Patent ID: 7430971

Claim:
A grafted seedling producing apparatus comprising: loading portions which are provided with a seedling carry-in mechanism for sequentially transporting a tray of a large number of arranged seedlings, a grip hand for individually gripping stems of seedlings on the seedling carry-in mechanism, a cutter mechanism for individually cutting the stems of seedlings gripped by the grip hand, an alignment guide for aligning the seedlings to be transported by the grip hand, a roller for rotating seedlings in an alignment direction at the side of the seedling carry-in mechanism from the alignment guide, and a transport mechanism for moving the grip hand to the alignment guide; a retaining mechanism facing the alignment guide, and comprising an alignment member which regulates a direction to which the seedling leaf of a seedling gripped by the grip hand of the loading portions faces, and temporarily retains the seedling transported from the grip hand; and an attachment treatment portion for attaching seedlings delivered from the retaining mechanism.