Horticultural pot dispensing apparatus

A horticultural container dispensing system, comprising:

• a gravity-fed pot supply source having a plurality of pot paths disposed along a predetermined incline, wherein the plurality of pot paths are linearly spaced from one another, wherein the gravity-fed pot supply source is configured to support a plurality of pot stacks along each of the plurality of pot paths, and wherein each of the plurality of pot stacks comprises a plurality of pots in a nested configuration;
• a pot provisioning apparatus comprising one or more retention members configured to selectively release a respective end-most one of the plurality of pots from a remainder of the plurality of pots in each of the plurality of pot stacks at a release location;
• a pot engagement apparatus comprising a plurality of pot gripper devices respectively associated with the plurality of pot paths, wherein each of the plurality of pot gripper devices is configured to selectively engage an internal surface of the end-most one of the respective plurality of pots at the release location;
• and
• a carriage apparatus configured to selectively translate the plurality of pot gripper devices between the release location and a dispense location, wherein each of the plurality of pot gripper devices is configured to selectively disengage the internal surface of the end-most one of the plurality of pots, respectively, at the dispense location.