Sprayer hydroponic grower

Claim 1

An essentially self-contained and portable hydroponic grower comprising an enclosure having a base pan for containing a liquid nutrient solution; a pair of walls projecting upward from said base pan to support a plurality of plants thereabove, said walls being inclined relative to the bottom of said pan in an A-frame configuration with the apex thereof above said base pan and having their lower ends circumscribed by said pan, each of said walls being generally planar and including a plurality of apertures extending generally normally therethrough communicating with the interior of said enclosure; a plurality of plant pots, each of which is adapted to contain a porous plant support medium and extend through an associated one of said apertures with its side wall in engagement with the peripheral edge of said aperture for said pot to be held in position thereby, the root end of each of said pots being permeable both to the flow of liquid nutrient solution to the interior thereof and to the passage of the roots of plants supported thereby outward; a liquid spray head positioned within said enclosure between said inclined walls to spray a liquid toward roots of plants projecting from the root ends of pots extending through said apertures; a liquid pump positioned within said base pan and connected to said spray head to deliver thereto under pressure a liquid nutrient solution contained in said pan; and end walls at opposite ends of said enclosure extending between said inclined walls and from the apex of said A-frame configuration to said base pan to define with said inclined walls a hollow enclosure containing said spray head and adapted to contain said root ends of said pots, said end walls being substantially moisture impermeable for maintaining a humid atmosphere within said enclosure.