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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Humble Village Farmer" data-source="post: 7076533" data-attributes="member: 142541"><p>I think they are quite effective at exposing slug eggs from under damp straw etc (as above). Repeated stubble raking is less compatible with growing cover crops though because obviously you want to get them growing asap. We use ours to spread straw, create a tiny bit of tilth, take over open slots, to cover unburied seed and make a (very) minor contribution to field levelling. We really only do once after combining and drilling. We don't stubble rake at  proper drilling to avoid unnecessary soil disturbance which might wake up the black grass. We've bought ours now but I wonder if a modified set of springtines would do the same or a similar job and would've been alot cheaper if bought second hand .</p></blockquote><p></p>