Terril Ralph Defoor

US Patent:

6378246, Apr 30, 2002

Filed:

May 5, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/566001

Inventors:

Terril R. DeFoor - Clovis NM 88101

International Classification:

A01G 3100

US Classification:

47 62R, 47 60, 47 39, 47 667

Abstract:

Apparatus for growing vined produce such as tomatoes comprises a container rotatable about a horizontal axis and supported above an underlying surface, which container has an interior filled with rooting media, a plant opening, radially through the container wall for the vine of a tomato plant rooted therein to extend outwardly of the container. As the vine continues to grow outwardly of the container, tomatoes on the vine are harvested therefrom and the container is periodically rotated to wind the vine thereabout throughout the life of the plant. The container also includes feeding openings into the rooting media, and the container can be mounted on a stand provided with a nutrient reservoir and pump and a grow light which are periodically turned on and off by a control timer.