PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cultivation device that automatically carries out watering and that can easily be made more compact.SOLUTION: The cultivation device comprises: a water supply tank that can accommodate cultivation liquid and that keep the interior thereof in an airtight state a pipe one end of which has an airtight connection with the bottom of the water supply tank and the other end of which is open downward a water storage tank which is disposed below the water supply tank, and retains cultivation liquid provided from the pipe, at the bottom thereof a bed which is provided at the bottom of the water storage tank and has at least an upper surface and side surfaces a sheet body which is provided along the upper surface and the side surfaces of the bed and draws the cultivation water in the water storage tank by capillary action and a support base which positions the water supply tank and the water storage tank. The height of the opening of the pipe is lower than the height of the upper surface of the bed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】自動的に灌水を行い、かつ容易に小型化できる栽培装置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、栽培液を内部に収容し、この内部を気密状態に保持可能な給水槽と、一端が上記給水槽の底部と気密に連結され、他端が下方に向けて開口するパイプと、上記給水槽の下方に配設され、上記パイプから供給された栽培液を底部に貯留する貯水槽と、上記貯水槽の底部に配設され、少なくとも上面及び側面を有する土台と、上記土台の上面及び側面に沿って配設され、上記貯水槽内の栽培液を毛管現象により揚水するシート体と、上記給水槽及び上記貯水槽を位置決めする支持台とを備え、上記パイプの上記開口の高さが上記土台の上面の高さより低い栽培装置である。【選択図】図2
