A small object cassette processing station for depositing small objects into selected cells of a small object cassette. The station comprises a bulk small object bin structured and operable to retain a bulk quantity of small objects of a selected type. The station additionally comprises a small object counting and parsing subsystem configured to parse a plurality of groups of small objects received from the bulk quantity of the small objects retained in the bulk small object bin. Each group of small objects comprises a number of small objects by a central control system. The station further comprise a small object distribution subsystem configured to receive each parsed group of small objects and deposit each parsed group of small objects into one of a plurality of small object cells of a small object cassette as stipulated by the central control system.

A system for producing a seed and/or fertilizer filled plant growth medium pot, rod, or band is provided. The system includes a supporting means (adapted for receiving and supporting a plant growth medium pot, rod, or band), a feeding tube adapted to be in a retracted position or an extended position (for insertion into the growth medium), and a delivery unit (adapted for delivering a seed and/or a dosage of fertilizer through the feeding tube and into the growth medium). The feeding tube includes a cutting means, preferably a knife blade, mounted at the tip of the feeding tube. The cutting means is adapted for cutting into the plant growth medium pot, rod, or band, thereby facilitating the movement of the feeding tube into the plant growth medium pot, rod, or band.