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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Erwin Sick, Icking, DE;
Franz Penningsfeld, Freising, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
47 62 ; 47-101 ;
Abstract
A hydroculture has a feed solution tank 11 from which feed solution is supplied to the plant roots by capillary action or pump action. Feed tubes 12 of a hydrophobic microporous material which is water vapor permeable but not water permeable are laid in this feed solution tank 11, and salt water having a substantially elevated temperature relative to the feed solution is led through the feed tube 12. In this way the used-up feed solution is replaced by desalinated water.