PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To decrease man-hour of seeding work in which allowance for improvement in labor saving is large among steps of water culturing and to decrease manufacturing cost.SOLUTION: A seeding container 2 in which second through holes for storing coated seeds which are coated with coating material for granulation are formed at a constant interval are slid on a seeds array board 4 in which first through holes are arrayed in a matrix at the same interval as that of the second through holes. Every time when the second through holes pass over the first through holes, a coated seed is dropped into each of the first through holes, so that the coated seeds are arranged on a medium 7, which is placed below the seeds array board 4 in advance, at a constant interval in a matrix. The arranged seeds are buried into the medium 7 with a projection member 8 having rod like members 9 for abutting respective coated seeds.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】 水耕栽培における工程の中で、省力化についての改善の余地が大きい播種作業の工数の削減、ひいては製造コストの低減を図る。【解決手段】 被覆材で被覆造粒されたコーティング種子を装填可能な第二の貫通孔が、一定間隔で設けられた種子容器2を、第二の貫通孔と同間隔で、碁盤目状に第一の貫通孔が設けられた種子の配列板4の上をスライドさせ、第二の貫通孔が第一の貫通孔の上を通過する度に、第一の貫通孔のそれぞれに、1箇のコーティング種子を落下させ、予め種子の配列板4の下にセットした培地7の表面に、コーティング種子を碁盤目状に一定間隔で配列させる。配列したコーティング種子は、別途に調製した、それぞれのコーティング種子に当接する棒状部材9を有する突出部材8により培地7内に埋没させる。【選択図】図1
