Click on “Download PDF” for the PDF version or on the title for the HTML version. If you are not an ASABE member or if your employer has not arranged for access to the full-text, Click here for options. An Improved Electro-Hydraulic Vegetable Seedling Block TransplantingPublished by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Michigan www.asabe.org Citation: Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 5(4): 485-488. (doi: 10.13031/2013.26548) @1989Authors: Michael D. Rumsey, Yung-Nien Ting, Jaw-Kai Wang Keywords: Automation, Lettuce, Vegetable production Atwo-row electro-hydraulic vegetable seedling block transplanter was designed and tested. The transplanter automatically depotted-cylindrical seedling soil blocks from a seedling tray and transplanted them onto a pre-formed seedling bed. The transplanter was carried on a semi-mounted frame pulled by a tractor. Results of field tests were satisfactory. (Download PDF) (Export to EndNotes)
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