Patent ID: 8590583

Claim:
A potting apparatus comprising: a first conveyor being a belt having an upper surface suitable for receiving a pot thereon, said upper surface being devoid of any pot-receiving fixtures extending upwardly therefrom, said first conveyor having a loading end and a discharge end, said first conveyor following an entirely linear path from said loading end to said discharge end; a second conveyor suitable for receiving soil thereon, said second conveyor having an end positioned so as to deliver soil to the pot on the first conveyor; a drill positioned above said upper surface of said first conveyor, said drill being movable upwardly and downwardly relative to the pot on said first conveyor so as to form a hole in the soil in the pot; and a driving means cooperative with said first conveyor for moving said first conveyor in an indexing manner such that said first conveyor temporarily stops at a location directly below said drill.