Planting machinePlanting machinery that can plant seedlings according to certain agronomic requirements. Commonly used ones include rice transplanters, corn planting machines, sugar beet planting machines, tobacco planting machines, vegetable planting machines, tree planting machines, etc. A bowl seedling planting machine is used to plant seedlings with bowls. Except for rice transplanters, most seedling planting machines have similar working principles and structures, and can complete processes such as trenching, seedling planting, soil covering, compaction, and watering in one go. Some can also be used for planting seedlings of two or more crops.

According to the degree of mechanization in planting operations, it can be divided into: ① Semi mechanized seedling planting machines. Drawn or suspended by a tractor, often used for crops with wide row spacing and delicate seedlings. The operation process is as follows: after the seedling planting ditch is opened by the trencher, the operator takes out the seedlings from the seedling storage device, plants them at a fixed distance into the ditch, and then completes the soil covering, compaction, watering and other processes by the corresponding auxiliary devices. Its structure is simple, the cost is low, and it can reduce labor intensity, but the productivity is not high. ② Mechanized seedling planting machine. Towed or suspended by a tractor, there are two types for planting bare rooted seedlings and potted seedlings. The operation process is as follows: the operator takes out the seedlings from the seedling storage device and puts them into the seedling clamp of the planting mechanism; The planting institution transports the seedlings to the planting ditch opened by the trencher, completing the processes of trenching, planting, soil covering, compaction, watering, etc. It has high productivity, and the plant spacing and planting depth can be adjusted and controlled by the planting mechanism, but its planting speed is still limited by the speed of manual seedling feeding. ③ Automated seedling planting machine. Mostly used for planting seedlings with pots.