PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a plant cultivation apparatus which can surely separate fruits from leaves on the harvest of the fruits to improve workability for harvesting the fruits.SOLUTION: This plant cultivation apparatus comprises a seedling-growing portion 20 for growing seedlings K0, and a stem-trailing portion 30 which is connected to the seedling-growing portion 20 and trails stems K2 extended from the seedling-growing portion 20 with the growth of the seedlings K0. The stem-trailing portion 30 comprises a frame 31 whose posture can be changed between a vertically hung posture S1 and a laterally horizontal posture S2, and a plurality of string bodies 32 which are stretched in the frame 31 at a prescribed pitch and are vertically extended in a state that the frame body 31 is set in the vertical posture. The string bodies 32 are set at a prescribed distance between the mutually adjacent string bodies so that leaves are placed on the upper side of the string bodies 32 and cucumbers K are hung on the lower sides of the string bodies 32 through spaces between the string bodies 32 in a state that the frame bodies 31 are set in the horizontal posture S2.COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT【課題】収穫時に葉と果実とを確実に分離して果実の収穫作業の作業性を向上させる。【解決手段】苗K0を成育する苗成育部20と、苗成育部20に連設され、かつ、苗K0の成長により苗成育部20から延びた茎K2を這わせる茎這わせ部30とを備え、茎這わせ部30は、縦向きになった垂下姿勢S1と、横向きになった水平姿勢S2との間で姿勢変更が可能な枠体31と、この枠体31に所定ピッチで張設された当該枠体31が縦向き姿勢に姿勢設定された状態で上下方向に延びる複数本の紐体32とを備え、紐体32は、枠体31が水平姿勢S2に設定された状態で葉を紐体32の上側に位置させるとともにキュウリKを紐体32間を潜って紐体32の下側に垂下させるように互いに隣設されたもの同士の間の距離が設定されている。【選択図】図1
