Pro-tray Filling and Watering Machine

Pro-trays (seedling plug trays) are the foundation of modern commercial seedling production — used for vegetables, flowers, herbs, and forestry seedlings. Filling and watering them manually is a two-step, labour-intensive process that becomes a significant bottleneck when you are processing hundreds or thousands of trays per day. The Pro-tray Filling and Watering Machine from Dharma Agro Industries combines both steps into a single automated pass — media goes in, watering happens automatically, and filled, watered trays emerge ready for seeding.

The machine ensures that every cell in every tray receives the same volume of media and the same amount of water — a level of consistency that hand-filling and manual watering simply cannot achieve. Uniform cell fill means consistent root volume for every seedling. Uniform watering at filling time ensures that media is properly moist and settled before seeds are placed — improving germination rates and reducing the risk of dry spots that cause patchy germination.

For commercial seedling nurseries, vegetable transplant producers, and forestry seedling units, this machine delivers a step-change in productivity. What previously required two workers — one filling, one watering — can now be handled by one operator running the machine, with better consistency and higher throughput. The system can be set up for the specific tray dimensions and cell counts you use, and water delivery can be adjusted for different media types and initial moisture requirements.