An agricultural machine that plants seedlings, rather than seed, into open field rows, sharply cutting the time and labor a crop that must be started under cover and then set out, such as tomato, cabbage, lettuce or rice, would otherwise require by hand. Semi-automatic versions still need an operator to feed seedlings; fully automatic versions feed themselves from trays. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Introduced Year OriginKitago village, Miyazaki, Japan; site of the first rice transplanter patent, granted to farmer Heigoro Kono in 1898 1 Connections
Associated With
the hand dibber for making planting holes and the mechanized transplanter serve the same task of setting seedlings, at different scales
Sources
1. The Invention of the Rice Transplanter by Farmers (Oregon State University Small Farms Program)
History section, discussion of the earliest rice transplanter patents
In 1898 the first rice transplanter patent was granted to a farmer, Heigoro Kono, who was originally from a samurai family in the village of Kitago, Miyazaki.
History section, description of Heigoro Kono
In 1898 the first rice transplanter patent was granted to a farmer, Heigoro Kono, who was originally from a samurai family in the village of Kitago, Miyazaki.
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Wikimedia FoundationIntroductory sectionQuote, Introductory section
Transplanters greatly reduce time required to transplant seedlings compared to manual transplanting.
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