Patent ID: 6698366
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: A01C

Abstract:
A field planting device adapted to pass along a ground furrow into which plants are to be sequentially placed during a planting operation, said device including:a plant receiving tube defining at least an upper portion of a tubular internal space adapted to receive and hold in an upright condition a plant to be planted, with a root mass plug of said plant in a lower portion of said space and foliage of said plant in the upper portion of the space, the space being partly defined by rear internal walls on laterally opposing sides of an upright rearwardly facing slot through which slot the plant passes when being ejected during a planting operation; and a plant eject mechanism including a pusher member actuated by a drive means, the pusher member adapted to engage both the foliage and the root mass plug of the plant when the pusher member is moved rearwardly and to eject the plant through the slot.