Patent ID: 8887438

Claim:
Method for automatically transferring plant material, comprising of providing plant material in a number of cells in a container having only a single row of cells, wherein each cell of the number of cells defines a plant position and has at least a wall, wherein at least the wall is formed from biodegradable material, and transferring the cell with the wall to a larger cell which defines a plant position and which is formed by at least one wall, and, prior to transferring, automatically gripping a single cell with plant material and an adjacent cell from a lateral direction with a horizontal arm before breaking a connection between the single cell and the adjacent cell, wherein the transferring comprises automatically gripping said single cell with a horizontally and vertically displaceable transfer unit, displacing the single cell with plant material in a horizontal direction substantially perpendicular to the single row of cells, placing the single cell with plant material in the larger cell and releasing the single cell with plant material.