Row cleaner and row closer assemblies for strip till planters

A strip till machine comprising:

• a frame mounting plate;
• a cutting disc and an axle adapted to permit rotation of the cutting disc;
• a set of oppositely facing posts connected to the frame mounting plate and adapted to support the axle and the cutting disc at a pair of connecting points, the cutting disc adapted to rotate about a rotational axis defined by the axle and the connecting points on the oppositely facing posts;
• a row cleaner adapted to clear mulch and other debris encountered in strip or low till planting and comprising:
• a row cleaner frame assembly connected to and supported by the set of oppositely facing posts, the row cleaner frame assembly comprising:
• a pair of row cleaner arms each having a proximal end located proximal to the set of oppositely facing posts, and a distal end located distal to the set of oppositely facing posts, the row cleaner arm proximal ends being spaced apart and disposed on opposite sides of the cutting disc;
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• a pair of clearing wheels each having a wheel body and a set of spaced apart teeth protruding radially about the circumference of the wheel body, the pair of row cleaner wheels rotationally connected, respectively, to the row cleaner arm distal ends and being configured to have a toe-in alignment to assist in debris removal;
• wherein the pair of row cleaner arms share a common plane and are pivotally connected at the proximal ends to the oppositely facing posts at a pair of pivot points with the cutting disc disposed intermediate the proximal ends and the pivot points sharing a rotational axis of the cutting disc;
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• wherein the row clearing wheels are in a close-proximity to the cutting disc.