Transplanter
A transplanter is an
seedlings to the field
. Transplanters greatly reduce time required to transplant seedlings compared to manual transplanting. Among the crops that are transplanted with transplanters are strawberries, vegetables, tomatoes, cabbages, tobacco and rice.
Semi-automatic mechanical transplanters are a common type, which can be self-propelled, or towed by a tractor at a low speed. A row of three to six operators feed seedlings from germination trays into hoppers which feed into the delivery mechanism.
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Five-row transplanter being towed by a Massey Ferguson 6265 tractor. -
Potato transplanter. -
Two-row disk transplanter. -
Nursery stock transplanter. -
Self-propelled transplanter.
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