Hand cultivators in fact: a comparison of advantages and disadvantages

Processing of the ground at any stage - hard work. Therefore we are looking for ways and mechanisms to facilitate the work, and sell the company to offer us the goods, do not skimp on the promise and praise.

Today I want to share my experience of using two cultivators: fashionable "Tornado" and hand cultivator of the soil of Soviet times.

Cultivator-roots removers "Tornado" we saw a neighbor. At its mini-kitchen garden from several beds korotenkih he famously screwed into the ground a bright yellow chetyrehlapogo "octopus" and remove it with a bunch of weeds. We were impressed. Soon we got this miracle.

How it should work? Placing the unit on a weed, it is necessary to screw it into the ground as deep as possible, and then pull straight up, along with the plant.

Experience shows that this design is more or less functional in loose soil where weed grown strange misunderstanding. Yes, he does not give a load on his back, compared with a pitchfork or shovel, but very tired arms and shoulders. With a lot of effort for immersion "Tornado" in the ground, pull out a weed in most cases it turns out only manually.

Hand cultivator There have for a long time. It is not intended to remove the roots, it is, rather, weeders and ripper.

The blades are used for loosening soil, moving from the bottom bracket cuts weeds. Putting adaptation bracket on the ground, with a little effort we move it to yourself - by yourself. Wheels with petals "cut" the soil and loosen it, hook cuts the above-ground part of weeds. The work is fast and does not require great physical effort.

There is a slight problem when you have to work in very moist soil, the land sometimes becomes clogged between the two blades.

For myself, concluded: "Tornado" is effective when you need to loosen the soil or clean it by shallow-rooted weeds in a small area. With the success of the wells can loosen under dot landing on seedling beds. In other situations - a great trainer for the inflation of the shoulder girdle.

Manual weeders Ripper faithfully and reliably perform its functions.