A device for inserting artificial grass strands in the ground is described herein. In some embodiments, the device may comprise a frame, a plurality of spools with artificial grass strands wound thereon, a drum rotatably mounted on the frame and having clamps that rotate with the drum. The clamps may hold artificial grass strands and may rotate with rotation of the drum, a cutting device may cut the grass strands, and an insertion device may insert the grass strands into the ground via use of insertion pins.

A device for inserting artificial grass strands in the ground is described herein. In some embodiments, the device may comprise a frame, a plurality of spools with artificial grass strands wound thereon, a drum rotatably mounted on the frame and having clamps that rotate with the drum. The clamps may hold artificial grass strands and may rotate with rotation of the drum, a cutting device may cut the grass strands, and an insertion device may insert the grass strands into the ground via use of insertion pins.

A sapling tray handling system for a transplanter comprising a track, a plurality of sapling trays, and a drive mechanism. The track is in the form of rectangular loop having four corners and four sides. The sapling trays are configured to traverse the track. The drive mechanism propels the plurality of sapling trays. Each corner of the rectangular track is configured to secure a sapling tray. The drive mechanism comprises four actuators with each actuator positioned at one of the four corners. Each actuator is configured to propel the sapling tray secured at the respective corner.

A sapling gripping head for a transplanter. The sapling gripping head is attached to sapling retrieval apparatus and comprises a support frame and a sliding frame, slidably coupled to each other. A plurality of gripping units are placed along the length of the gripping head. Each of the gripping units comprises of a first fork and a second fork. An actuation mechanism is provided to actuate the gripping head. Each of the first forks is attached to the support frame and each of the second forks is attached to the sliding frame. The sliding frame is configured to slide relative to the support frame via the actuation mechanism.

A device for inserting artificial grass strand parts in the ground comprises at least one drum mounted on a frame for rotation about a substantially horizontal axis. The drum receives a plurality of artificial grass strands unwound from a plurality of spools. The drum comprises a plurality of clamps which hold an artificial grass strand part between a front clamp and a rear clamp, viewed in the direction of rotation, which allow the artificial grass strand parts to rotate with the drum. At least one cutting device cuts the clamped artificial grass strand parts from the rest of the respective artificial grass strands. The drum rotates the series of artificial grass strand parts to below an insertion device which inserts the artificial grass strand parts into the ground.

A device for inserting artificial grass strand parts in the ground comprises at least one drum mounted on a frame for rotation about a substantially horizontal axis. The drum receives a plurality of artificial grass strands unwound from a plurality of spools. The drum comprises a plurality of clamps which hold an artificial grass strand part between a front clamp and a rear clamp, viewed in the direction of rotation, which allow the artificial grass strand parts to rotate with the drum. At least one cutting device cuts the clamped artificial grass strand parts from the rest of the respective artificial grass strands. The drum rotates the series of artificial grass strand parts to below an insertion device which inserts the artificial grass strand parts into the ground.

The present invention belongs to the autonomous and precision agriculture sector, and refers, more specifically, to a system for seedling planting machines with a focus on reforestation and forestry (silviculture) for mechanized planting, in areas of installation, renovation and/or recovery of degraded areas with minimal impact on the environment, self-propelled, which plants from 1,800 to 3,600 seedlings per hour, in a sliding and continuous system, with water or gel irrigation, guaranteeing the quality of planting with an intelligent system, which checks each seedling, evaluating whether there has been drowning of the collection, exposure of the substrate, if the seedling is inclined, indicating even if the seedling was not planted and where it happened, generating a planting map (KML) with the GPS position of each seedling.

There is provided a plant-transplanting device that, with a simple structure and at a low cost, realizes speedy and stable transplantation, prevents damage to a plant, and is easily automated. A plant-transplanting device 100 that transplants a seedbed B from a plant holder 110 to a cultivation pallet 120 includes a holder retaining mechanism 130, a pallet retaining mechanism 140 for retaining the cultivation pallet 120 below a holder retaining position of the holder retaining mechanism 130, and a lowering mechanism 150 for lowering the seedbed B retained by a holder seedbed retaining part 111 downward and inserting the seedbed B into a pallet seedbed retaining part 121.

The present invention relates to a method for cultivating sugar cane comprising removing buds together with meristematic tissue from the stalk of a 6 to 18 months old sugar cane plant, treating the buds with at least one fungicide and/or at least one insecticide and/or at least one nematicide and/or at least one growth regulator and/or at least one rooting enabler and/or growth-promoting bacteria, planting these buds in a growth medium, growing seedlings from the buds at a temperature of at least 15 C., and 10 to 120 days after planting the buds, planting the seedlings grown from the buds to the field if the growth medium is not a field, or, in case the growth medium is a field, exposing the seedlings obtained from the buds to ambient conditions.

The present invention relates to a method for cultivating sugar cane comprising removing buds together with meristematic tissue from the stalk of a 6 to 18 months old sugar cane plant, treating the buds with at least one fungicide and/or at least one insecticide and/or at least one nematicide and/or at least one growth regulator and/or at least one rooting enabler and/or growth-promoting bacteria, planting these buds in a growth medium, growing seedlings from the buds at a temperature of at least 15 C., and 10 to 120 days after planting the buds, planting the seedlings grown from the buds to the field if the growth medium is not a field, or, in case the growth medium is a field, exposing the seedlings obtained from the buds to ambient conditions.