<;P>;PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a no-till cultivation method enabling the culture in a soil environment suitable for germination and growth and having labor-saving effect. <;P>;SOLUTION: Crop space 2 between stubs 1 of preceding cropping left on a dry field is trodden, a hole 4 is bored from above at the stub 1 with a boring tool 3 and a seed 5 is dropped into the hole 4 to perform direct sowing in a rhizosphere medium obtained by the stub 1. <;P>;COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT