| 摘要 |
<p>A seedling tray (100) for use in conjunction with automated transplanting apparatus to transplant the seedlings (200), comprising cells (110) for containing the growing medium, each cell (110) being partitioned off by a wall (121,122) and having its top and bottom left open. The wall (121,122) is sloped in such a way that the bottom of the cell (110) is narrower than the top. Besides, a plurality of fin-like members (130) in conjunction are used to support and prevent the growing medium from falling away from the cell (110). The fin-like members (130) are used to keep the growing of roots downwards so as to eliminate root binding of the seedlings (200). The provision of the bottom of the cell (110) being left open allows air-pruning to the roots of the seedlings (200). The seedling transplanting machine comprises a machine base having a platform (22) at the top and a rail (12) transversely disposed above platform (22) and reciprocated longitudinally, a sliding frame (51) placed on the platform (22) and reciprocated along the rail (12) to carry a seedling tray (100), a first transmission mechanism (1-6) controlled to move the sliding frame (51) along the rail (12), a second transmission mechanism (8-15) controlled to reciprocate the rail (12) longitudinally, and a seedling drop unit (19) controlled to draw seedlings (200) away from the tray (100) and then to plant the seedlings (200) in to soil. <IMAGE></p> |
