AUTOMATIC PLANTING APPARATUS.

摘要

An object of the present invention is to save labor by automating an operation for planting plant support blocks in holes in a hydroponic panel. As a means for achieving this object of the present invention, an automatic planting apparatus (10) is provided which is adapted to slice, by a block separating unit (25), l pieces of blocks (4) starting with a first row of blocks on a plant support sheet (3) on an auxiliary conveyor (13) at an n-1 pieces' interval, plant these blocks (4) by a block planting unit (39) in l pieces of holes (2) in a first row of holes in a panel (1) on a primary conveyor (11), feed the panel (1) forward by a distance corresponding to the pitch of the holes by a primary feeder (15) while slidingly moving the panel (1) laterally via the auxiliary conveyor (13) by a distance corresponding to the width of one block (4) by a sliding unit 17, and repeat similar block planting operations. <IMAGE>