A horticultural plant growing assembly includes a pair of casings, each with a bottom and a side wall. Each side wall includes an upper edge configured to engage one another to define a cavity between the casings. The plant growing assembly further includes a light system, and a plurality of frame members that are connectable together to form a frame, with the light system being attachable to the frame. The plant growing assembly is configurable into a packaged configuration and an assembled configuration. In the packaged configuration, the frame members and the light system are contained within the cavity, and in the assembled configuration the frame members are connected together to form the frame with the light system attached to the frame. One of the casings includes a shelf adapted to support a plant with the light system disposed above the shelf.

A greenhouse and indoor cultivation method of Stropharia stropharia is provided which includes the following steps: planting environment; ridged bottom reinforcement; mixing soil material; piling up material and fermentation; interval mixing; inoculating auxiliary materials; managing germination; picking of mushroom on time. The production method of the present disclosure has beneficial effects of preventing the accumulation of water at the bottom of ridges and soaking the strains of Stropharia stropharia to bad, watering the mushrooms more evenly to prevent uneven production due to over-watering in some places and under-watering in some places.

A greenhouse and indoor cultivation method of Stropharia stropharia is provided which includes the following steps: planting environment; ridged bottom reinforcement; mixing soil material; piling up material and fermentation; interval mixing; inoculating auxiliary materials; managing germination; picking of mushroom on time. The production method of the present disclosure has beneficial effects of preventing the accumulation of water at the bottom of ridges and soaking the strains of Stropharia stropharia to bad, watering the mushrooms more evenly to prevent uneven production due to over-watering in some places and under-watering in some places.

The invention provides an improved system and method for a self-contained portable greenhouse, comprising a sun-light deprivation curtain system, and with a structural arrangement that integrates the fluid (liquid and air) distribution and dispensing for such plant life-support systems as water supply and irrigation, hydroponics water, nutrient and aeration, CO2 dosing, fuel (for power generation), forced-air ventilation, whereby its associated system components are miniaturized to a scale amenable for low voltage direct-current power, which are housed within the structure. The invention also provides a system architecture wherein the electrical interface infrastructure for connecting with electricity-producing resources—such as solar panels or wind turbines—is integrated into the portable greenhouse, as is the internal electrical distribution and direct-digital control for the plant life-support systems. The invention allows for multiple portable greenhouses to be interconnected along with other distribution energy resources (DER) in a DC microgrid arrangement.

An arrangement of photovoltaic panels is configured for installation in a greenhouse having support beams. The arrangement includes frames. Each frame comprises at least one photovoltaic panel mounted on a rod. At least one motor is mechanically connected to rotate one or more rods, for bringing each photovoltaic panel to different fixed angular positions. Fittings are arranged at a perimeter of the arrangement. Each fitting is sized and shaped to attach to at least one of the support beams, such that the arrangement is supportable exclusively by the support beams. A system includes at least one such arrangement, a controller, and a plurality of sensors. The controller is programmed to select an optimal fixed angular position for each photovoltaic panel for promoting plant growth, based on environmental and plant conditions and the sensor outputs, and to instruct each motor to rotate each rod to the selected angular position.

Facades, roofs, and greenhouses that may capable of self-cooling are provided. For example, a façade for a greenhouse may include an internal glass wall and an external glass wall in a parallel plane to the internal glass wall and separated from the internal glass wall by a first distance. The distance may be configured to permit passage of a heat transfer liquid. The internal glass wall can include a first face, facing the external glass wall. The first face of the internal glass wall can include a reflective surface configured to reflect solar radiation into the heat transfer liquid when in operation.

Facades, roofs, and greenhouses that may capable of self-cooling are provided. For example, a façade for a greenhouse may include an internal glass wall and an external glass wall in a parallel plane to the internal glass wall and separated from the internal glass wall by a first distance. The distance may be configured to permit passage of a heat transfer liquid. The internal glass wall can include a first face, facing the external glass wall. The first face of the internal glass wall can include a reflective surface configured to reflect solar radiation into the heat transfer liquid when in operation.

Top furling automated retractable greenhouse cover is a retractable cover for a greenhouse that is mounted on top of the greenhouse. Top furling automated retractable greenhouse cover comprises: a spine clamp, a left furling cover assembly, a right furling cover assembly, a hinge pin assembly, and an electrical control box. Left and right furling assemblies each comprise a curtain or cover, a furling rod, a furling motor, and a support arm. Electrical control box sends electronic signals to cause left and right covers or curtains to furl above the greenhouse when retracted and to unfurl down to the ground when extended to cover the greenhouse. The top-mounted design allows efficient use of gravity to apply tension to the furled rolls.

Top furling automated retractable greenhouse cover is a retractable cover for a greenhouse that is mounted on top of the greenhouse. Top furling automated retractable greenhouse cover comprises: a spine clamp, a left furling cover assembly, a right furling cover assembly, a hinge pin assembly, and an electrical control box. Left and right furling assemblies each comprise a curtain or cover, a furling rod, a furling motor, and a support arm. Electrical control box sends electronic signals to cause left and right covers or curtains to furl above the greenhouse when retracted and to unfurl down to the ground when extended to cover the greenhouse. The top-mounted design allows efficient use of gravity to apply tension to the furled rolls.

The agricultural greenhouse of the invention and the plant cultivation method using the same can cultivate plants economically and efficiently with less energy per crop yield, as it is provided with a CO.sub.2 supply means, a heat-ray shielding means, and a dehumidification and cooling means, the heat-ray shielding means is formed of using a heat-ray reflecting film, and plural through holes are formed in the heat-ray shielding means. The heat-ray reflecting film structure can cultivate plants by the agricultural greenhouse utilizing sunlight economically and efficiently as it has a structure that narrow band-shaped tapes obtained by cutting a multi-layer laminated film made by laminating at least two kinds of resin layers with different refractive indices alternately and having an average transmittance at 80% or more for visible light and an average reflectance at 70% or more for heat-ray is woven or knitted as a warp or a weft.