Patent ID: 8272339

Claim:
A double-shoot, single pass implement for separately depositing fertilizer and seed with horizontal and vertical stratification onto a planting surface, comprising: a toolbar configured to be coupled to a towing vehicle which is designed to pull a frame along the planting surface with a generally longitudinal line of travel; a plurality of disc openers, each of which is connected to the toolbar by a respective linkage assembly; and wherein each disc opener includes: a disc mount coupled to a corresponding linkage assembly; a rotatable disc mounted to the disc mount and configured to cut at an angle into the planting surface to form a fertilizer trench; a fertilizer tube having an outlet and mounted to the disc mount and generally adjacent the rotatable disc; a scraper offset from the rotatable disc; a seed boot coupled to the disc mount rearward of the fertilizer tube and rotatable disc, the seed boot including a seed tube having a hollow tubular member through which seed is 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 to a rear side of the scraper; and configured to cut a seed trench offset from the fertilizer trench, the seed boot including: the seed tube having a forward cutting edge and an outlet rearward of the fertilizer tube; and a tab connected to the seed tube generally opposite the forward cutting edge and extending rearward of the seed tube outlet.