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A vertical or columnar planter is disclosed which includes a self-contained water distribution system. The planter includes a generally vertical, elongate planter body having openings at intervals along the side walls of the body. The planter is filled with soil or another growing medium which forms

A vertical or columnar planter is disclosed which includes a self-contained water distribution system. The planter includes a generally vertical, elongate planter body having openings at intervals along the side walls of the body. The planter is filled with soil or another growing medium which forms a continuous column within the planter. Plants are grown in openings distributed along the side walls of the planter. Each opening is configured with a protruding lower lip and an indentation along its top edge to help retain the growing medium within the planter body. A hierarchical watering system is built into the planter. The watering system supplies water for a greater time interval to the top of the planter and progressively lesser time intervals in regions lower down on the planter. The watering system helps balance the downward flow of water through the planter, providing an optimal supply of water to all plant-growing locations. The planter body is suitable for packaging and holding growing medium within its body during shipment. As such, the planter can be shipped and sold with the growing medium already in place within the planter. An alternative embodiment planter for mounting against a vertical surface is also disclosed.

대표청구항 ▼

A plant growing system, comprising: a container for holding a growing medium, said container having top and bottom ends and side walls extending between the ends, the side walls including a plurality of openings which form plant-growing locations for growing plants in the openings with the plant roo

A plant growing system, comprising: a container for holding a growing medium, said container having top and bottom ends and side walls extending between the ends, the side walls including a plurality of openings which form plant-growing locations for growing plants in the openings with the plant roots in growing medium within the container and the foliage extending along the side walls outside the container, a water tank support above said container, a water distribution system for conducting water to selected regions of the container by means of a plurality of separable branch conduits, including a first branch conduit operatively connected to said tank for supplying water to a first region of said container, and a second branch conduit operatively connected to said tank for supplying water to a second region of said container, said second region being above said first region, and a water supply controller operatively interposed said tank and said water distribution system for supplying selected amounts of water to each said branch conduit, said water supply controller including plural overflow openings positioned at different levels in said tank, each branch conduit being operatively coupled to a predetermined outflow opening to select the level of water in the tank at which the flow into the branch conduit stops whereby different amounts of water are supplied to said first and second regions via said respective first and second branch conduits.