Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a planting device for placing planting material in the ground, including a frame movable in a direction of travel, feeders for delivering the planting material to be planted, and, fitted on the frame, rotatable planters provided for gripping the supplied planting material and bringing it into the ground. The feeders may also include first and second feeders that extend respectively in a horizontal plane and towards the ground, where the second feeders are configured to transport the planting material supplied by the first feeder to the rotatable planter, and where the first and second feeding feeders are movable relative to each other, for adjusting the planting depth of the planting material.

Abstract: A planting machine (1) for plants (2), such as seedlings (2), said planting machine (1) being provided for arranging plants (2) in a field (5) in such a way that, after being arranged in the field (5), the plants (2) comprise an above-ground portion (3) that extends above ground and an underground portion (4) that extends underground, said planting machine (1) comprising a detection system for detecting the plants (2) after the plants (2) have been arranged in the field, said detection system comprising at least one measuring instrument (6) for detecting said above-ground portions (3) of the plants, and a method for mapping the position of plants (2) in a field (5).

Abstract: The invention relates to a seedling transportation process and apparatus (1) for a transplanting machine to be mounted on a planting vehicle. It includes a seedling tray transportation section that comprises means (35) for guiding and removing an empty tray (36) from the apparatus and means (28) for feeding and advancing an adjacent new tray (29) carrying the seedlings (2) along a path into the apparatus. It comprises also means (30) for positioning said new tray in view of the picking-up of said seedlings per row (32) from said new tray by a row of picking means (34) mounted in a seedling transfer device (3) for depositing the seedlings onto a first horizontal conveyor (4) in the apparatus (1).