JPH0779640A - Grafted nursery plant production system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the subject system as a total system to automatically graft and transplant both stock seedlings and scion seedlings followed by automatically raising the grafted nursery plants. CONSTITUTION:This nursery plant production system is used for cutting both a stock seedlings and a scion seedling and mutually joining them and then performing a sequence of works so as to plant a cuttage seeding of the resultant grafted nursery plant each composed of the stock seedling and the scion seedling into a raising seedling tray 10 automatically. Specifically, the scheme of this system is as follows: the raising seedling tray 10 is packed with soil using a culture soil packing machine 8 and then sprinkled by a sprinkler 15, and the grafted nursery plant produced by a grafting robot 12 is transplanted in the tray 10 using a planting section 16. After that, a lid is put on the tray 10 using a relevant device 20 and the nursery plant is raised by irradiating them with the rays of light from a fluorescent lamp using an acclimation device 22.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

The present invention relates to a grafting robot for automatically supplying / cutting / grafting rootstock seedlings and scion seedlings, and a transplanting device for automatically transplanting the grafted seedlings. The present invention relates to a grafted seedling production system including a seedling raising device that automatically raises seedlings.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The present inventors have researched and developed a grafting robot for automatically supplying, cutting and grafting rootstock seedlings and scion seedlings and a transplanting device for transplanting seedlings grafted automatically by the grafting robot. Have made a series of patent applications.

[0003]

The grafting robot developed by the inventors of the present invention cuts the rootstock seedlings and the scion seedlings arranged in the seedling supply device with respective cutting devices, and cuts the scion and the stand. It is a transplanting device that joins trees by clips with these joining devices and automatically transplants the grafted seedlings into a tree tray or pot (hereinafter, also referred to as seedling raising tray). However, the seedlings transplanted to the seedling tray are automatically
Moreover, a device for efficient growth has not been developed yet. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a grafted seedling production system as a total system for automatically growing grafted seedlings and scion seedlings after grafting and transplanting automatically.

[0004]

The above objects of the present invention can be achieved by the following constitutions. That is, in a grafting seedling system using a grafting robot that automatically cuts rootstock seedlings and scion seedlings, joins them, and then inserts a grafting seedling of the rootstock and scion into the seedling raising tray. Before transplanting the grafted seedlings to the seedling raising tray, a soil filling machine that puts soil into the seedling raising tray in advance, a sprinkler that waters the seedling-raised seedlings that have been filled with soil, and a grafted seedling is transferred to the seedling raising tray and then transferred to the seedling raising tray. It is a grafted seedling production system equipped with a lid-hanging device that covers the lid.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a grafting robot is used to cut rootstock seedlings and scion seedlings, the two are joined, and then a series of operations for inserting the grafted seedlings of the rootstock and the scion into the seedling raising tray are performed automatically. To do it. The grafted seedlings transplanted to this seedling raising tray are then conveyed to the acclimatization device and grown. The soil in the seedling-raising tray used at this time is put in advance by a soil-filling machine before transplantation of grafted seedlings, and the soil is sprinkled with a sprinkler. Then, after grafting seedlings are transplanted to the seedling raising tray by the grafting robot transplanting device, the seedling raising tray is made into a closed container by a lid holder that covers the seedling raising tray. Therefore, it is not necessary to insert the seedlings into the acclimation chamber in a hurry, and it becomes easy to handle the seedlings without damaging the seedlings during transportation.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. A schematic diagram of the grafted seedling production system of this embodiment is shown in FIG. The culture soil 1 is conveyed to the mixer 3 by the belt conveyor 2 and mixed by the mixer 3. Then, the culture soil 1 conveyed by the horizontal conveyer belt conveyor 6 and the vertical conveyer belt conveyor 7 is sequentially conveyed on the belt conveyer 11 by the rotor and vibration of the soil filling machine 8. Packed in the nursery tray 10. In addition, a plurality of cells (not shown) are arranged in parallel in the seedling raising tray 10,
Fill each cell with culture soil 1 for planting grafted seedlings. The seedling-raising tray 10 filled with the culture soil 1 enters the carry-in section 13 of the grafting robot 12 by the belt conveyor 11.
Since the sprinkler 15 is installed in the carry-in section 13, the sprinkler 15 sprays the seedling-growing tray 10 in which the culture soil 1 is packed. Next, the grafted seedlings of the rootstock seedlings and the scion seedlings joined to the planting section 16 by the grafting section 17 of the grafting robot 12 descend, so that the grafted seedlings are sequentially planted in the respective seedling raising trays 10.

In the graft unit 17 of the graft robot 12,
Although not shown in the figure, the rootstock seedlings were cut with one cotyledon left behind, cut off under the hypocotyl, and similarly, cotyledon seedlings were cut with a part of the hypocotyl leaving cotyledons. Is joined by a clip supplied from the clip feeder section 18, the obtained grafted seedling is delivered to a transplanting hand of a transplanting device (not shown), and the transplanting hand descends to the planting section 16,
Grafting seedlings can be planted on the culture soil 1 in the seedling raising tray 10. Seedling raising tray 10 with grafted seedlings
Are carried out to the carry-out section 19. Here, the lid hanging device 20 hangs a lid (not shown) on the seedling raising tray 10. The seedling-raising tray 10 with the lid is temporarily transferred to the acclimation shelf 21 and then sent to the acclimation device 22.

As shown in FIG. 2, the grafted seedling production system of this embodiment shown in FIG. 1 has one side of the carry-in section 13 and carry-out section 19 of the seedling raising tray, the planting section 16, the graft section 17, and the clip flap. The grafting robot 12 provided with the edder unit 18 was installed so as to be arranged on the same straight line when viewed from above with respect to one side surface. By disposing the seedling raising tray loading / unloading step and the first part of the transplanting step with the shortest distance, the loss time required for loading / unloading the seedling raising tray can be minimized and the throughput can be increased. . That is, FIG.
As shown in the conceptual diagram of transporting seedlings of the seedlings, grafting seedlings are sequentially planted in dozens of cells (not shown) arranged in parallel in the seedling raising tray in the planting section 16 of the grafting robot. In the planting section 16, the seedling raising tray moves in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction sequentially from the carry-in section 13 side to the carry-out section 19 side as shown by the arrow in FIG. Therefore, the seedling raising tray conveyed from the carry-in section 13 to the planting section 16 can be moved in the planting section 16 without waste, and the planting section 16
Even when the seedling raising tray is conveyed from the unloading section 19, the seedling raising tray can be discharged without waste.

It is to be noted that shown on both sides of the grafting robot 12 in FIG. 2 are a scion supplier 24 and a rootstock supplier 25, and two workers respectively graft a scion seedling and a rootstock seedling robot. 12 to start production of grafted seedlings, and thereafter, grafted seedlings are automatically produced by the grafted seedling production system of this embodiment. In the grafted seedling production system described above, the sprinkler 15 is installed in the seedling raising tray 10 at a temperature higher than room temperature, for example, 40, just before transplanting the grafted seedling into the seedling raising tray 10.
Sprinkle water around ℃. This is because, after grafting seedlings are transplanted to the seedling raising tray 10 and the tray 10 is covered, the tray 10
The grafted seedlings in the tray 10 do not survive because the internal humidity rises only up to about 80%. However, if water of about 40 ° C. is sprinkled in the seedling raising tray 10 before transplantation, the lid holder 20 Then, the humidity in the seedling-growing tray 10 reaches 100% immediately after the tray 10 is covered with steam, and an environment suitable for acclimatizing grafted seedlings can be obtained.

Next, the acclimation device 22 will be described in detail. A plurality of acclimation shelves 21 are provided in parallel in an acclimation device 22 shown in a schematic side view in FIG. 4, and each acclimation shelf 21 has a multistage shelf 27, on which a transparent lid 28 is provided. The raised seedling-raising tray 10 is used as an acclimation container 29 in the acclimation device. For grafted seedlings in the acclimation container 29, a light source such as a fluorescent lamp 30 common to a plurality of columns of acclimation containers 29 in the acclimation shelf 21 is arranged outside the acclimation shelf 21 on the side of the acclimation container 29. Thus, the single fluorescent lamp 30 simultaneously irradiates the plurality of acclimation containers 29. Fluorescent lamps are provided for each shelf in the acclimation chamber of the conventional acclimation equipment, which is a conventional grafting and seedling promotion device.Therefore, the number of fluorescent lamps is large and the facility cost is high. However, in the arrangement of the acclimation shelf 21 having the structure like the acclimation device 22 of this embodiment, the number of the fluorescent lamps 30 can be smaller than the conventional one, so that the facility cost is reduced and the heat generation amount is small. Therefore, the running cost of air conditioning is reduced. Further, since the fluorescent lamp 30 is provided on the side of the acclimation container 29, more seedlings can be stored in the same volume as the conventional acclimation device.

Further, the acclimatization shelf 21 is provided with an acclimatization device 22.
A car 32 is provided on the bottom surface so as to be movable inside. Since the fluorescent lamps 30 are provided only on one side surface of each acclimation shelf 21, the acclimation shelves 21 can be arranged close to each other and the illumination of the fluorescent lamp 30 on the side surface of the adjacent acclimation shelf 21 can be received. Therefore, the number of the fluorescent lamps 30 can be reduced as compared with the structure in which the fluorescent lamps 30 are installed on both sides of each acclimated shelf 21, and the load of air conditioning in the acclimation device 22 can be reduced. . Further, in the lateral illumination system of the acclimation device 22 of the present embodiment, as shown in a position adjacent to the two acclimation shelves 21 on the left side of the drawing of FIG. A possible stand 33 for the fluorescent lamp 30 can also be provided. In this case, the acclimatization shelf 21 to be stored in the acclimatization device 22.
Depending on the amount of, you can increase or decrease the stand 33 for the fluorescent lamp 30,
It is possible to increase the volumetric efficiency in the refrigerator and at the same time reduce the consumption of extra electricity. Further, the acclimation device 2 of this embodiment
2 has a structure in which the accommodating containers 29 can be stacked by providing the shelves 27 in the space within each acclimatizing shelf 21, so that the number of chambers in the acclimatizing shelf 21 can be reduced and the number of acclimatized containers 29 stored. Can be increased. Further, in the case of FIG. 4, the acclimation container 2
Although two of them are stacked in consideration of the strength of No. 9, a plurality of acclimation containers 29 may be stacked without the shelf 27. Further, if the acclimation container 29 main body is made white, there is no practical problem in reducing the degree of illumination in the stacked lower acclimation container 29.

[0012]

According to the present invention, the grafted seedlings can be planted in the seedling raising tray after the grafting is automatically carried out by two seedling suppliers. Since the grafted seedlings are placed in a closed container, there is no need to rush them into the acclimation chamber, and the grafted seedlings can be handled easily without damaging the grafted seedlings.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a graft transplant production system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a layout view of each component of the grafted seedling production system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of seedling raising tray transportation of the grafted seedling production system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of the acclimation device of the grafted seedling production system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Culture soil, 3 ... Mixer, 8 ... Soil filling machine, 12 ... Grafting robot, 10 ... Seedling raising tray, 13 ... Carry-in section, 15
... Sprinkler, 16 ... Planting part, 17 ... Graft part, 18 ... Clip feeder part, 19 ... Unloading part, 20 ... Lid hook, 21
... acclimation shelf, 22 ... acclimation device, 24 ... scion supplier, 25 ...
Root supplier, 27 ... Shelf, 28 ... Lid, 29 ... Acclimation container, 3
0 ... Fluorescent lamp, 33 ... Standing for fluorescent lamp

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A grafting seedling using a grafting robot that automatically cuts rootstock seedlings and scion seedlings, joins them, and then inserts the grafted seedlings of the rootstock and scion into a seedling raising tray. In the system, before transplanting the grafted seedlings to the seedling raising tray, a soil filling machine that puts soil in the seedling raising tray in advance, a water sprinkler that waters the seedling seedlings filled with soil, and after transplanting the grafted seedlings to the seedling raising tray A grafted seedling production system comprising a lid hooking device for covering the seedling raising tray with a lid.