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A twin row seedling planter is provided with a new mechanical system for ejecting seedlings into a cut in the ground made by a dibble after the dibble has cut to a selected depth. The planter also features an improved modular lay-out of planting beams, packing beams and wheel support beams. The oper

A twin row seedling planter is provided with a new mechanical system for ejecting seedlings into a cut in the ground made by a dibble after the dibble has cut to a selected depth. The planter also features an improved modular lay-out of planting beams, packing beams and wheel support beams. The operators\station is located for ease of access to the planting dibbles. A simple and efficient system is used to raise and lower the packing beams and the planter frame in sequence.

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Apparatus for planting seedlings comprising a main frame; wheel support means for supporting the main frame above the ground; a pair of planting beams each pivotally mounted adjacent to a respective one of the opposing sides of the main frame, each planting beam having a planting dibble adjacent its

Apparatus for planting seedlings comprising a main frame; wheel support means for supporting the main frame above the ground; a pair of planting beams each pivotally mounted adjacent to a respective one of the opposing sides of the main frame, each planting beam having a planting dibble adjacent its free outer end; a pair of packing beams each pivotally mounted to the main frame adjacent a respective one of said planting beams and having packing means at their free outer ends for packing earth around seedlings planted by said dibbles, an operators\station disposed on said main frame intermediate the opposing sides of the main frame whereby, in use, operators located at the operators\station have access to the planting dibbles in their raised positions for placement of seedlings thereinto, means for raising and lowering said planting beams to cause the dibbles carried thereby to move between raised seedling-receiving positions and lowered earth-penetrating positions; and ejecting means carried by the respective planting beams for ejecting individual seedlings out of their planting dibbles into furrows in the soil cut thereby, and wherein said wheel support means comprises a pair of elongated walking beams each pivotally mounted adjacent to a respective one of the opposing sides of the main frame, a ground engaging wheel attached to a free outer end portion of each said walking beams, a pair of module bases, each connected to the main frame adjacent a respective one of the opposing sides thereof; one each of said walking beams, planting beams and packing means being pivotally connected to a respective one of said module bases.