PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an assisting device which when a cell tray is manually sown with seeds, assists in the sowing such that the sowing can be reliably performed in a short time.SOLUTION: A sowing assisting device is configured such that: seed dropping holes through which seeds are dropped down are provided in rows temporary seed placing grooves for placing seeds in streaks in adjacent to and in parallel to the seed dropping hole rows are provided in one side or both sides of the seed dropping hole rows, the temporary seed placing grooves being provided in positions lower than the seed dropping hole rows and being structured to be jointed with the seed dropping hole rows on a sloped plane and a substantially cylindrical seed dropping guide is provided for guiding the dropping of seeds in a vertical lower direction. The sowing assisting device is also provided with a dent making device as an accessory of the sowing assisting device to suppress the moving of sworn seeds, the dent making device comprising dent pins which are formed, on a flat plate, as many as the number of seed dropping holes provided on the sowing assisting device, and which are associated with the seed dropping holes and the seed dropping hole rows and are inserted downward into the seed dropping holes to make dents on top surfaces of culture soil.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】人手でセルトレイに種子を播く作業で、確実にしかも短時間で、種子を播く作業の補助器具を提供することを課題とする。【解決の手段】種を落とし入れる種落し穴を種落し穴列として設け、種落し穴列に隣接して平行に、バラバラの種を複数のスジ状に置く、種仮置き溝を種落し穴列の片側又は両側に設け、種仮置き溝は、種落し穴列よりも低い位置に設け、種仮置き溝と上記種落し穴列は傾斜面でつながる構造とし、種の落下を垂直下方に案内する略筒状の種落下ガイドを設け、又、播種補助器具に設けた種落し穴及び種落し穴列に対応し、種落し穴より下方に差し込んで培養土上面に窪みを作る窪みピンを種落し穴の数だけ平面の板に設けた窪みつくり器具を播種補助器具の属具とし、播種後の種子の移動を抑制する構造とした。【選択図】図2
