Sowing is the process of planting seeds. An area or object that has had seeds planted in it will be described as a sowed or sown area.
Simon Bening, Labors of the Months: September, from a Flemish Book of hours (Bruges)
Men sowing seed by hand in the 1940s
Manual sowing machine
A tray used in horticulture (for sowing and taking plant cuttings)
A tray is a shallow platform designed for the carrying of items. It can be fashioned from numerous materials, including silver, brass, sheet iron, paperboard, wood, melamine, and molded pulp. Trays range in cost from inexpensive molded pulp trays which are disposable and inexpensive melamine trays used in cafeterias, to mid-priced wooden trays used in a home, to expensive silver trays used in luxury hotels. Some examples have raised galleries, handles, and short feet for support.
Brass tray inlaid with silver, Egypt or Syria, 19th century
Waiter with waitperson service tray in Vienna, Austria.
A seed tray used in horticulture for sowing and taking plant cuttings and growing plugs
Pasztecik szczeciński on a small paper tray, with barszcz in a beaker, Poland