Method for interplanting grape and Polygonatum kingianum in photovoltaic (PV) power plant

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12302800-B2
Application number	US-202318224060-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 20, 2023
Priority date	Oct 17, 2022
Publication date	May 20, 2025
Grant date	May 20, 2025

Abstract

Provided is a method for interplanting grape and Polygonatum kingianum in a photovoltaic (PV) power plant. The method includes: building a grapevine traction frame which is higher in south and lower in north in a space formed by a plurality of PV modules in the PV power plant, the grapevine traction frame includes a plurality of uprights, a plurality of traction crossbars, a plurality of supporting bars and a wire mesh; making a grape ridge below the south of each PV module and planting grape seedlings; maintaining two branches for each of the grape seedlings in the same year of grape planting, and pulling the two branches along the traction crossbar located in south; pulling branches grown out of arm bud points southwards onto the wire mesh in the next year of grape planting; sowing and ploughing a green manure, making planting beds in a shade and planting Polygonatum kingianum.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for interplanting grape and Polygonatum kingianum in a photovoltaic (PV) power plant, wherein the PV power plant comprises a plurality of PV modules and the method comprises the following steps:
step S1, configuring a plurality of uprights in the PV power plant, each of the uprights being located in a space formed by the plurality of PV modules, wherein in a same space, a height of an upright at south of the PV modules is lower than a height of an upright at north of the PV modules, the height of the upright at south of the PV modules is 0.8-1.0 m, and the height of the upright at north of the PV modules is 1.8-2.2 m;
step S2, welding a traction crossbar between adjacent two of the uprights in an east-west direction, and welding a supporting bar between adjacent two of the uprights in a south-north direction; linking a plurality of iron wires between the supporting bars to form a wire mesh that is coplanar with the traction crossbar and is placed, higher in south and lower in north, wherein the traction crossbar is welded to the south upright at 1.6-2.0 m above the ground, to form a grapevine traction frame;
step S3, making a grape ridge at a bottom of a south side of each PV module, digging planting pits on the grape ridge and planting grape seedlings free of disease and insect and pest damage, wherein the grape ridge has a width of 1 m; the planting pits each have a size of 40 cm×40 cm×50 cm, and adjacent two of the grape seedlings free of disease and insect and pest damage are spaced by 1.8-2.4 m;
step S4, maintaining two branches for each of the grape seedlings free of disease and insect and pest damage and pulling the two branches along the traction crossbar below south of each PV module in a same calendar year of grape planting; pulling branches grown out from arm bud points southwards onto the wire mesh in a next calendar year of grape planting;
step S5, sowing a green manure on a plowing layer in the same calendar year of grape planting, and ploughing the green manure at growing season; and
step S6, in autumn of the calendar year after ploughing the green manure, making a planting bed below the grapevine traction frame and in a shade formed by each PV module, digging pits in the planting bed and planting Polygonatum kingianum with a row spacing of 30 cm×40 cm.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the PV modules comprises a PV panel and a PV bracket;
wherein the PV panel is mounted on the PV bracket; and
wherein the PV panel has a vertical height of not less than 2.5 m from a lowest edge thereof to the ground; the lowest edge is located south of the PV modules; a guiding gutter is further disposed in a place close to the lowest edge of the PV modules; the guiding gutter is communicated with a ditch in the south-north direction of the PV power plant, to guide rainwater intercepted by the PV panel into the ditch.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein prior to the step S1, the method further comprising the following steps:
ploughing land in the PV power plant until a depth of 30 cm, airing the land for 2-3 days, applying 4,000-5,000 kg of a farmyard manure and 40-60 kg of calcium superphosphate per 667 m 2 ; raking the land after rotary tillage as the plowing layer; and
mounting a drip irrigation system on a surface of the plowing layer and mounting a soil moisture monitoring probe in the plowing layer, wherein the soil moisture monitoring probe is connected to a data cloud platform and is configured to detect a soil moisture in the plowing layer, to obtain soil moisture information.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the drip irrigation system comprises a drip tape and a drip head; and the step of mounting a drip irrigation system on a surface of the plowing layer and mounting a soil moisture monitoring probe in the plowing layer comprises:
paving the drip tape in the space and below the plurality of PV modules in the east-west direction; and
embedding the soil moisture monitoring probe into soil below the south side of each PV module, between the PV modules, and just under a PV panel, separately;
wherein the soil moisture monitoring probe below the south side of each PV module has a depth of 40 cm, the soil moisture monitoring probe between the PV modules has a depth of 15 cm, and the soil moisture monitoring probe just under the PV panel has a depth of 15 cm.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of uprights are stainless steel tubes; adjacent two of the uprights at south of the PV modules have a spacing of 8-10 m; and adjacent two of the uprights at north of the PV modules have a spacing of 8-10 m.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a spacing between the supporting bars is 8-10 m; the step of linking a plurality of iron wires between the supporting bars to form a wire mesh that is coplanar with the traction crossbar and is placed, higher in south and lower in north comprises:
punching a plurality of holes on each of the supporting bars, and hanging iron wires on each of the holes to form a transmeridional wire array that is coplanar with the traction crossbar and is placed, higher in south and lower in north;
wherein a spacing between the iron wires is 40-50 cm.

7. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:
the wire mesh further comprising a shading net; fixing one side of the shading net onto the traction crossbar located in south, and collecting another side of the shading net into a metal tube, wherein the metal tube is capable of moving on the wire mesh in a south-north direction;
moving the metal tube northwards to unfold the shading net when grape branches are capable of shaping Polygonatum kingianum corresponding to each of the PV modules; and moving the metal tube southwards gradually to close up the shading net as grape branches are grown.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of digging planting pits on the grape ridge and planting grape seedlings free of disease and insect and pest damage comprises:
filling 1-2 kg of an organic compost into the planting pits and covering soil having a thickness of 5 cm, and placing the grape seedlings free of disease and insect and pest damage that are soaked into a rooting agent solution for half an hour into the planting pits and planting.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the green manure comprises Leguminosae and Cruciferous plants.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after planting of Polygonatum kingianum , the method further comprises:
covering a mixture of Cronartieae and Fagaceae leaves having a thickness of 10 cm, and watering thoroughly.

Assignees

• China Inst Water Resources & Hydropower Res

Inventors

• Luo Jiufu
• Sui Xin
• Luo Zhongxin
• Wu Sainan
• Luo Xiaolin

Classifications

• A01G25/167

  Control by humidity of the soil itself or of devices simulating soil or of the atmosphere; Soil humidity sensors · CPC title

• A01G25/165

  Cyclic operations, timing systems, timing valves, impulse operations · CPC title

• A01G25/02

  Watering arrangements located above the soil which make use of perforated pipe-lines or pipe-lines with dispensing fittings, e.g. for drip irrigation · CPC title

• A01C14/00

  Methods or apparatus for planting not provided for in other groups of this subclass · CPC title

• A01G22/05

  Fruit crops, e.g. strawberries, tomatoes or cucumbers · CPC title