System for cultivating a crop, wherein the system comprises: a sowing unit (40) for sowing at least two crop seeds per substrate unit a transfer unit (41) for transferring a plurality of substrate units (44) from a first zone to a second zone a harvesting unit (43) for harvesting the crop a first transport system in the first zone for transporting substrate units (44) from the sowing unit (40) to the transfer unit (41) a second transport system in the second zone for transporting substrate units (44) from the transfer unit (41) to the harvesting unit (43) wherein the sowing unit (40) is provided to sow the at least two crop seeds in the substrate unit (44) with a predetermined mutual distance and orientation, wherein the first and second transport system and the transfer unit (41) are configured to respectively transport and transfer the plurality of substrate units (44) in a manner such that the substrate units (44) display a predetermined orientation progression from the sowing unit (40) to the harvesting unit (43).
