Patent ID: 7497049
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
1. A planting board system for use in performing germination testing or planting within a flat for a predetermined type of seed, the planting board system comprising: a housing; a lower panel disposed in the housing, said lower panel having a plurality of apertures disposed within the lower panel in a predetermined, spaced apart relationship; an upper panel disposed within the housing, the upper panel at least partially overlapping the lower panel and being moveable within the housing relative to the lower panel between first and second positions, the upper panel having a plurality of apertures that coincide with respective apertures of the plurality of apertures in the lower panel when the upper panel is in the second position, wherein a bottom of the apertures of the upper panel are blocked by the lower panel when the upper panel is in the first position and where each blocked aperture of the plurality of apertures in the upper panel has a size that allows only one seed at a time of the seed type to fit into any one aperture of the plurality of apertures and wherein the upper panel has a seed reservoir that holds seed for the germination testing or planting in the flat.