A planter that ejects seeds rearward at a speed that is equal to or nearly equal to the forward motion of the machine. This prevents the seeds from bouncing and rolling on the soil and maintains the desired spacing between seeds. This is accomplished with a wheel having cells that accept a single seeds and a belt that holds the seeds in the cells while the wheel rotates down close to the soil, where the seeds are released at a rearward velocity that compensates for the forward motion of the machine.
