PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide cultivation apparatus for growing a cultivation subject in a more proper condition.SOLUTION: Provided is a cultivation apparatus 20 using a cultivation plate having a placing portion 51 on which a cultivation subject P is placed, and a housing part 52 for housing a cultivation liquid which is supplied to the cultivation subject P, having a support portion 37 for supporting the placing portion 51, and a support portion 36 for supporting the housing portion 52, and further having a support mechanism for supporting a plurality of stages of the cultivation plates. The support mechanism has any one or more of the followings: a support portion in which the placing portion 51 and the housing portion 52 are arranged at a first interval in the predetermined stage and the placing portion 51 and the housing portion 52 are arranged at a second interval in the stage different from the predetermined stage； and a support portion in which the interval between the placing portion 51 and the housing portion 52 is changeable in the predetermined stage.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1【課題】栽培物をより適正な状態で育成する栽培装置を提供する。【解決手段】栽培物Ｐを載置する載置部５１と、栽培物Ｐに供する栽培液を収容する収容部５２とを有する栽培プレートを用いる栽培装置２０であって、載置部５１を支持する支持部３７と、収容部５２を支持する支持部３６とを有し、栽培プレートを複数段支持する支持機構、を備える。この支持機構は、所定段においては載置部５１と収容部５２とが第１間隔で配置され、所定段と異なる段では載置部５１と収容部５２とが第１間隔と異なる第２間隔で配置される支持部を有するか、所定段において載置部５１と収容部５２との間隔を変更可能な支持部を有するか、のうちいずれか１以上である。【選択図】図１
