One person pulling the Chainpot hand transplanter down a planted bed of seedlings.

Paper pot transplanting · Made in Japan

Plant a whole row
in a single pull.

Chainpot links 264 biodegradable paper pots into one chain — so one person transplants a full bed of seedlings in about 30 seconds. No motor, no maintenance.

≈30s
To plant one chain
264
Pots per chain
0
Motors or fuel

Why growers choose it

A simpler way to put seedlings in the ground.

01

One person, one pull

Pull the hand transplanter down the bed and 264 seedlings drop into place. Work that used to take hours, bent over the soil, takes a single walk.

02

A tool, not a machine

No engine, nothing to service. The upfront cost is low and there is nothing to fuel, maintain or break down — season after season.

03

Roots stay protected

Each seedling goes in pot and all. The paper stays on, shielding young roots so they establish faster — then quietly returns to the soil.

An opened Chainpot honeycomb tray being filled with soil, ready for sowing.

From seed to soil

How it works

  1. Seed

    Sow into the Chainpot with the seeding set — the pots open into a honeycomb tray.

  2. Raise

    Grow even, healthy seedlings — paper lets air and water reach every root.

  3. Pull

    Anchor the first pot, walk the bed and pull — even spacing at 5, 10 or 15 cm.

See it in the field

30 seconds, 264 seedlings.

The leading pot is pinned to the soil; from there it is just a steady walk backward as the chain feeds each seedling into the row at even spacing.

More on the transplanter
Made in Japan since 1956Exporting worldwide since 2014Distributors in 8 countries

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