A simple drum with a black pipe handle and chunks of pipe welded to it to mark planting spots on a prepared bed.
Having a pre marked bed speeds up hand transplanting and allows planting in a straight line which is critical for fast cultivation, or cultivation with a tractor.
A Farm Hand Cart set up with a rolling marker. The wheels of the cart mark the pathways and the wooden wheels and cross pieces mark the rows and in line spacing.
A farm built marker for an Allis Chalmers G cultivating tractor. This marker is marking out three lines to be planted and is placing horizontal marks at one foot spacing for the planters to follow.
The marks the rolling bed marker leaves behind the cultivating tractor.
This is a water wheel transplanter which is pulled by a tractor. The dibbler at the bottom makes holes for the transplants to go into. Water from the tank above is injected into each hole. Two or three people sit on the back plugging plants into the holes. This type of planter can work with plastic mulch, unlike most transplanters.
A simpler, farm built version of the water wheel transplanter.
The farm built version in use in less than ideal conditions.
Another farm build transplanter using a dibbler from a water wheel transplanter to mark spacing.
The crew on this planter are using trowels to make the holes deeper. The tractor has to drive very slowly for most transplanters to work.
This is a simple farm build sled for planting large seeds or transplants. The shanks in front mark the planting lines and in row spacing is estimated by the planter. The crew plants through holes in the floor of the sled as a tractor pull the sled down a bed.
A carousel type planter in use. Plants are dropped into a rotating carousel which in turn drops them into a furrow that is opened by the tool. Press wheels in the back press soil in around the plant.
Another view of the carousel transplanter from the previous photo.
Another type of carousel transplanter. This one uses skis to press soil in around the plants which allows it to plant rows that are closer together.
A paper pot transplanter. This is hand pulled and works in conjunction with a special tray of paper pots that are connected at the desired spacing.
A simple transplant sled for a single row with seats for two planters.
planting of the back of the tractor. One worker follows straightening the plants and delivering plants to the planters.
