| 摘要 |
A field planting device 1 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 3 defining at least an upper portion of a tubular internal space 60 adapted to receive and hold in an upright condition a plant 8 to be planted, with a root mass plug 10 of said plant in a lower portion of said space 60 and foliage 9 of said plant in the upper portion of the space, the space being partly defined by rear internal walls 50 on laterally opposing sides of an upright rearwardly facing slot 18, 22 through which slot the plant passes when being ejected during a planting operation; and a plant pusher member 4 actuated by a drive means 12, the pusher member 4 adapted to engage both the foliage and the root mass plug of the plant 8 when the pusher member 5 is moved rearwardly and to eject the plant 8 through the slot 18,22.
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