Rip seeds apart to sow (8)
I believe the answer is:
disperse
'sow' is the definition.
(I know that sow is a more specific form of the action disperse)
'rip seeds apart' is the wordplay.
'apart' is an anagram indicator (the word is broken apart).
'rip'+'seeds'='ripseeds'
'ripseeds' anagrammed gives 'DISPERSE'.
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for disperse that I've seen before include "Presides so as to scatter" , "Scatter, disseminate" , "Scatter in all directions" , "Scatter or disband" , "Break up, move away from each other" .)