Patent ID: 7814847

Claim:
A planting unit for use with a planting implement having a frame and configured to travel along a line of travel, comprising: a disc mount configured to be coupled to the frame; a rotatable disc coupled to the disc mount and angled relative to the line of travel of the planting implement, the disc configured to cut a furrow into a planting surface; a fertilizer tube mounted to the disc mount and configured to deposit fertilizer into a fertilizer trench formed in the furrow; a scraper offset from the rotatable disc; and a seed boot coupled to the disc mount rearward of the fertilizer tube and the disc, the seed boot including a hollow tubular member through which seed passed and deposited onto the planting surface, and a stationary cutting edge configured to cut a ledge into the furrow onto which seed is deposited; wherein the seed boot is mounted separately and to a rear side of the scraper.