Systems and methods utilizing an overhead plant training screen

Abstract

Examples of the present disclosure are related to systems and methods to redirect vertical growth of flowering plants. In embodiments, a portable growing system may redirect vertical growth of plants in a late vegetative stage and in an early flower stage. This may allow lower budding sites positioned within the portable growing system to receive substantially the same amount of light as higher budding sites positioned within the portable growing system.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A portable growing system for plants, the system comprising:
 a first screen;   vertical supports configured to support the first screen;   a plurality of slots positioned within the first screen configured to receive the vertical supports.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of slots includes a first end positioned proximal to a center of the first screen and a second end positioned proximal to a corner of the first screen. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the first ends of the slots have a smaller diameter than the second ends of the slots. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein each of the vertical supports includes a cap, the cap including a channel partitioning an upper portion and a lower portion of the cap, the channel having a smaller diameter than that of the slots, the upper portion, and lower portion. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the vertical supports are configured to slide within the slots. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a second screen positioned above the first screen.   
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the first screen and the second screen are formed of a mesh pattern, a sizing of the mesh pattern associated with the first screen being different than the mesh pattern associated with the second screen. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the plurality of slots positioned within the first screen form a first set of slots, and the second screen includes a second set of slots, wherein a shape associated with the first set of slots is different than a shape associated with the second set of slots. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein each of the vertical supports includes a cap, an upper surface of each of the caps having a hollow chamber configured to receive a coupling mechanism, wherein the coupling mechanisms are configured to extend through the second set of slots. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 channels within a base configured to receive a first end of the vertical supports, wherein the first ends are configured to slide within the channels.   
     
     
         11 . A method utilizing a portable growing system for plants, the method comprising:
 positioning a first screen;   coupling vertical supports the first screen via a plurality of slots positioned within the first screen.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein each of the plurality of slots includes a first end positioned proximal to a center of the first screen and a second end positioned proximal to a corner of the first screen. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the first ends of the slots have a smaller diameter than the second ends of the slots. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 positioning a cap on each of the vertical supports includes a cap, the cap including a channel partitioning an upper portion and a lower portion of the cap, the channel having a smaller diameter than that of the slots, the upper portion, and lower portion.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising:
 sliding the vertical supports within the slots.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 positioning a second screen above the first screen.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the first screen and the second screen are formed of a mesh pattern, a sizing of the mesh pattern associated with the first screen being different than the mesh pattern associated with the second screen. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the plurality of slots positioned within the first screen form a first set of slots, and the second screen includes a second set of slots, wherein a shape associated with the first set of slots is different than a shape associated with the second set of slots. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein each of the vertical supports includes a cap, an upper surface of each of the caps having a hollow chamber,
 positioning a coupling mechanism within each of the hollow chambers, wherein the coupling mechanisms are configured to extend through the second set of slots.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 sliding first ends of the vertical supports within channels on a base.