An apparatus useful in the transplantation of plants. The apparatus for transplanting plants comprises a transplanting module configured to transplant a plurality of plants in a row.

An apparatus useful in the transplantation of plants. The apparatus for transplanting plants comprises a transplanting module configured to transplant a plurality of plants in a row.

Automated, metrically controlled methods and systems of cultivating plants to maximize customer order fulfillment can dynamically take into consideration growing conditions and environments of transplant propagules, plants, and seedlings and even changeable order requirements. Through an appropriately configured programmable plant growth configured computer system, computer logic determined optimization of transplanting times, growth conditions, planting needs, and transplant propagule quantities, among other aspects, may be met more efficiently, with less waste at closer to one hundred percent. Programmable plant growth configured computer systems may be configured with a multi-cycle replacement tray maximization metric programs, and/or a multi growth stage parameterized metrics to achieve processes that are mare than just automated, but are fundamentally more than and different from previous systems. Automatic metric controls can simultaneously and differentially control donor tray growth environments apart from customer tray environments as automatically provided for by a program implemented to utilize multi-cycle replacement tray or multi growth stage parameterized metrics to sequence and achieve outcomes not previously available. Optimization of transplanting to customer plant trays and use and disposal of donor trays may optimize the economics by reducing waste through new processes that are fundamentally different and dynamically adaptable in real time from those manually conducted. Through transplanting optimization customer yields and producer efficiencies may be maximized.

Provided is a method for planting a mixed forest of yew trees and fig trees. Yew trees and fig trees are interplanted based on characteristics of yew trees and fig trees. A seedling bed method is used in the plain zones, and a terrace field method is used in mountain zones in order to improve land utilization rate and make full use of complementary advantages of ecological niches. In the present disclosure, ground and underground spaces on tree growing site are fully used. Fig trees grow fast and have large leaves, thus shading part of sunlight for yew trees and savings costs required for building shade shelters for yew trees. By using the method for constructing a mixed forest in the present disclosure, the constructed mixed forest not only allows for increase of biomass, but also provides higher paclitaxel content in yew trees than that in pure forest.

A seeding apparatus for seeding agricultural seeds, seedlings and/or clones into a manufactured growth media of an indoor hydroponic growth system. The seeding apparatus including a media strip supply line configured to supply a quantity of consumable media strip for positioning within a linear aperture of a manufactured growth media, a depth gauge configured to fold the consumable media strip into a first part and a second part with a fold positioned therebetween, and to force the fold towards a bottom of the linear aperture of the manufactured growth media with the first part and the second part of the consumable media strip residing against walls defined by the linear aperture, and a seed supply line configured to introduce a metered quantity of agricultural seeds, seedlings and/or clones into the folded, consumable media strip.

A selective transplanter is provided for transplanting seedlings from a tray to seedling planting apparatus. The tray includes a plurality of cells for holding plugs of growing medium containing seedlings. The transplanter is arranged to eject plugs from the cells of the tray to a conveyor which conveys the plugs to the seedling planting apparatus. The transplanter is arranged to remove plugs that do not contain germinated seedlings from the conveyor at a removal position before they are transferred to the seedling planting apparatus. A seedling retention roller engages with plant material of the seedlings projecting from the plugs at the removal position before the plugs are transferred to the seedling planting apparatus, preventing removal of plugs containing seedlings with projecting plant material. The transplanter provides the advantage that the plugs containing seedlings can be planted in rows in a field without dud plugs being planted, leaving the rows substantially gap free.

The present disclosure provides generally for a system and method for planting flora, fauna, and dispersing various organisms through drone delivery. The system may comprise of a drone with seedling box that may hold and drop the pods containing flora or fauna. The seedling box may hold the pods with the flora or fauna in them and at specific intervals drop the pod with the flora or fauna. The seedling box may also hold various organisms or other materials and drop these organisms or materials when directed. A seedling box may comprise loading mechanism and deploying mechanism to facilitate accurate, timely deployment of the pods containing the seedlings. A pod may comprise a weighted tip with hollow cavity for seedling placement and a vertical rod for securing seedling during deployment. Where the system comprises uneven number of seedlings, seedling box may include counterweights to provide stability in configured flight patterns for duration of seedling deployment.

The present disclosure provides generally for a system and method for planting flora, fauna, and dispersing various organisms through drone delivery. The system may comprise of a drone with seedling box that may hold and drop the pods containing flora or fauna. The seedling box may hold the pods with the flora or fauna in them and at specific intervals drop the pod with the flora or fauna. The seedling box may also hold various organisms or other materials and drop these organisms or materials when directed. A seedling box may comprise loading mechanism and deploying mechanism to facilitate accurate, timely deployment of the pods containing the seedlings. A pod may comprise a weighted tip with hollow cavity for seedling placement and a vertical rod for securing seedling during deployment. Where the system comprises uneven number of seedlings, seedling box may include counterweights to provide stability in configured flight patterns for duration of seedling deployment.

This autonomous traveling system is provided with a path preparation unit, a forward movement control unit, a backward movement control unit, and a turn control unit. The path preparation unit prepares a plurality of straight line paths. The forward movement control unit causes a rice planting machine to execute work and simultaneously causes the rice planting machine to travel along a straight line path by performing at least autonomous steering. After an operator has stopped the rice planting machine traveling toward an edge of a field, the backward movement control unit causes the rice planting machine to travel backward in an autonomous manner or in accordance with operation by the operator, without causing the rice planting machine to execute any work. On conditions that, after the rice planting machine moving backward by the backward movement control unit has stopped in an autonomous manner or in accordance with operation by the operator and an instruction for forward movement has been provided by the operator, the turn control unit causes the rice planting machine to turn toward a predetermined straight line path by performing at least autonomous steering without causing the rice planting machine to execute any work.

This autonomous traveling system is provided with a path preparation unit, a forward movement control unit, a backward movement control unit, and a turn control unit. The path preparation unit prepares a plurality of straight line paths. The forward movement control unit causes a rice planting machine to execute work and simultaneously causes the rice planting machine to travel along a straight line path by performing at least autonomous steering. After an operator has stopped the rice planting machine traveling toward an edge of a field, the backward movement control unit causes the rice planting machine to travel backward in an autonomous manner or in accordance with operation by the operator, without causing the rice planting machine to execute any work. On conditions that, after the rice planting machine moving backward by the backward movement control unit has stopped in an autonomous manner or in accordance with operation by the operator and an instruction for forward movement has been provided by the operator, the turn control unit causes the rice planting machine to turn toward a predetermined straight line path by performing at least autonomous steering without causing the rice planting machine to execute any work.