Patent ID: 6415549
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
A system for reducing water losses from overhead irrigation of multiple plant containers by capturing overhead water falling between adjacent plant containers and directing the water into the plant containers, said system comprising a plurality of adjacent individual plant growth containers for growing plants, each said container comprising a main body to receive growth medium and the roots of a plant and water collection means to capture overhead water and direct said overhead water to said main body, said main body having an open top and perimeter rim, said water collection means having an inner mating perimeter attached to said perimeter rim of said main body adjacent said open top, an outer mating perimeter having greater dimensions and located higher than said inner mating perimeter, and a sloping surface connecting said outer mating perimeter and said inner mating perimeter, where said outer mating perimeter has mating edges configured to abut in a continuous, contiguous manner with corresponding mating edges of other said containers, and where said mating edges of each said container are abutted with mating edges of adjacent other said containers to form a continuous water capture surface such that all overhead water is captured and directed into said main bodies of said containers such that no water falls between adjacent said containers.