PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cultivation apparatus in which the weight of a cultivation tank can be reduced, and plants in the cultivation tank can be easily substituted and rearranged.SOLUTION: The cultivation apparatus includes: the cultivation tank that has an accommodation chamber which is formed with a material undegradable by a medium for hydroponic cultivation of the plants, and in which a plurality of pots where the plant and the medium are accommodated are placed to adjoin mutually, an inlet for supplying a culture solution for cultivating the plant, and an outlet for discharging the surplus culture solution after flowing among the plurality of pots and a watering pipe that is installed in an upper part of the cultivation tank, and has a plurality of watering ports for watering the culture solution from the inlet to the medium in the plurality of pots, respectively.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】栽培槽を軽量化できるとともに栽培槽内の植物の取替え及び配置変更を容易にできる栽培装置を提供する。【解決手段】 植物を水耕栽培するための培地に対して非分解性の特性を有する材料で形成されるとともに植物と培地とが収容される複数のポットが互いに隣り合うように載置される収容室と、植物を培養するための培養液が供給される供給口と、複数のポットを流れた後の余剰の培養液が排出される排水口と、を有する栽培槽と、栽培槽の上部に配設され、供給口からの培養液を複数のポット内の培地に夫々灌水するための複数の灌水口を有する灌水管とを備えた栽培装置。【選択図】 図2