200-400 Trays/h Nursery Seedling Machine

The automatic nursery seedling machine is a high-efficiency agricultural machine that integrates substrate tray filling, dibbling, precision seeding, and soil covering. With a production capacity of 200-400 trays per hour and a sowing accuracy rate of 98%, this equipment is widely used for large-scale seedling cultivation of crops such as vegetables, flowers, and rice.

The equipment is simple to operate, has a fast sowing speed, and accurate positioning, ensuring that seeds fall evenly into the center of the cavity tray (error ≤ 0.1mm). It guarantees zero damage to root systems and achieves a transplant survival rate exceeding 95%.

How Does the Nursery Seedling Machine Work?

The seedling machine follows a straightforward production flow.

Step	Working process	Description
1	Filling the tray with soil	The empty plug tray enters the machine, and the soil matrix is supplied from the hopper. The growing medium fills the individual cells of the tray.
2	Leveling the soil	A rotating brush removes excess growing medium and evens the soil surface, creating a uniform base for sowing.
3	Making seed holes	The dibbling device creates planting holes in the growing medium according to the tray and seed requirements.
4	Precision seeding	The seeding device places seeds into the prepared holes, ensuring consistent placement while reducing manual labor.
5	Covering the seeds	The soil-covering hopper supplies a layer of growing medium to cover the newly sown seeds.
6	Final leveling	The final brush distributes the covering soil evenly and removes excess soil, leaving the tray ready for watering and nursery management.

This workflow is also widely used in automatic nursery tray seeding systems, where filling, leveling, hole pressing, sowing, and covering are integrated into one production process

Benefits of Using a Nursery Seedling Machine

• Higher Sowing Efficiency: Manual tray sowing requires workers to repeatedly fill cells, make holes, place seeds, and cover them. Automating these operations can significantly reduce repetitive labor.
• More Uniform Seed Placement: The machine is designed to place seeds into prepared holes in a consistent pattern. Commercial tray seeding machines commonly emphasize accurate and uniform seed placement.
• Reduced Labor Requirements: A single integrated machine can perform several operations that would otherwise require multiple manual steps. This makes it particularly useful for nurseries with large daily tray volumes.
• Better Tray Standardization: Uniform soil filling, hole making, seeding, and covering help produce trays with more consistent growing conditions.

Nursery Seedling Machine Structure

The Seedling Machine adopts a modular conveyor structure, with multiple working units arranged in sequence along the production line. Each unit performs a specific nursery operation, allowing the seedling tray to move continuously from soil filling to final soil leveling.

No.	Machine component	Main function
1	Soil matrix hopper	Stores and distributes nutrient soil or growing medium into the cells of the seedling tray, ensuring adequate filling before sowing.
2	Soil leveling brush	Spreads the growing medium evenly across the tray and removes excess soil to create a uniform surface for hole making.
3	Hole-making device	Creates planting holes in the growing medium according to the arrangement of the seedling tray, providing suitable positions for seed placement.
4	Seeding device	Place seeds into the prepared holes. The seeding system can be configured according to different seed sizes and characteristics.
5	Soil covering hopper	Supplies a layer of growing medium over the newly sown seeds to keep them in position and provide suitable conditions for germination.
6	Soil covering, removing brush	Levels the covering soil and removes excess material from the tray surface, leaving a neat and evenly covered seedling tray.

This leaves the individual cells more evenly filled and produces a neat seedling tray ready for watering and subsequent nursery management.

Nursery Seedling Machine Technical Specifications

Modell	KMR-80-2
Kapazität	200-400 trays/hour
Precision	97-98%
Principle	Electrical and air compressor
System	Automatic photoelectric sensor detection system
Material	Edelstahl
Leistung	500w
Size for seed	0.3-15mm
Width of tray	≤300mm
Größe	4400*600*1260mm
Gewicht	350 kg

What Seeds Can the Nursery Seedling Machine Handle?

The machine can be used for a wide range of nursery crops, depending on the seeding system and seed size.

Typical applications include:

• Chrysanthemum seeds
• Sweet corn
• Onion seeds
• Pumpkin seeds
• Raps
• Tomato
• Pepper
• Cabbage
• Cauliflower
• Cucumber
• Melon
• Flower seeds
• Other vegetable and nursery seeds

Commercial nursery tray seeders are commonly used for vegetables, flowers, tobacco, and other crops, with different seeding components selected according to seed characteristics.

Packing and Shipping of the Nursery Seedling Machine

Before delivery, the seedling machine is carefully prepared for international transportation. The machine is first wrapped with protective plastic film to help prevent dust, moisture, and surface scratches during handling and transit.

The main machine units are then secured on wooden pallets, while larger components and accessories are protected with suitable wooden frames or cases. The modular design also makes the equipment easier to arrange and load into the shipping container.

Our Factory

Our factory specializes in the manufacturing and supply of seedling machines and other agricultural equipment. With professional production equipment and an experienced manufacturing team, we focus on providing reliable nursery machinery for commercial growers and agricultural businesses.

The nursery seedling machine is assembled and tested before shipment to ensure that key components, including the soil filling system, leveling brushes, hole-making device, seeding unit, and soil covering system, work smoothly together.

We also support machine customization according to seedling tray size, seed type, production capacity, and customer requirements. From machine manufacturing and assembly to testing, packing, and shipping, we provide a complete solution for customers purchasing seedling equipment.

Success Stories and Customer Feedback

We have exported our automatic seedling machines to countries including the United States, Iran, Nicaragua, Kuwait, Australia, Oman, Brazil, Peru, Israel, Russia, the EU, Canada, Tajikistan, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, and New Zealand.

To verify the quality of the machines, some of our clients visited our factory and tested the equipment. They were all highly satisfied.

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