Mechanical transplant

Japanese: 機械移植 - きかいいしょく
Mechanical transplant

...When transplanting large, old trees, do not do it all at once. Instead, prune the roots over a period of 1-2 years to encourage the development of supporting roots before transplanting.
[Machine transplant]
Since the Meiji period, attempts have been made to invent rice transplanters to relieve people from the busy and hard work of rice planting. Initially, the focus was on inventing a type of rice transplanter that would plant a set number of seedlings at a time, just like when planting by hand, but this was unsuccessful.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "mechanical transplantation" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…永年経過したかなり大きな樹の移植は一度にするのでなく,1~2年がかりで根を切りつめ,支根の発生を促進してから移植する。
[機械移植]
 田植の忙しさと重労働からの解放をめざした田植機の発明は明治時代から試みられてきた。当初は手植えの場合と同じ苗を機械によって一定本数ずつ植え付ける形式の田植機の発明に重点がおかれたが成功しなかった。…

※「機械移植」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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