SUSPENDED CONTINUOUS GROWTH CULTIVATION SYSTEM

Fuente: WIPO "tomato"
The present invention relates to a cultivation system for cultivating plants, in particular indeterminate plants, e.g. indeterminate plants in a greenhouse, the system comprising: a plant suspension device for suspending one or more rows of the plants in an upright orientation along a longitudinal direction of the cultivation system, and a substantially enclosed elongate root compartment defining an interior for accommodating root portions of the plants in one or more of the rows, in the absence of growth medium around the root portions. The cultivation system is characterized in that the root compartment comprise a top cover member, forming an upper boundary of the root compartment interior, wherein the top cover member is elongate in the longitudinal direction, and wherein the top cover member is configured to be suspended above the root portions in the absence of support structures underneath the top cover member.