PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pressing mechanism and a seeding device each having a simple structure and enabling possible miniaturization of a raising seedling tray while effectively preventing overlap of developed seminal leaves of seeds sown in the raising seedling tray. SOLUTION: The pressing mechanism 100 is structured as follows: seeding holes H each having a long axis extending along a diagonal direction Y of one side of a cell C are formed on a bottom soil D charged in the cell C having a rectangular shape in plan view at a raising seedling tray T. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT