PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cultivation apparatus with which a suitable moisture stress can be given stably to a crop, sufficient oxygen can be supplied to the roots of the crop to prevent the roots from being rotted at low cost, and the amount of required soil can be reduced compared with when soil cultivation is used.SOLUTION: The cultivation apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a culture medium part to which the crop is adhered； and a cultivation-liquid supply mechanism for supplying a cultivation liquid to the culture medium part. The culture medium part includes: a frame body； particles for filling the inside of the frame； and an area in which capillary action is used to supply the cultivation liquid to at least an intermediate part of a layer formed by the filling particles. The cultivation-liquid supply mechanism includes: a liquid storage part for storing the cultivation liquid； and a liquid feeding part arranged between the culture medium part and the liquid storage part. The liquid feeding part preferably feeds the cultivation liquid in the liquid storage part to the bottom of the particles filled in the culture medium part by capillary action. It is preferable that the cultivation apparatus includes a mechanism for regulating the water level or salinity concentration of the cultivation liquid in the liquid storage part. It is further preferable that the cultivation apparatus includes a temperature regulation mechanism for regulating the temperature of the cultivation liquid in the liquid storage part.COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】作物に安定的に適度な水分ストレスをかけることができると共に、低コストで作物の根部に十分な酸素を供給し根腐れを避けることができ、かつ土壌栽培に比べて土壌の使用量を低減できる栽培装置を提供する。【解決手段】本発明に係る栽培装置は、作物を着生させる培地部と、この培地部に栽培液を供給する栽培液供給機構とを備える栽培装置であって、上記培地部が、枠体と、この枠体内に充填される粒子と、この充填粒子の少なくとも中層部に毛管現象により栽培液が供給される領域とを有する。上記栽培液供給機構が、栽培液を貯留する貯留部と、上記培地部及び貯留部間に配設される送液部とを有し、上記送液部が、貯留部の栽培液を毛管現象により培地部内の粒子の底部に供給することが好ましい。上記貯留部内の栽培液の水位又は塩分濃度を調節する機構を備えるとよい。また、上記貯留部内の栽培液の温度を調節する温度調節機構を備えるとよい。【選択図】図１
