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Alton, Ia | We've spring ripped several times, worked fine. If you are leaving clods/lumps, I would try to work them fairly soon to knock them apart before they bake hard. A "no-till" type ripper may be preferred over what you are suggesting.
I sometimes think it's not only soil moisture but temperature that makes for cloddy seedbed. Making cold, wet lumps that then bake leads to clods. The same soil if worked warm doesn't. This year you may have higher soil temps. Just a theory, worth what you paid for it. | |
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In-line ripping in the spring
