Patent ID: 8322293
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: A01C

Abstract:
1. A method for use in seed planting comprising: placing a plurality of spaced apart seeds in the soil in a first row using a first agricultural metering device having a dispensing tube and a rotating metering disc with a seed metering side configured to meter seeds and dispense said metered seeds through said dispensing tube; placing multiple discrete fertilizer deposits in contact with the soil in said first row using a fertilizer metering side of said metering disc of said first agricultural metering device configured to meter fertilizer and dispense said metered fertilizer through said dispensing tube such that said first row contains successively alternating seeds and fertilizer deposits in such a manner that each fertilizer deposit is approximately equidistantly spaced from both seeds of a corresponding pair of seeds; placing a plurality of spaced apart seeds in the soil in a second row using a second agricultural metering device having a dispensing tube and a rotating metering disc with a seed metering side configured to meter seeds and dispense said metered seeds through said dispensing tube of said second agricultural metering device; and placing multiple discrete fertilizer deposits in contact with the soil in said second row using a fertilizer metering side of said metering disc of said second agricultural metering device configured to meter fertilizer and dispense said metered fertilizer through said dispensing tube of said second agricultural metering device such that said second row contains successively alternating seeds and fertilizer deposits in such a manner that each fertilizer deposit is approximately equidistantly spaced from both seeds of a corresponding pair of seeds, wherein the seeds and fertilizer deposits of said first row are in staggered relationship with the seeds and fertilizer deposits of said adjacent second row such that a fertilizer deposit in one row is spaced approximately equally from a pair of seeds in the same said one row and one of the seeds in the adjacent row.