Patent ID: 9220207
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: A01G,G09F,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method for in-store and market display of plants, the method comprising: providing a basin for holding a volume of liquid; forming an opening in the basin; providing a hydroponic display having a first end and a second end, wherein said hydroponic display has one or more vertical inset channels, wherein said one or more vertical inset channels are parallel to each other; cooperating the first end of the hydroponic display with the opening in the basin, the display extending vertically from the basin, wherein the vertical inset channels of the hydroponic display extend vertically from the basin; providing one or more first vertical hydroponic towers having a first end and a second end; releasably positioning the first end of the one or more first vertical hydroponic towers within the opening in the basin and within the one or more vertical inset channels of said hydroponic display; growing plants within the one or more first vertical hydroponic towers within the hydroponic display; moving liquid from the basin to the second end of the hydroponic towers; harvesting the plants; removing the one or more first vertical hydroponic towers from the opening in the basin; providing one or more second vertical hydroponic towers having a first end and a second end; releasably positioning the first end of the one or more second vertical hydroponic towers within the opening in the basin and within the one or more vertical inset channels; and growing plants within the one or more second vertical hydroponic towers within the hydroponic display.