Patent ID: 11925156
Assignee: CULTIVATION SYSTEMS B.V.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B  Y | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A stackable panel for floating cultivation of plants on water, said stackable panel comprising:
a plurality of parallel grooves at a top side of said stackable panel which extend in a longitudinal direction of the stackable panel and are configured to receive therein a substrate and a plurality of plants or precursors thereof in the substrate, a length of each of the grooves at the top side being at least 10 times the width of the respective groove, each of the grooves extending through the panel from a first plane at said top side to a second plane parallel to and spaced apart from said first plane; and
a plurality of air chambers at a lower side of the panel which extend below the grooves to said lower side, each of said air chambers being configured to allow therein a formation of air roots of plants or precursors thereof which are supported in the substrate of one or more of said grooves, each of said air chambers having a circumferential side wall delimiting said respective chamber from the other air chambers and a circumferential bottom edge configured to extend into the water when the panel floats on the water,
wherein, at said second plane, each of the grooves debouches into one of said air chambers, each of said grooves comprising at least two side support surfaces which extend parallel to the respective groove and below the top side, said side support surfaces being configured to support the substrate in the respective groove.