"Strip-tillers need to allow time for the cover to grow in the fall before strip-tilling, but you must strip-till before there’s too much growth, or the rye doesn’t get buried in the strips very well," says strip-tiller Ed Roodzant.

"Do not be afraid to seed winter wheat to a depth of 2.5 inches and winter rye to a depth of 3-plus inches," says Jochum Wiersma in this Univ. of Minnesota Extension blog.