or more holders. The tank includes water and nutrients. The one or more saplings are placed in the one or more holders of the bamboo and the bamboo is placed vertically in a prepared hole in the ground. The one or more drip tubes is constantly pouring the water and nutrients to all the one or more saplings separately, thereby reducing infections spreading through water for yielding the one or more saplings.
[0008] In some embodiments, a diameter of the one or more holes is in a range of 7 centimeters to 15 centimeters that enables placing of the one or more holders on the one or more holes. The one or more holders includes cups, or bags.
[0009] In some embodiments, the one or more holders are filled with the root zone material in a pre-determined quantity. The root zone material includes perlite or vermiculite, an expanded clay pellet, a gravel, a sawdust, a coconut fiber, or an oasis cube.
[0010] In some embodiments, the one or more saplings includes leafy green saplings or vegetable saplings.
[0011] In some embodiments, the tank is configured to store water and nutrients, that produces the water with the nutrients to the one or more saplings in the one or more holders through the one or more drip tubes
[0012] In some embodiments, the tank includes a motor to deliver the water with nutrients from the tank to the one or more holders through the one or more drip tubes that results in constant pouring to all the one or more saplings.
[0013] In some embodiments, the system provides the water with nutrients to the one or more holders by analyzing the dryness of the root zone material.
[0014] In an aspect, a method for reducing the spreading infection in water for yielding one or more saplings is provided. The method includes processing one or more holes in a bamboo. The method includes placing one or more holders in the one or more holes of the bamboo. The one or more holders are filled with root zone materials. The method includes connecting one or more drip tubes to a tank and the one or more holders. The one or more drip tubes includes a first end and one or more second ends. The first end of the one or more drip tubes are connected with the tank and the one or more second ends of the one or more drip tubes are connected to the root zone materials of the one or more holders The method includes placing one or more saplings in the one or more holders of the bamboo and placing the bamboo vertically in a prepared hole in the ground. The method includes constantly pouring, using the one or more drip tubes, the water and nutrients to all the one or more saplings separately, thereby reducing infections spreading through water for yielding the one or more saplings.
[0015] The one or more drip tubes reduce water usage in the vertical farming system. The vertical farming system is the economic significance and cost-efficient for the soil alternative system. The vertical farming system is at least sixteen times more than an existing horizontal hydroponic production system. The production rotation and gross volume is more than three hundred acres of open field cultivation versus one acre of the vertical farming system. The vertical farming system provides up to 16,00,000 saplings in an acre, which is seven times to fourteen times more than the conventional hydroponic production systems
[0016] These and other aspects of the embodiments herein will be better appreciated and understood when considered in conjunction with the following description and the accompanying drawings. It should be understood, however, that the following descriptions, while indicating preferred embodiments and numerous specific details thereof, are given by way of illustration and not of limitation. Many changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the embodiments herein without departing from the spirit thereof, and the embodiments herein include all such modifications.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0017] The embodiments herein will be better understood from the following detailed description with reference to the drawings, in which:
[0018] FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary diagram of Traditional Hydroponic productions system;
[0019] FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram of a vertical farming system according to some embodiments herein;
[0020] FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary diagram of the vertical farming system according to some embodiments herein;
[0021] FIG. 4 illustrates an exemplary diagram of the vertical farming system of FIG. 2 with one or more holders according to some embodiments herein;
[0022] FIGS. 5A-5D illustrate exemplary views of the one or more holders according to some embodiments herein; and
[0023] FIG. 6 is a flow diagram of the method for reducing infections spreading in water for yielding the one or more saplings in the vertical farming system of FIG. 2 according to some embodiments herein.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0024] The embodiments herein and the various features and advantageous details thereof are explained more fully with reference to the non-limiting embodiments that are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and detailed in the following description. Descriptions of well-known components and processing techniques are omitted so as to not unnecessarily obscure the embodiments herein. The examples used herein are intended merely to facilitate an understanding of ways in which the embodiments herein may be practiced and to further enable those of skill in the art to practice the embodiments herein. Accordingly, the examples should not be construed as limiting the scope of the embodiments herein.
[0025] As mentioned, there remains a need for a cost-effective farming system for growing crops with reduced infections in farming. Referring now to the drawings, and more particularly to FIGS. 2 through 5, where similar reference characters denote corresponding features consistently throughout the figures, there are shown preferred embodiments.
[0026] FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram of a vertical farming system 200 according to some embodiments herein. The vertical farming system 200 includes a bamboo 202 including one or more holes 204A-N, one or more holders 206A-N, one or more drip tubes 208A-N, and a tank 210. The bamboo 202 is processed to create the one or more holes 204A-N. The bamboo 202 may be processed by any drilling in a specified diameter, or a knife to punch a hole with the specified diameter. The one or more holes 204A-N may be on all the sides of the bamboo 202 and are configured to hold the one or more holders 206A-N. In some embodiments, the bamboo 202 holds the load of the one or more holders 206A-N vertically. The bamboo 202 with the one or more holes 204A-N are placed vertically by placing a bottom part of the bamboo 202 into prepared holes in the ground. In some embodiments, the height of the bamboo 202 can be 13 feet and the one or more holes 204A-N processed on the bamboo 202 can be seventy-six on all four sides of the bamboo 202. In some embodiments, the specified diameter of the one or more holes 204A-N is in a range of 7-15 centimeters, which enables placing of the one or more holders 206A-N on the one or more holes 204A-N. The one or more holders 206A-N may include at least one of cups or bags.
[0027] In some embodiments, the bamboo 202 holds one or more saplings in the one or more holders 206A-N vertically to reduce space and obtain more sunlight and that helps the one or more saplings to grow easily in a healthy manner
[0028] The one or more holders 206A-N are filled with root zone materials in a pre-determined quantity. In some embodiments, the root zone materials can be a soil alternative. In some embodiments, the soil alternatives include at least one of, but not limited to, a perlite or vermiculite, an expanded clay pellet, a gravel, a sawdust, a coconut fiber, or an oasis cube. The one or more holders 206A-N may be in various sizes to grow different types of saplings. In some embodiments, the one or more holes 204A-N processed in the bamboo 202 are based on the types of saplings.
[0029] The one or more saplings are placed in the one or more holders 206A-N. In some embodiments, the one or more saplings include any of, but not limited to, leafy green saplings or vegetable saplings. In some embodiments, the one or more saplings are planted in the root zone materials. The one or more holders 206A-N may include at least one of a grip, a clip, a pin, a buckle, or a fastener to hold the one or more holders 206A-N in the bamboo 202.
[0030] The one or more drip tubes 208A-N are fitted in the one or more holders 206A-N placed in the bamboo 202. The one or more drip tubes 208A-N includes a first end and one or more second ends. The first end of the one or more drip tubes 208A-N is connected with the tank 210, and the one or more second ends of the one or more drip tubes 208A-N are connected to the root zone materials of the one or more holders 206A-N, to constantly pour water and nutrients to the one or more saplings. The tank 210 is configured to store the water and nutrients. The tank 210 may supply the water and nutrients to each of the one or more saplings in the one or more holders 206A-N through the one or more second ends of the one or more drip tubes 208A-N.
[0031] In some embodiments, the tank 210 may filled with an electroconductivity level of water. In some embodiments, the nutrient with the water is pushed to the one or more holders 206A-N of the vertical farming system 200 using an electric motor.
[0032] In some embodiments, the water released from one or more drip tubes 208A-N is based on climatic conditions and growth of the one or more saplings in the one or more holders 206A-N. In some embodiments, the speed of water from one or more drip tubes 208A-N is 50 gallons per minute (GPM) to each one of the one or more saplings in the one or more holders 206A-N.
[0033] In some embodiments, the nutrients with water is equally provided to each of the one or more saplings in the one or more holders 206A-N using the one or more drip tubes 208A-N. In some embodiments, the water released from the one or more drip tubes 208A-N can be based on the dryness of the root zone materials in the one or more holders 206A-N. The vertical farming system 200 may include an analyzing unit that analyzes the dryness of the root zone materials using the one or more second ends of the one or more drip tubes 208A-N. In some embodiments, the analyzing unit reduces manpower to check the climatic conditions, and water level in the one or more saplings in the one or more holders 206A-N, thereby the vertical farming system 200 is efficient to use.
[0034] In some embodiments, the one or more holders 206A-N that includes a range of 60 holders to 100 holders that are placed in a range of eight to ten inches of soil surface. In some embodiments, the tank 210 includes a motor to deliver the water with nutrients from the tank 210 to the one or more holders 206A-N through the one or more drip tubes 208A-N. The tank 210 may deliver constant pouring of the water and nutrients to each of the one or more saplings, thereby reducing infections spreading through water for yielding the one or more saplings.
[0035] FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary diagram of the vertical farming system 200 according to some embodiments herein. The vertical farming system 200 includes the bamboo 202 including the one or more holes 204A-N, the one or more holders 206A-N, and the one or more drip tubes 208A-N. The bamboo 202 is placed in the prepared holes of the ground in a vertical position in the bamboo 202, the one or more drip tubes 208A-N are fitted in the one or more holders 206A-N that are placed in the bamboo 202, that reduces the space consumption. The functions and explanation of the vertical farming system 200 are explained above.
[0036] FIG. 4 illustrates an exemplary diagram of the vertical farming system 200 of FIG. 2 with the one or more holders 206A-N according to some embodiments herein. The functions and explanation of the vertical farming system 200 with the one or more holders 206A-N have explained above.
[0037] FIGS. 5A-5D illustrates an exemplary views of the one or more holders 206A-N according to some embodiments herein. FIG. 5A shows the bamboo 202 with a hook 502 placed on the one or more holes 204A-N in the one or more holders 206A-N. FIG. 5B shows a bag 504 connected on the one or more holders 206A-N for yielding the one or more saplings. FIG. 5C shows the bamboo 202 with a stand 506 placed on the one or more holes 204A-N in the one or more holders 206A-N. FIG. 5D shows a bag 504 placed on the stand 506 for yielding the one or more saplings.
[0038] FIG. 6 is a flow diagram of the method for reducing infections spreading in water for yielding one or more saplings in a small space in the vertical farming system 200 of FIG. 2 according to some embodiments herein. At a step 602, the one or more holes 204A-N are processed in the bamboo 202, and the bamboo 202 is placed vertically in the prepared hole in the ground. At a step 604, the one or more holders 206A-N are placed in the one or more holes 204A-N in the bamboo 202. At a step 606, the one or more drip tubes 208A -N are connected to the tank 210 and the one or more holders 206A-N. At a step 608, the one or more saplings are placed in the one or more holders 206A-N of the bamboo 202. At a step 610, the water and the nutrients are constantly poured to all the one or more saplings separately using the one or more drip tubes 208A-N, thereby reducing infections spreading through water for yielding the one or more saplings.
[0039] The bamboo 202 is extremely cheap and widely available. In some embodiments, the vertical farming system 200 may yield multiple times the yield (7x to 14x more) and seeks less than 30% of the traditional capital investment of tabletop hydroponic or any other vertical production system. The one or more drip tubes 208A-N reduce the water usage in the vertical hydroponics system. The cost-benefit of the vertical farming system 200 is cheaper by more than 60% compared to existing methods of soil alternative systems, horizontal and vertical. In some embodiments, yield in the vertical farming system 200 is at least sixteen times more than a horizontal hydroponic production system. Production rotation and gross volume is more than three hundred acres of open field cultivation versus one acre of the vertical farming system 200.
[0040] The vertical farming system 200 yields about 60 holders to 100 holders, and in an one acre of land, the vertical farming system 200 yields the one or more saplings in a range of 1500000 holders to 1800000 holders. The cost of the holder may be in a range between 25 to 30 INR. The one or more drip tubes 208A-N provide water equally to the one or more holders 206A-N individually, which it results in no contact between the one or more saplings.
[0041] The foregoing description of the specific embodiments will so fully reveal the general nature of the embodiments herein that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily modify and/or adapt for various applications such specific embodiments without departing from the generic concept, and, therefore, such adaptations and modifications should and are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalents of the disclosed embodiments. It is to be understood that the phraseology or terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation. Therefore, while the embodiments herein have been described in terms of preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that the embodiments herein can be practiced with modification within the spirit and scope.
,CLAIMS:I/We Claim:
1. A vertical farming system for reducing infection spreading through water for yielding one or more saplings in a small space, wherein the vertical farming system comprises:
a bamboo (202) that are processed with one or more holes (204A-N);
one or more holders (206A-N) that are placed in the one or more holes (204A-N) of the bamboo (202), wherein the one or more holders (206A-N) are filled with root zone materials;
one or more drip tubes (208A-N) that includes a first end and one or more second ends, wherein the first end of the one or more drip tubes (208A-N) are connected with a tank (210) and the one or more second ends of the one or more drip tubes (208A-N) are connected to the root zone materials of the one or more holders (206A-N), wherein the tank (210) comprises water and nutrients;
characterized in that, wherein the one or more saplings are placed in the one or more holders (206A-N) of the bamboo (202) and the bamboo (202) is placed vertically in a prepared hole in the ground, wherein, when in operation, the one or more drip tubes (208A-N) is configured to constantly pouring the water and nutrients to all the one or more saplings separately, thereby reducing infections spreading through water for yielding the one or more saplings, in the small space.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a diameter of the one or more holes (204A-N) is in a range of 7 centimeters to 15 centimeters.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, the one or more holders (206A-N) are filled with the root zone material in a pre-determined quantity, wherein the root zone material comprises at least one of perlite or vermiculite, an expanded clay pellet, a gravel, a sawdust, a coconut fiber, or an oasis cube.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more saplings comprise any of leafy green saplings or vegetable saplings.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tank (210) is configured to store water and nutrients, that produces the water with the nutrients to the one or more saplings in the one or more holders (206A-N) through the one or more drip tubes (208A-N).

6. The system as claimed in claim 1, the tank (210) comprises a motor to deliver the water with nutrients from the tank (210) to the one or more holders (206A-N) through the one or more drip tubes (208A-N) that results in constant pouring to all the one or more saplings.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system provides the water with nutrients to the one or more holders (206A-N) by analyzing the dryness of the root zone material.

8. A method for reducing the spreading infection in water for yielding one or more saplings in a small space, wherein the method comprises:
processing one or more holes (204A-N) in a bamboo (202) and placing the bamboo (202) vertically in a prepared hole in the ground;
placing one or more holders (206A-N) in the one or more holes (204A-N) of the bamboo (202), wherein the one or more holders (206A-N) are filled with root zone materials;
connecting one or more drip tubes (208A-N) to a tank (210) and the one or more holders (206A-N), wherein the one or more drip tubes (208A-N) that includes a first end and one or more second ends, wherein the first end of the one or more drip tubes (208A-N) are connected with the tank (210) and the one or more second ends of the one or more drip tubes (208A-N) are connected to the root zone materials of the one or more holders (206A-N);
placing one or more saplings in the one or more holders (206A-N) of the bamboo (202);
constantly pouring, using the one or more drip tubes (208A-N), the water and nutrients to all the one or more saplings separately, thereby reducing infections spreading through water for yielding the one or more saplings in the small space.