Cultivator
A cultivator is used in the garden to remove weeds. This type of tool consists of a set of wheeled tines that interlock as they roll. These tines are mounted to a head that is then attached to a handle.
Cultivators
A cultivator has three prongs and looks like a small rake. It is very useful for breaking up and aerating the soil prior to planting seeds and seedlings. It can also be used to remove weeds that crop up between plants.
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Cultivator and Fork - A cultivator has one to five tines and is great for chopping and pulling to remove shallow rooted weeds as well as break up clumps of dirt.
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Cuticle
Cutting - Any part of a plant that is cut off from the parent plant and rooted to form a new plant. Types include: root cuttings, leaf cuttings, and stem cuttings.
Hand Cultivator -- a three pronged fork with a short wooden handle. The sharp prongs make digging easier. The tool is helpful to dislodge weeds and to cultivate in narrow spaces between plants.
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Cultivator
The cultivator comes in two different flavors; long handled and hand models.
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Sometimes referred to as a hand fork, the cultivator is used for weeding, and as its name implies, for cultivating the soil. It weeds faster than a trowel, but is less precise, so you must be careful not to damage any desirable plants.
Cultivator. A cluster of metal tines on a long handle, a cultivator is used to break up hard, crusty soil around plants. A clam rake can double as a cultivator.
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Cultivator
Cultivators may have anywhere from one to five pointed tines. Cultivators are used in a chopping and pulling motion to remove shallow rooted weeds, and to break up surface soil crust around plants.
Cultivator and Tiller -- Designed to break up the ground for planting, aeration and weed control, this type of equipment is ideal for gardeners who consistently make additions or changes to their outdoor space.
Cultivators are hand-held tools with three prongs that are used to amend the soil with fertilizer or to weed in small, confined areas like a container or raised garden bed.
"Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country and wedded to its liberty and interests by the most lasting bands." ...
Many cultivators of rhubarb on a large scale have repeated the experiment and have met with the most decisive results.
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A good cultivator will help you work the soil and keep weeds down.
3. A cultivator. Cultivating tools have a wide variety of names, from hoes to hand tillers.
A handheld cultivator is essential for breaking up clumps of soil away from roots and root vegetables.
I use a hand cultivator and scratch up the sides of the planting hole as it can become very compacted while digging the planting hole. Fill the hole about half full with water.
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Cordless Garden Cultivator from Black & Decker
Digging weeds and cultivating your garden used to requires long hours of backbreaking work. But thanks to the Black & Decker Cordless Cultivator, hoeing and shoveling are a thing of the past.
1. With a hoe or cultivator, loosen the soil before planting.
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2. Set plants along the front of the path. Space them the correct distance apart according to your plant species. Water well.
disk. A type of cultivator made up of many circular blades used for weed control and soil preparation.
dormant. To become inactive during winter or periods of cold weather.
Small hand cultivators, often sold in sets with trowels, are good for weeding in small areas and between closely spaced plants. Another useful, small digging tool is appropriately named a digger (a.k.a. weeder, cultivator, asparagus knife).
cultivator, should you have one, is preferable to numerous narrower paths where the
wheelbarrow handles catch in the vegetation or the rotavator blades scythe down
treasured plants. If a cultivator is to be used in the garden then beds or borders ...
You'll need a shovel, rake, cultivator, pruning shears, a sprinkler, and stakes and netting. If you've got critter or insect problems, you'll need to invest in pesticides or fencing.
There are an awful lot of variations or cultivators of plants. Some of these varieties are novel and quite fun to grow. Some are bred for certain areas.
Mixture of different types of grasses (cultivators): Seed mixtures are becoming increasingly popular due to the disease and drought resistant properties many will contain.
Good Grips Garden Tools including garden scissors, forks, cultivators, weeders and trowels at $10 each. Ergonomic sets of three tools (small hoes, cultivators and spades) for $40.
"When planting onions, we position them in a grid, so that each onion plant is at least one width of a cultivator apart from all other plants.
Break up the soil under the turf with a hand cultivator or garden fork.
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Place the piece of plywood in the center of the sod you will be using to repair the bare spot. Cut through the sod, again following the edge of the board.
Instead, use a hand cultivator to gently scratch an inch or two of compost into compacted dirt. The organic matter will break down without raising the bed's level and will gradually improve the tilth of the soil.
The best tools for weeding are hands, a hoe, and a cultivator. Be sure to remove the entire plant and root system of the weeds. Removing just the top does not kill the weeds. Remaining roots often send up another shoot.
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Another great thing about apples: You can plant your own trees and become a pomologist, a cultivator of fruit trees. But before buying, perform a taste test and see which varieties you enjoy the most.
If you are not mulching between rows, you can till the soil with a cultivator. I can remember my father plowing the garden rows with his mule, Ol' Blue.
The many colors seen today, such as red, white, yellow, and green, were developed by cultivators. The flower is about three to five centimeters in diameter.
The Turkish Empire is greatly renowned for having the tulips that now decorate the Netherlands, and the Turks were known as cultivators of this flower through Persia and Asia from as early as 1,000 A.D.
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