Patent ID: 7594355

Claim:
A nursery irrigating system comprising: (a) a remotely placed water storage tank connected to at least one plant tray with an overhead pipe system; (b) the overhead pipe system having a main delivery pipe connected to the at least one plant tray in order to deliver to at least one root ball of at least one plant in the at least one plant tray without direct water contact with any leaf of the at least one plant and remove water from the at least one plant tray; (c) the nursery irrigating system being easily disassembled and reconfigured; (d) a controller allowing for unattended system operation; (e) the remotely placed water storage tank having the delivery pipe connected to a centrifugal pump; (f) the centrifugal pump providing force to move water into the overhead pipe system; and (g) a check valve being mounted between the overhead pipe system and the at least one plant tray in order to avoid a back flow of water into the remotely placed water storage tank.