PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a plant cultivation apparatus capable of easily attaching and detaching a planting plate, a cultivation bed, and the like and being possible to efficiently carry out maintenance works, such as plant-harvesting and swapping works and cleaning/replacement.SOLUTION: According to the present invention, the plant cultivation apparatus 1 comprises: a rack 2 having placing sections 20A, 20B, 20C； a plurality of transverse gutter-shaped cultivation beds 3 placed in parallel to each other, the cultivation beds being placed on the placing sections such that their lengthwise directions face a horizontal direction and that a downward slope is formed on a bottom wall 31 from one end toward the other end； a plurality of planting panels 4 detachably disposed on the upper portions of the respective cultivation beds so as to cover the upper openings of the respective cultivation beds and provided with a plurality of planting holes 41 at intervals in the horizontal direction； and a cultivation solution-circulating unit 7 including a tank 71 storing a cultivation solution, a first supply pipe 72A for supplying the cultivation solution into one end portion of each cultivation bed from the tank through a pump 74, and a first return pipe 73A for returning the cultivation solution discharged from the other end of each cultivation bed to the tank.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1【課題】定植プレートや栽培ベッド等の取付および取外しを容易に行うことができ、植物の収穫・入れ替え作業や清掃・交換等のメンテナンス作業を効率よく行いうる植物栽培装置を提供する。【解決手段】植物栽培装置1は、載置部20A,20B,20Cを有するラック2と、載置部に長さ方向が左右方向を向くようにかつ一端部から他端部に向かって底壁31に下り勾配が付くように載置され互いに並列に配置された複数の横樋状の栽培ベッド3と、各栽培ベッドの上方開口を覆うように各栽培ベッドの上部に着脱自在に配置されかつ複数の植付孔41が左右方向に間隔をおいて設けられた複数の定植パネル4と、培養液が収容されたタンク71、タンクからポンプ74によって各栽培ベッドの一端部内に培養液を供給する第１供給管72Aおよび各栽培ベッドの他端部から排出された培養液をタンクに戻す第１戻し管73Aを含む培養液循環ユニット7とを備えている。【選択図】図１
