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A Modified Transplanter For Establishing Space-Planted Nurseries¹

Mechanical transplanters reduce labor requirements while providing uniform planting depth, consistent water supply to, and uniform soil compaction around each transplant. However, commercially available machines are not designed to plant in a grid pattern that would permit cross cultivation. Therefore, we adapted the check planting system to a commercially available transplanter. Using this modified mechanical transplanter, we could establish nurseries in a uniform grid pattern, permitting cross cultivation for mechanical weed control and nursery maintenance. This system reduces the hours of hand cultivation by about 60% and expedites establishment of the nurseries.

Key Words: Equipment • Check planting • Checkwire

² Research genticist; former agricultural research technician, USDA, SEA, Grassland, Soil, and Water Research Laboratory, Temple, TX 76501; specialist, Univ. of Wisconsin College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Madison, WI 53706; research geneticist, USDA, SEA, and professor of agronomy, Univ. of Wisconsin College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Madison.

Received for publication November 28, 1977.