PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a seedling transplanting machine having on a running machine body 4, a seedling planting mechanism 14 which has a pair of planting bodies 27 to perform seedling planting through intermittent reciprocation toward a field, and a seedling transporting mechanism 13 which supplies seedlings one by one to the planting body of the seedling planting mechanism, and intended for reducing damage of seedlings.SOLUTION: This seedling transplanting machine is so formed that a cutting body 30a for a mulch film D which covers the surface of a field is arranged on a forward part in a running direction than the planting body 27 in the running machine body, and a part of a seedling planting place by the transplanting body in the mulch film is formed to burst through by the cutting body.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】走行機体4に,圃場に向かう間欠的な往復動にて苗の植付けを行うようにした一対の植付け体27を有する苗植付け機構14と,苗を前記苗植付け機構の植付け体に一株ずつ供給する苗搬送機構13とを備えた苗移植機において,苗の損傷を低減する。【解決手段】前記走行機体のうち前記植付け体27よりも走行方向の前方の部位に,前記圃場の表面を覆うマルチフィルムDに対する切断体30aを配設して,前記マルチフィルムのうち前記植付け体による苗植付け箇所の部分を,前記切断体にて突き破るように構成する。【選択図】図1
