Automatic method and apparatus for transplanting crops

Details Automatic method and apparatus for transplanting crops Automatic method and apparatus for transplanting crops

1983-05-12

1986-10-14

Hafer, Robert A.

Planting

Drilling and broadcasting

Main and auxiliary frame machines

A01C 1100

Patent

active

046165789

ABSTRACT:
Automatic method and apparatus for transplanting crops includes a transplanting apparatus which receives trays of seedlings from a greenhouse and sequentially displaces the seedlings from the trays into selected crop rows via an automatic process. The method and apparatus utilizes a plurality of fluid dispensers mounted on the transplanting apparatus selectively operable for directing fluid against the ground to form a plurality of laterally spaced-apart plant-receiving cavities. The fluid dispensers are positioned in advance of a carriage which is provided on the apparatus for receiving a plurality of seedling trays. The carriage is provided with plant setters which are selectively operable for engaging selected seedlings in selected rows of the seedling trays and displacing them substantially vertically downwardly from a selected cell into a plant-receiving cavity.

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