Patent ID: 6804912
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
A method for cultivating plants having a shoot-root plant body, said method comprising:growing a plant having a shoot-root plant body; preparing a part of a plant stem located between roots and a shoot of the plant such that new roots grow on the part of the plant stem part during growth of the plant; and positioning the plant such that the new roots are brought into contact with a growth medium, wherein during production of a crop, a length of the stem between a plant shoot located furthest from the roots and the roots in contact with the growth medium closest to the plant shoot is maintained at a relatively short length as compared to a normal stem length of a plant of a similar age; suspending the top of the plant from a suspension means; and periodically lowering of the top of the plant such that the plant can grow back up again along the suspension means; and wherein during or subsequent to the lowering of the top of the plant, the roots are at least partially refracted in a direction away from the top of the plant a similar distance such that the new roots are grown and/or become in contact with the growth medium.