PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide cultivation apparatus and cultivation methods which can suppress the salt accumulation in a culture-medium.SOLUTION: A cultivation apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention has a culture medium portion for adhering crops, a storage tank for storing a cultivation liquid, a liquid-sending portion which is placed between the culture medium portion and the storage tank and which supplies the cultivation liquid in the storage tank to the bottom portion of the culture medium portion by capillarity, a liquid surface sensor for detecting the decreased or increased cultivation liquid in the storage tank, and a cultivation liquid supply portion for supplying the cultivation liquid from upwards toward the culture medium portion when the liquid surface sensor detects the reduced cultivation liquid.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1【課題】培地部中の塩類集積を抑制できる栽培装置及び栽培方法を提供することを目的とする。【解決手段】本発明の一態様に係る栽培装置は、作物を着生させる培地部と、栽培液を貯留する貯留槽と、上記培地部及び上記貯留槽間に配設され、上記貯留槽内の栽培液を毛管現象により培地部の底部に供給する送液部と、上記貯留槽内の栽培液の減少及び増加を検出する液面センサと、上記液面センサが栽培液の減少を検出した際に、上記培地部に向かって上方から栽培液を供給する栽培液供給部とを備える。【選択図】図1
