Method and device for picking up seedling from seedling tray

摘要

A method and a device for picking up seedlings from a seedling tray (T) is capable of certainly pick-up the seedling by accurately arranging seedling storage cells (Ta) in opposition to seedling pushing rods (60) irrespective of transporting attitude of the seedling tray. In the method, the seedling tray formed with a plurality of seedling storage cells is positioned at a predetermined position by means of tray positioning rods (51), and the seedling pushing rods are inserted into respective of the seedling storage cells with maintaining the positioned condition. The device implementing the method includes the tray positioning rods for positioning the seedling tray at the predetermined position and the seedling pushing rods performing inserting operation for respective seedling storage cells with maintaining the positioned condition of the seedling tray by the tray positioning rods.