Patent ID: 6634306
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: A01C,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of transplanting a plurality of seedlings simultaneously from an open bottom plant tray having a plurality of seedling receiving cells, the seedlings being transplanted to a plurality of transversely spaced apart rows in the ground; comprising the following:providing an open bottom plant tray having a plurality of seedling receiving cells with seedlings therein; providing a carrier which may be moved forwardly over the ground; providing a plurality of transversely spaced apart soil openers, one for every row which is to be planted, the soil openers creating seedling receiving openings in the ground; providing a support on the carrier for the open bottom seedling carrying plant tray, the support having a plurality of spaced apart openings, one for every row which is to be planted; indexing the open bottom plant tray relative to the support to cause a number of seedling containing cells in the plant tray to be placed over the spaced apart openings; and transporting the seedlings from said number of cells to the seedling receiving openings to simultaneously transplant a number of seedlings from a single tray to a number of spaced apart rows.