To deal with a large quantity of seedlings at the same time.
First, plural stock seedlings 34 and scion seedlings 42 are alignedly fed to cotyledon pressors 36, 44, respectively, to sandwichedly hold the cotyledons and firmly hold the hypocotyls between the cotyledons and the root feet by stem clampers 38, 46. Subsequently, the respective main leaves of the stock seedlings 34 and the scion seedlings 42 are scraped down, and in this state, the respective hypocotyls between the cotyledons and main leaves of the stock seedlings 34 and the scion seedlings 42 are cut off. Then, the stocks deprived of the ears of the stock seedlings 34 and the ears cut from the scion seedlings 42 are conveyed to a specified grafting spot 12, where the respective cut surfaces of the ears and stocks are grafted together and the grafted point is firmly held with a clip 22.
AKISHIKA OSAMU
YUZAKI YOSHIHIRO
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