Abstract: Ground preparing apparatus for seed planting comprising a frame adapted to be drawn along a field by a tractor or the like connected to the leading end of the frame and with a planting machine connected to the trailing end of the frame. A colter disc rotatably carried by the frame penetrates the ground to form a slit in the ground and cut stalks and like debris. A pair of laterally and longitudinally spaced narrow tooth elements carried by the frame between the colter disc and the trailing end of the frame penetrate the ground on opposite sides of the slit and cut the ground to form a band-like region of ground prepared to receive seeds and the like dispensed by the planter. A pair of wheels rotatably connected to the frame contact the ground and are located between the tooth elements and the trailing end of the frame and are laterally spaced from the band-like region for controlling the depth of penetration of the colter disc and tooth elements into the ground.