PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a transporting device for nursery plants capable of transporting nursery plants which are individually set one by one without: withering the nursery plants grown with a device for growing the nursery plants and spilling water or nutrient.SOLUTION: The transporting device for a chip-shaped substrate comprising nursery plants for hydroponic cultivation comprises: a box-shaped vessel in which water or nutrient is introduced a lid for the vessel having a plurality of holes and a cylindrical receiving tools which hold the chip-shaped substrate comprising nursery plants and being freely inserted into/removed from the holes. The transporting device in which receiving tools are inserted into the holes on the lid of the box-shaped vessel and the receiving tools have a configuration that the diameter of the receiving tools gradually becomes smaller as extending from upper end to lower end thereof.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】 育苗装置で育成された苗を枯らさずに、かつ水または養液をこぼさずに、1本ずつ個別にセットして苗を搬送できる苗の搬送装置を提供する。【解決手段】 水耕栽培における苗が入ったチップ状基材の搬送装置であって、水または養液が入れられる箱型容器と、複数の穴が穿けられた該容器の蓋と、該苗が入ったチップ状基材を保持し、該穴に出し入れ自在に差し込まれる筒状の受け具とからなり、該箱型容器の蓋の穴に受け具が差し込まれてなる搬送装置およびその受け具は、受け具の上端から下端に向けて傾斜的に径が小さくなることを特徴とする。【選択図】 図3
