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

Claim 0:
1. A method of growing plants, seeds or seedlings, comprising:
using a fertigation system to extract a growing tray comprising a plurality of plant vessels from a grow module;
the grow module comprising:
a plurality of tray modules including a light tray over the growing tray,
the light tray including:

a lighting array; and
at least one sensor; and
the growing tray adapted to hold the plurality of plant vessels; and

a machine-readable identification;
wherein the grow module is configured to hold the plurality of tray modules in a vertically stacked configuration; and
wherein the lighting array on the light tray configured to provide light to the plurality of plant vessels on the growing tray in the grow module directly under said light tray;
the 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 at least one of a fresh water supply and a nutrient/water mixture; and
a nozzle manifold in fluid communication with at least one of the first pump, the fresh water supply, and the nutrient/water mixture,

the nozzle manifold comprising:
a manifold header; and
at least one nozzle in fluid communication with the manifold header, wherein the at least one nozzle is configured to inject at least one of the fresh water supply and the nutrient/water mixture supplied by the first pump into the plurality of plant vessels on the growing tray,

the plurality of plant vessels including:
plants, seeds or seedlings; and
a substrate in a root zone;

raising or lowering the growing tray toward the plurality of nozzles;
injecting at least one of nutrients, and the fresh water supply into the plurality of plant vessels; and
placing the growing tray back into the grow module.