Patent ID: 11963493
Assignee: MAUI GREENS, INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  H  Y | IPC A  H

Claim 6:
7. A plant growing system comprising:
a plurality of plant vessels;
a grow module comprising:
a plurality of tray modules including a light tray over a growing tray;
the light tray including:

lighting array;
at least one fan;
at least one sensor; and
at least one power supply;
the growing tray adapted to hold the plurality of plant vessels;
a grow module base;
a machine-readable identification on the light tray; and
a grow rack configured to rest on the grow module base, the grow rack configured to hold the plurality of tray modules in a vertically stacked configuration;

the lighting array on the light tray providing light to the plurality of plant vessels on the growing tray in the grow rack directly under said light tray;
a fertigation system including:
a tray movement system for extracting the growing tray from the grow module and placing the growing tray back into the grow module;
a tray elevator for lowering and raising the growing tray;
a first pump in fluid communication with a fresh water supply;
a nozzle manifold in fluid communication with at least one of the first pump and the fresh water supply; and
the nozzle manifold comprising:

a manifold header; and
a plurality of nozzles in fluid communication with the manifold header, wherein the plurality of nozzles are configured to inject at least one of nutrients supplied by the first pump and water from the fresh water supply into the plurality of plant vessels on the growing tray, and
the plurality of plant vessels including:
an impervious outer vessel including a substrate in a root zone;
a cover over the impervious outer vessel;
a pervious membrane in contact with the substrate;
a nutrient chamber including nutrients, wherein the nutrient chamber is between the cover and the pervious membrane, and the nutrients are in contact with the pervious membrane; and
a pocket allowing a seed or seedling access to the substrate through an aperture in the cover and the pervious membrane.