WO2006004315A1

WO2006004315A1 - Mat to cultivate sprouts and method to manufacture that

Info

Publication number: WO2006004315A1
Application number: PCT/KR2005/001253
Authority: WO
Inventors: Jung Pil Koo
Original assignee: Jung Pil Koo
Priority date: 2004-05-03
Filing date: 2005-04-29
Publication date: 2006-01-12
Also published as: KR100574618B1; KR20050105829A

Abstract

Disclosed herein are a mat (1) for use in cultivating sprouts, which allows eatable sprouts to be easily cultivated in not only farmland but also homes or offices and which is manufactured by mixing the seeds (2), with a soil covering material (5), attaching the mixture to a cultivation medium having water absorbing ability by a natural adhesive (4), and covering the medium with a cover (5) made of a natural material, as well as a manufacturing method thereof. The srpout cultivation mat (1) comprises: seeds (2); a medium (3) made of either cotton wool with water retention ability or cotton fibers with pores; a multifonctional organic adhesive serving to fix the seeds to the medium. A soil covering material (5) attached to the medium by the adhesive and having the seeds buried therein, the soil covering material (5) being used for soil covering, sprouting, rooting, the storage of water, the continous supply of water and the supply of health promotion materials; and a cover (3) attached on the soil covering material adhesive.

Description

MAT TO CULTIVATE SPROUTS AND METHOD TO MANUFACTURE THAT

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a mat for use in cultivating sprouts and a manufacturing method thereof, and more particularly, to a cultivation mat which allows eatable sprouts to be easily cultivated in not only farmland but also homes or offices and which is manufactured by mixing the seeds of various vegetables whose sprouts are eatable, with a soil covering material, attaching the mixture to a cultivation medium having water absorbing ability by a natural adhesive having various functionalities, and covering the medium with a cover made of a natural material.

Background Art

As well known, sprouts are crops whose young buds and stems are eatable, and as these sprouts are rich in various enzymes, vitamins and minerals, the demand thereof gradually increases.

Since the sprouts are closely cultivated and mechanically harvested, they are generally not cultivated in soil and are cultivated by the use of a solid culture medium or by hydroponic culture, such as water culture or coating culture. However, in the case of water culture, initial equipment cost is expensive, and technical knowledge for the composition of a nutrient solution and a system requiring precise operation ability is required. Also, sprouts are grown in one system, and thus, upon the development of blight or the misoperation of the system, the total area tends to be influenced so that the extent of damage can be increased.

Although there is also the case where nonexperts perform medium culture in the veranda or indoor space of homes or offices, preparations, such as seeds, medium, nutrient solution, vessels, and water sprayers, are extensive so as to require many costs to purchase these preparations. Particularly, in the culture process, there is complicated work where watering should be necessarily performed at least two times daily, and thus, the culture is frequently abandoned in a little time after the start of the culture. Also, since soil covering is performed on the seeds, growing sprouts are unavoidably stuck with the soil covering material, thus making the harvest of the sprouts. For edible use, the harvested sprouts need to be washed several times. Accordingly, it feels very difficult to cultivate the sprouts in homes.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention has been made in view of these points, and it is an object of the present invention is to provide a mat for use in cultivating sprouts, which requires only one-time watering up to sprouting, allows a significant reduction in the number of watering operations after sprouting, prevents buds and stems from being stuck with a soil covering material so as to make harvest easy, and makes washing unnecessary so as to allow any nonexperts to easily cultivate sprouts in general homes or offices and to allow farmers to easily cultivate sprouts in vinyl houses, the mat comprising: a medium made of either cotton wool allowing a reduction in the number of watering operations by excellent water retention ability or cotton fibers with pores; a multifunctional organic adhesive serving to fix seeds and additives to the medium while imparting several functionalities to seeds; a soil covering material attached to the medium by the multifunctional organic adhesive and having seeds buried therein, the soil covering material being used for soil covering, sprouting, rooting, water storage, the continuous supply of water to seeds, and the supply of health promotion materials to seeds; and a cover attached on the soil covering material, the cover acting to inhibit water evaporation during a sprouting period, promote sprouting by light blockage and prevent damages by blight and insects. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mat 1 for the cultivation of sprouts according to the present invention comprises: the seeds 2; the medium 3 made of either cotton wool with water retention ability or cotton fibers with pores; the multifunctional organic adhesive 4 serving to fix the seeds 2 to the medium 3 while imparting various functionalities to the seeds 2; the soil covering material 5 attached to the medium 3 by the multifunctional organic adhesive 4 and having the seeds buried therein, the soil covering material being used for soil covering, sprouting, rooting, the storage of water, the continuous supply of water and the supply of health promotion materials; and the cover 6 attached on the soil covering material 5 by the multifunctional organic adhesive 4, the cover serving to inhibit the evaporation of water during the sprouting period, promote sprouting by light blockage and prevent damages by blight and insects.

The multifunctional organic adhesive 4 is prepared by mixing at least one selected from starch, wheat powder and glutinous powder with at least two selected from liquid or finely powdered selenium, zinc, chitosan, clay, humic acid, germanium, quartz porphyry, liquid seaweed, gelatin, and pyroligneous liquid, at the same weight, inoculating the mixture with effective microorganisms so as to ferment the mixture, boiling the fermented mixture to a liquid phase, and adding an inorganic liquid fertilizer to the boiled mixture. The soil covering material 5 is obtained by mixing at least two selected from granular zeolite, charcoal, activated carbon, quartz porphyry, vermiculite and germanium, at the same weight. The cover 6 is obtained by mixing at least one selected from natural dye indigo plant, gardenia seeds, safflower, grapes, charcoal, and loess with at least one selected from thyme, an insect- repelling herb, geranium, sage, rosemary, peppermint, and pennyroyal mint, and spraying the mixture on the surface of at least one selected from cotton wool, cotton fibers and hemp fibers so as to adsorb the dye and the fragrance into the mixture.

Although this sprout cultivation mat 1 may be packaged and marketed as it is, it is preferable to fill the separate cultivation vessel 7 with the sprout cultivation soil 8, place the sprout cultivation mat 1 on the sprout cultivation soil 8 and package and market the resulting structure.

In manufacturing the sprout cultivation mat 1, the medium made of either cotton wool or cotton fibers with pores is first cut into a given size according to the size of the cultivation vessel 7. Meanwhile, a liquid obtained by mixing at least one selected from natural dye indigo plant, gardenia seeds, safflower, grapes, charcoal, and loess with at least one selected from thyme, an insect-repelling herb, geranium, sage, rosemary, peppermint, and pennyroyal mint, is sprayed on the surface of at least one selected from cotton wool, cotton fibers and hemp fibers so as to adsorb the dye and the fragrance into the cotton, thus preparing the cover 6. The prepared cover is cut into the same size as that of the medium 3.

Also, at least one selected from starch, wheat powder and glutinous powder is mixed with at least two selected from liquid or finely powdered selenium, zinc, chitosan, clay, humic acid, germanium, quartz porphyry, liquid seaweed, gelatin, and pyroligneous liquid, at the same weight. The mixture is inoculated with microorganisms, such as yeast, lactic ferments, photosynthetic bacteria, and native effective microorganisms, and the inoculated mixture is aerobically fermented. The fermented mixture is boiled to a gel phase, to which an inorganic liquid fertilizer is added so as to prepare the multifunctional organic adhesive 4. Then, the cut medium is sprayed and coated with the prepared multifunctional organic adhesive 4 while moving on a belt conveyer.

Also, at least two selected from granular zeolite, charcoal, activated carbon, quartz porphyry, vermiculite and germanium are mixed with each other at the same weight so as to prepare the soil covering material. The prepared soil covering material 5 is mixed with the seeds, and the mixture is sprayed and attached on the multifunctional organic adhesive 4 by means of, for example, a rotating roller.

The mixture of the seeds 2 and the soil covering material 5 is sprayed again with the multifunctional organic adhesive 4 and passed through a compressor so as to compress the product. The compressed product is dried with ambient temperature air, followed by low-temperature sterilization and packaging.

The inventive sprout cultivation mat having this structure has the following actions.

First, the cotton wool or cotton fiber with pores, which form the medium 3, is a natural materials and most suitable as a cultivation soil due to excellent water retention and very slow decomposition rate despite the fact that it is an organic material. Once watered, the cotton wool or the cotton fiber with pores absorbs sufficient water and continuously supplies water to the seeds 2 up to sprouting, and thus, serves to eliminate a need for frequent watering.

Also, the multifunctional organic adhesive 4 coated on each of the medium 3 and the soil covering material is composed of a flexible gel phase and serves to attach the seeds 2 to the soil covering material 5, the cover 6 and the like. Since the adhesive is coated on the upper and lower positions with respect to the seeds 2, it coats the seeds 2 while providing various nutrients contained therein to the seeds 2. The actions of various materials contained in the multifunctional organic adhesive 4 will now be described.

If selenium absorbed and stored in crops is ingested, it will produce methylselenocystein among organic selenium species, anticancer and antioxidative substances which are easily absorbed in vivo and have high efficacy. Despite the fact that zinc is an immune-boosting substance, the intake thereof lacks due to a recent change in dietary life. If zinc is absorbed and accumulated in crops, it can be absorbed in vivo by food. Chitosan is a substance inhibiting the development of harmful microorganisms and having antioxidative activity. Humic acid acts to promote the proliferation of effective microorganisms, and germanium is an anticancer and antioxidative substance. Quartz porphyry emits far infrared light and anions and has various mineral components, and thus, it acts to promote rooting and sprouting and prevent decomposition. Seaweed liquor is an extract of seaweed fusiforme, laver, green layer, brown seaweed, sea tangle and the like, and supplies various nutrients. Gelatin acts to increase adsorption and the water absorption of the seeds, and pyroligneous liquid acts to sterilize, increase the absorption of nutrients and promote sprouting and rooting.

The soil covering material 5 attached to the medium by the multifunctional organic adhesive 4 emits anions, far infrared light, and various minerals so as to act to prevent the blight of crops, prevent the decomposition of the medium and water, promote various synthesis processes in crops, and purify indoor air. Zeolite contained in the soil covering material 5 is excellent in fertilizer retention and water retention abilities, has mineral components, such as calcium and magnesium useful for crops, and prevents the decomposition of the medium. Quartz porphyry contains many microelements, including germanium, and has the ability to prevent decomposition. Charcoal and activated charcoal is excellent not only in water retention, air ventilation and water permeation characteristics but also in the ability to prevent the decomposition of the medium. Vermiculite is excellent in air ventilation and water retention and low in specific gravity. At least two granular materials selected from the above-described materials are uniformly mixed with the seeds 2 at a suitable ratio depending on crops, and the mixture is sprayed on the medium by means of a rotating roller while attaching to the medium 3. Also, the cover 6 attached on the soil covering material by the multifunctional organic adhesive 4 is made of either cotton wool harmless to crops or natural fibers, such as cotton fibers or hemp fibers. During the sprouting period, the cover 6 promotes sprouting by supplying sufficient water to the seeds 2, inhibiting the evaporation of water and blocking light. It is dyed in black, blue, green, yellow, red, gray colors, etc., with natural dye indigo plant, gardenia seeds, safflower, grapes, charcoal, and loess, so that it is effective in blocking light may also have a characteristic color depending on crops so as to allow the kind of crops to be easily identified in a market process. Also, the cover 6 contains an extract from thyme, an insect-repelling herb, geranium, sage, rosemary, peppermint, and pennyroyal mint so that it can prevent mosquitoes or plant louses, which can become the most serious problem, and also it emits a sweet fragrance.

A process for cultivating sprouts using the sprout cultivation mat 1 will now be described. First, the cultivation soil is filled in the cultivation vessel of a given size, and the sprout cultivation mat 1 is placed on the filled cultivation soil and then sufficiently watered. At this time, the medium 2 made of cotton wool or cotton fibers with pores and the cover 6 made of cotton wool or natural fibers absorb water and slowly supply water to the seeds 2. Thus, during a sprouting period of about 2-4 days after seeding, the mat 1 does not need to be separately watered, and at 3-5 days after sprouting, the densely sowed seeds 2 simultaneously grow to a height of 2-5 cm upward from the surface of the medium 3 while naturally pushing out the cover 6 placed thereon. If the cover 6 which have completely performed functions to cover soil, block light and supply water is slowly taken off starting from one end, the grown sprouts can receive light so that they can more strongly grow. Among the seeds 2 sowed on the medium 3, poor seeds infected with diseases or showing low growth do not sprout or normally root in the medium, but are separated from the medium and stuck to the lower surface of the cover 6. The stuck poor seeds are removed together with the removal of the cover 6, so that the contamination and blight development of the medium can be prevented and at the same time, very clean sprouts can be cultivated.

After the removal of the cover, the water evaporation of the medium 3 is not interfered with and the air ventilation becomes good so that the underground growth of sprouts is promoted. Even at the growth period, the medium 3 made of cotton wool or cotton fibers with pores slowly discharges absorbed water, and thus, watering may be performed one time daily so as to make the cultivation process very convenient. In addition, water is sufficiently supplied to the shell of the seeds 2 during the sprouting period, and thus, the shells are well swollen and easily naturally removed from the seeds and at the same time, stuck to the lower surface of the cover 6. Upon the removal of the cover 6, the stuck shells are removed together with the poor seeds, so that post-washing operations become very convenient and a possibility for the shells of the seeds 2 remained in the medium 3 to propagate virus can be greatly reduced.

In the harvest of completely grown sprouts, the sprouts all rise upon the removal of the medium 3 since the sprouts and the medium 3 are matted. Each of the sprouts is pulled up from the medium 3, or the stems of the sprouts on the surface of the medium 3 are cut out, and the harvested sprouts are washed. Since the soil covering material 5 of the cultivation mat 1 according to the present invention is a granular functional material but not a general cultivation soil, the sprouts are not stuck with the soil covering material upon the growth thereof, so that post-harvest washing operations can be performed in a very convenient manner, and washing operations do not need to be performed several times so as to reduce a possibility for young buds and stems to be damaged. Also, upon the growth of the sprouts, they can absorb various functional substances contained in the soil covering material 5 and the multifunctional organic adhesive 4 so that health can be promoted even only by eating the sprouts.

The sprout cultivation mat 1 allows the sprouts to be cultivated in general homes or offices even by nonexperts, and enables experts to cultivate the sprouts in a place requiring low equipment cost, such as a vinyl house, in a convenient manner.

Brief Description of Drawings

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the sprout cultivation mat according to the present invention. FIG. 2 shows the use condition of the sprout cultivation mat according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing a method for manufacturing the sprout cultivation mat according to the present invention.

Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

Hereinafter, various examples showing the cultivation of sprouts by the use of the sprout cultivation mat 1 according to the present invention will be described. Example 1

A mat for cultivating Broccoli sprouts, which allows large- city residents to harvest the sprouts in a small space within 7- 10 days was manufactured in the following manner.

1. Cotton wool with a thickness of 5 mm was purchased and cut into a size of a 12 cm width x a 5 m length.

2. The medium made of cotton wool was allowed to move a conveyer belt at a constant speed while uniformly spraying with the multifunctional organic adhesive 4 stored in a large-sized storage tube disposed above the conveyer belt. Just following this, a mixture of the seeds 2 and the soil covering material 5 contained in a large-sized hopper disposed above the conveyer belt uniformly spread on the upper surface of the multifunctional organic adhesive 4 by the use of a rotating roller. 3. While the medium was continued to transfer in a state where the seeds 2 and the soil covering material 5 were attached thereto, the multifunctional organic adhesive 4 stored in the storage tube was lightly sprayed on the seeds 2 and the soil covering material 5. The cover 6 cut into the same size as the medium 3 was allowed to agree with the upper surface of the medium sprayed with the seeds 2 and the soil covering material 5, by the use of an apparatus for obliquely providing the cover 6. Then, the medium and the cover 6 were allowed to pass through compression rollers disposed at the end of the conveyer belt so as to integrate the cover 6, the seeds 2, the soil covering material 5 and the medium 3 by the multifunctional organic adhesive 3 interposed therebetween.

4. As the product was passed through a drying belt where the water of the multifunctional organic adhesive 4 was dried with ambient temperature air, it was cut an automatic cutter into a length of 27 cm corresponding to the size of the cultivation vessel, and placed in a transparent vinyl package, thus manufacturing the cultivation mat 1.

5. The commercially available cultivation soil 8 was placed in the cultivation vessel 7 in a thickness of 7 cm, and the cultivation mat 1 according to the present invention was placed on the cultivation soil 8 and watered to a water content of about 50 vol%. Then, the cultivation vessel was put aside the window of an office, and the seeds sprouted at 2 days after seeding without any watering and developed seed leaves at 5 days after seeding and at the same time, grew about 2 cm on the ground while the cover 6 was lifted up and thus removed starting from one end.

6. The water content of the medium 3 was shown to slightly lack, and thus, water was sprayed on the crops. As a result, at about 8 days after seeding, the crops grew about 6 cm on the ground.

7. The end of the medium 3 was held with hand and slowly lifted up and as a result, the medium 3 and the sprouts were all lifted up. When the sprouts were taken up with hand, roots in the medium 3 and the cultivation soil 8 were taken out while rootlets in the cultivation soil 8 were substantially removed through the medium 3 and the soil stuck to the primary root was also substantially removed, indicating that the sprouts were harvested in a very clean state.

8. The end of the stem of the harvested vegetables was cut, lightly washed and eaten with soy sauce. As a result, the taste of the vegetables was very fresh. Example 2

In the present invention, radish sprouts for delivery to large-sized restaurants and discount stores were cultivated in a vinyl house having an area of 30 pyung (1 pyung = 3.3 m²) in the following manner. 1. The cultivation mats 1 with a size of 30 x 60 cm corresponding to a nursery box were purchased and placed in the nursery box without the use of any cultivation soil. Then, the nursery boxes containing the cultivations mats 1 were watered by an automatic sprayer and arranged on a 10-stage shelf. In the prior art, much manpower and time are required for medium placement, seeding and soil covering, but in the present invention, only watering operations were performed, and thus, labor cost was reduced to 1/3.

2. At 3 days after seeding, the seeds sprouted, the cover 6 was pulled up, and the mats 1 were watered with a sprayer one time daily. Within 6 days after seeding, the crops uniformly grew about 6 cm on the ground. Particularly, in the prior art, soil covering was performed with general bed soil and there was a hard time removing the fine powder of the cultivation soil which has stuck to seed leaves while the seed leaves have come out from the cultivation soil, and water was dried in a moment and thus watering was performed about two times daily. However, in the present invention, the medium 3 made of cotton wool was very much watered, and as a result, did not need to be watered for 3 days.

3. The cultivation mats 1 were allowed to move on a conveyer belt while spraying and washing the sprouts with clean water. Then, the sprouts were automatically cut, placed in vinyl packs and transported. In the prior art, sprouts were not produced in mats and thus, the harvest thereof was performed humanly but not mechanically, but in the present invention, the medium 3 made of cotton wool acted as a solid mat, and many rootlets became stronger with growing in the medium 3, so that the harvest of the sprouts could be easily performed with simple equipment.

4. A company which has purchased the sprouts asked to analyze the contents of harmful components and selenium. As a result, the company was said that the sprouts contained no harmful components, had a very high selenium content and very clean, and thus, the response of consumers to the sprouts was very good. At the same time, the company marked up the delivery price of the sprouts and increased the order quantity of the sprouts.

5. Watermelons and melons were transplanted on a field, and the medium 3 and the cover 6 remaining after use were placed around the seedlings. As a result, the plants much better resisted drought, and the development of weeds around the plants was greatly inhibited. Example 3

In the present invention, radish sprouts, Chinese cabbage sprouts and beet sprouts were simultaneously cultivated in the apartment veranda.

1. A pot with no hole for drainage, which corresponds to the size of the inventive cultivation mat, was purchased, and the compressed cultivation soil 8 was filled in the lower portion of the cultivation vessel 7 and sufficiently watered injected so as to be swollen. The upper surface of the cultivation soil was made even, on which the cultivation mat 1 according to the present invention was placed and it evenly absorbed water within 1-2 minutes. Then, the cultivation vessel was placed on a veranda.

2. At about 5 days after the start of the cultivation, the cover 6 was removed and at 10 days, the sprouts were harvested. Bibimbap was prepared using the harvested sprouts as a main material and eaten. The eaten sprouts were fresh in taste and well digested.

3. In the prior art, seeds, vessels and media were separately purchased from nursery stores in order to cultivate sprouts, and various operations were performed resulting in troublesomeness. Also, the operations tended to fail in any moment, and the remaining seeds did not often sprout. Also, due to the cultivation soil, dust often occurred or a place around the pot became dirty. Thus, the cultivation of sprouts was stopped in the initial stage. On the other hand, when the cultivation mat 1 according to the present invention was placed in the cultivation vessel 7 and then watered according to the instruction for use, the sprouts well grew and the harvest thereof was very easy. 4. In the winter season where the temperature of the veranda was decreased to less than 10 ⁰C so that the sprouts were not well grown, the cultivation was performed aside the window of the inner room. At first, there was an anxiety lest the sprouts should well grow owing to lack of light, but the sprouts slightly outgrew. Nevertheless, for radish sprouts, particular hot taste was reduced and the taste thereof was better. Other crops were the same as the radish sprouts.

5. In the winter season where ventilation was not frequently made so that indoor air was impure and dry, I have suffered from xernderma or a cold. However, the sprouts were cultivated in about 10 vessels in the inner room, and as a result, the room humidity became suitable and the room air became fresh, so that I could pass the winter in good health. I eaten rice food mixed with at least five kinds of the vegetables in one meal a day and as a result, constipation and fatigue have passed, so that I could live a happy life.

Industrial Applicability

As described above, the present invention provides the cultivation mat containing seeds and various functional substances. Thus, since one cultivation mat product includes various operations for the cultivation of sprouts, a user can complete the cultivation only by the supply of a suitable amount of water, indicating that the use of the cultivation mat is very convenient. Also, since soil stuck to roots and rootlets are almost completely removed through the medium, the cultivation mat allows clean harvest of sprouts and makes the washing operations simple, thus preventing the damage of tender sprouts. Also, since the cultivation mat prevents the decomposition of water and the cultivation soil by the functional substances, it allows the cultivation of the sprouts in a vessel with no holes for drainage, thus making it possible to maintain the surrounding environment clean. Moreover, the cultivation mat allows the sprouts to absorb anticancer and antioxidative substances and various minerals beneficial for the human body, the ingestion of the sprouts can contribute to the promotion of health.

Furthermore, when the sprouts are cultivated in the room, they can act to purify and humidify the room temperature so as to the room environment pleasant. Also, all the materials used in the cultivation mat are natural materials, and thus, do not cause the environmental contamination. All the materials after use can be recycled, and expert farmers can cultivate the sprouts in the existing vinyl house at low cost without the investment of initial equipment cost. The cultivation mat also allows the consumer price of the sprouts to be greatly reduced so that it can be advantageous for all consumers and producers. Also, unlike the existing circumstances where it is difficult to obtain an income due to the characteristic of the sprouts difficult to maintain the freshness, the cultivation mat can provide the sprouts at low cost in a fresh state. Also, the cultivation mat allows the cultivation of the sprouts even in a very small space, thus allowing sufficient daily intake of various sprouts. In addition, the cultivation mat allows the development of a healthy interest for experiencing the mystery of life while building emotion, and can reduce stress caused in complicated city life.

Claims

What Is Claimed Is:

1. A mat for use in cultivating of sprouts, comprising: seeds 2; a medium 3 made of either cotton wool with water retention ability or cotton fibers with pores; a multifunctional organic adhesive 4 serving to fix the seeds 2 to the medium 3 while imparting various functionalities to the seeds 2; a soil covering material 5 attached to the medium 3 by the multifunctional organic adhesive 4 and having the seeds buried therein, the soil covering material being used for soil covering, sprouting, rooting, the storage of water, the continuous supply of water and the supply of health promotion materials; and a cover 6 attached on the soil covering material 5 by the multifunctional organic adhesive 4, the cover acting to inhibit the evaporation of water during the sprouting period, promote sprouting by light blockage and prevent damages by blight and insects.

2. The mat of Claim 1, wherein the multifunctional organic adhesive 4 is prepared by mixing at least one selected from starch, wheat powder and glutinous powder with at least two selected from liquid or finely powdered selenium, zinc, chitosan, clay, humic acid, germanium, quartz porphyry, liquid seaweed, gelatin, and pyroligneous liquid, at the same weight, inoculating the mixture with effective microorganisms so as to ferment the mixture, boiling the fermented mixture to a liquid phase, and adding an inorganic liquid fertilizer to the boiled mixture.

3. The mat of Claim 1, wherein the soil covering material 5 is obtained by mixing at least two selected from granular zeolite, charcoal, activated carbon, quartz porphyry, vermiculite and germanium, at the same weight.

4. The mat of Claim 1, wherein the cover 6 is obtained by mixing at least one selected from natural dye indigo plant, gardenia seeds, safflower, grapes, charcoal, and loess with at least one selected from thyme, an insect-repelling herb, geranium, sage, rosemary, peppermint, and pennyroyal mint, and spraying the mixture on the surface of at least one selected from cotton wool, cotton fibers and hemp fibers so as to adsorb the dye and the fragrance into the mixture.

5. A method for manufacturing a mat for use in cultivating sprouts, the method comprising the steps of: cutting a medium 3 made of cotton wool or cotton fiber with pores into a given size according to the size of a cultivation vessel 7; mixing at least one selected from natural dye indigo plant, gardenia seeds, safflower, grapes, charcoal, and loess with at least one selected from thyme, an insect-repelling herb, geranium, sage, rosemary, peppermint, and pennyroyal mint, so as to prepare a liquid mixture, spraying the liquid mixture on the surface of at least one selected from cotton wool, cotton fibers and hemp fibers to allow the dye and the fragrance to be adsorbed so as to prepare a cover 6, and cutting the cover 6 into the same size as that of the medium 3; mixing at least one selected from starch, wheat powder and glutinous powder with at least two selected from liquid or finely powdered selenium, zinc, chitosan, clay, humic acid, germanium, quartz porphyry, liquid seaweed, gelatin, and pyroligneous liquid, at the same weight, inoculating the mixture with effective microorganisms, aerobically fermenting the mixture, boiling the fermented mixture to a liquid phase, and adding an inorganic liquid fertilizer to the boiled mixture, so as to prepare the multifunctional organic adhesive 4; moving the cut medium 3 on a conveyer belt while spraying the prepared multifunctional adhesive 4 on the moving medium; mixing at least two selected from granular zeolite, charcoal, activated carbon, quartz porphyry, vermiculite and germanium, at the same weight, to prepare the soil covering material 5, mixing the prepared soil covering material 5 with the seeds, and spraying the mixture of the soil covering material 5 and the seeds on the multifunctional organic adhesive 4; and spraying the multifunctional organic adhesive 4 on the mixture of the seeds 2 and the soil covering material 5, covering the sprayed layer with the prepared cover 6, and compressing the product by passage through a compressor; and drying the compressed product with ambient temperature air, followed by low-temperature sterilization and packaging.