I was going to start this exact thread, but figured this one is 21 posts old, and many of the same questions are here already.
I just ran the TroyBilt Horse through the garden. To get weed control, the tines sure seem to beat the daylights out of the soil.
I feel the front tine tiller on a Gravely would do similar.
I have spent years building up the condition of my soil. Sure, I gotta control weeds, but, I do not want to destroy everything along with weed removal.
Close to the plants, we use a hand hoe. I have been wondering about using this cultivator, and whether it could work similar to a hand hoe.
Well, I called Richard's, they said they could throw one in a couple UPS boxes and send it to me.
They said it might take a week or so to get it out.
This was my first Richard's order, I sent a long laundry list of items, the cultivator was an afterthought, I called and added that.
I guess it is my turn to try using one. I have high hopes I can get the minimal weed control I need, without grinding the soil to smithereens!
With what I have done in the garden over the last three years, I am thoroughly convinced the texture of the soil has a great deal to do with plant success.
Compost, compost, compost! Now that I have added it, I want to have it as long as possible.
The reason I resurrected this old thread was in hopes that some may have used the cultivator since the original post started.
Any hints? :dunno: