Abstract: A mechanically operated no-till planting apparatus for repeatedly and successively penetrating the soil to a predetermined depth at a predetermined spacing, depositing a quantity of seed and/or adjacent thereto repeatedly, simultaneously and successively penetrating the soil to a predetermined depth at a predetermined spacing and depositing a quantity of fertilizer with the piercing and metering devices constructed of an outer member cooperatively operating with an inner member with the outer and inner members partially operating in unison and partially operating independently of each other to accomplish piercing of the soil, metering of seed and/or fertilizer and depositing the seed and/or fertilizer in the soil as the metering and piercing devices operate in the vertical plane with a sled and transporting device, the sled and transporting device moving in the horizontal plane.