Patent ID: 8371240
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: A01C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for use in seed planting comprising: seed placement structure operable to place a plurality of spaced apart seeds in the soil, wherein said seed placement structure comprises a plurality of seed pockets on one side of a rotatable metering disc; fertilizer placement structure comprising a plurality of fertilizer pockets on the opposite side of said metering disc, said fertilizer placement structure operable to place multiple discrete fertilizer deposits in contact with the soil in such a manner that each fertilizer deposit is approximately equidistantly spaced from both seeds of a pair of spaced apart seeds placed in contact with the soil by said seed placement structure; and a first dispensing tube, said metering disc being disposed to discharge seed and fertilizer from said seed and fertilizer pockets in alternating succession through said first dispensing tube, wherein each of said plurality of seed pockets has an opening extending from said seed pocket to the opposite side of the metering disc and each of said plurality of fertilizer pockets does not have an opening extending from said fertilizer pocket to the side of the metering disc having the seed pockets, said openings enabling air pressure to be used to temporarily retain seeds in said seed pockets.