I have a rake like yours. I used it to level the area after the garden was planted. We till with a different method here since we have a different soil type. I have a walk behind cultivator with a wheel and tines similar to your 5 tine hand cultivator. For large areas I spot spray with roundup. I dont get crazy with it because roundup will leach the minerals from your soil if you get too happy with it.
No, but that's a neat idea. I thought I might try and gather some wild seeds for next year's garden. I'd like to plant Stinging nettles for one. A lot of the wild plants are perennial or biennial so it's tough to grow them in a garden that won't be around from season to season. I have no guarantee I'll get the same plot next year and have been assured I most likely won't. Thanks for asking though, hopefully I can save a few nettles as they are close by.
There are some old and some new, most are decent quality. The cultivator hoe I like the best is the poorest quality tool and it is nearing the end of it's life cycle. LOL! That's alright, I'll just buy another roll of duct tape.
I'm thinking that old cultivator would make some excellent spear points. That was the first thing that crossed my mind when I found it. I bet it's good steel too. Thanks! 🙂
that is a great tool. The guy down from me has the same thing on a push cultivator with one wheel, it is over 100 years old. I would guess this cultivator is likely 50-75 years old as I believe it was my Uncle's at one point and he is quite old now, may have been my Grandpa's for all I know.
OK, that's the same thing the guy down from me has then. I saw one at a sale for 25.00 and it came with another attachment as well, a warren hoe I believe it's called, along with the 5 tine cultivator. It looked quite old, but was in excellent shape. I really wanted to grab it up, but only had 15 bucks at the time. Someone used roundup last year at this spot, so I'm told and it seems worst soil wise than the other spots further down the row. I put down some fish emulsion and Epsom salt today.
They work wonders, thanks, especially on compacted soil. I used the pitchfork for working up the soil for my potatoes, did a much better and faster job than the shovel.
I have a video trying to load now that shows it. It is similar to the high wheel cultivator but has a small wheel in front. It works for light cultivating. RoundUp started off as a water softening chemical. If you mix it with really hard water it will use part of its chemical softening the water. But if you mix the roundup real hot (which is what many rookies do with chemicals) it will leach into the soil and demineralize the top layer of soil so you have to deep till to bring it back up
there is a fertilizer called RootBlast sold in different big stores. I got mine at WalGreens others say they found it in WalMart. It is a mineral heavy – low fertilizer number "plant food" for a lack of better term. 1/4 to half teaspoon per plant twice a growing season does wonders. Fish emulsion is good but be carefiul if mixing with other stuff like miracle grow. You can nitrogen burn your plants with too much of a good thing. learned that by killing a pumpkin patch
if you mix roundup according to the instructions IE 2 ounces per gallon or slightly lighter, it will kill the weeds and go inert in about 7 days. But mixed hot it will keep trying to disolves it's salts until it reaches the solvent rate and then go inert after acting as a water softner because there are no weeds to dilute it. There are records of it staying for up to 6 months.
It's nice, the tool pulls itself down into the soil and drags the weeds, roots and all out with it. all you have to do is pull it along, no real downward pressure required.
I went to town and got some epsom salts. I mixed them with the dry fertilizer I already had and made a shaker out of a plastic jar. I'll go out tommorow and shake some around each plant I have and then backfill the plant holes with some compost before watering again. willing to try 'lectric shock treatments too. 🙂 but I dont have gophers at least
Yeah, the fish emulsion I have is mostly nitrogen which is generally not good for vegetables as it makes green matter, not fruits. Probably good for corn, peas and beans, but I would think it might prevent tomatoes and such from fruiting if it was all you used. We had the stuff laying around and I wanted to get it used up, man it stinks and looks like liquid poo. I could still smell it today.
I will have to look into that, saw a lady on your channel feed that was making some, subscribed, but didn't quite understand the details of the tea. Thanks Randy!
Thank you Tito my good friend. The hardest garden work is coming to an end, things are beginning to maintain themselves. now I just water, fertilize, pick a few weeds and harvest.
My old tools were better quality, but many were sold when I moved as I didn't have place to store them. I kept a few and we acquired a few others in the past four years. Thanks Peter.
Electric shock. LOL! I bet it helps. 🙂 the one guy who was using the Epsom salts on his peppers said he would spray them and the salts would absorb right through the leaves. I used to mix it in the soil preseason and just a bit throughout using a hose end sprayer. I had a bottle of mineral water today, said the minerals were for added flavor, magnesium was one. Gophers, rabbits, moles, and deer are using my garden as a hangout. 🙂
compost tea is compost with water added. drain and save the water after soaking and use it for watering. The water picks up the microbe activity and the general fertilizer value without the organic matter. You can use the organic matter for compost. Tea is used in instances where it is not convenient to get to the roots
To start it takes about 16 hours to get it turned over, rows made, and things planted. After that it takes maybe 1 hour a day or less depending on how much you want to put into it.
I water, pick a few weeds, and pick the veggies when they come in. That probably doesn't take more than an hour a day if I broke it down. Thanks for asking and for watching, Roosevelt
Do you apply crops rotation to your garden?Regarding to gardening tools, these are useful enough when incurring to have a very functional and productive garden indeed.
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Great set of tools!
They look like they are of the old and good variety and not the new ones…;o)
All the best
Rob
I have a rake like yours. I used it to level the area after the garden was planted. We till with a different method here since we have a different soil type. I have a walk behind cultivator with a wheel and tines similar to your 5 tine hand cultivator. For large areas I spot spray with roundup. I dont get crazy with it because roundup will leach the minerals from your soil if you get too happy with it.
Can't beat a good 5 tine pitchfork for heavy tillage
No, but that's a neat idea. I thought I might try and gather some wild seeds for next year's garden. I'd like to plant Stinging nettles for one. A lot of the wild plants are perennial or biennial so it's tough to grow them in a garden that won't be around from season to season. I have no guarantee I'll get the same plot next year and have been assured I most likely won't. Thanks for asking though, hopefully I can save a few nettles as they are close by.
There are some old and some new, most are decent quality. The cultivator hoe I like the best is the poorest quality tool and it is nearing the end of it's life cycle. LOL! That's alright, I'll just buy another roll of duct tape.
Nice to hear from you Rob,
Roosevelt
You're welcome,
I'm thinking that old cultivator would make some excellent spear points. That was the first thing that crossed my mind when I found it. I bet it's good steel too. Thanks! 🙂
that is a great tool. The guy down from me has the same thing on a push cultivator with one wheel, it is over 100 years old. I would guess this cultivator is likely 50-75 years old as I believe it was my Uncle's at one point and he is quite old now, may have been my Grandpa's for all I know.
Thanks!
OK, that's the same thing the guy down from me has then. I saw one at a sale for 25.00 and it came with another attachment as well, a warren hoe I believe it's called, along with the 5 tine cultivator. It looked quite old, but was in excellent shape. I really wanted to grab it up, but only had 15 bucks at the time. Someone used roundup last year at this spot, so I'm told and it seems worst soil wise than the other spots further down the row. I put down some fish emulsion and Epsom salt today.
They work wonders, thanks, especially on compacted soil. I used the pitchfork for working up the soil for my potatoes, did a much better and faster job than the shovel.
I have a video trying to load now that shows it. It is similar to the high wheel cultivator but has a small wheel in front. It works for light cultivating. RoundUp started off as a water softening chemical. If you mix it with really hard water it will use part of its chemical softening the water. But if you mix the roundup real hot (which is what many rookies do with chemicals) it will leach into the soil and demineralize the top layer of soil so you have to deep till to bring it back up
there is a fertilizer called RootBlast sold in different big stores. I got mine at WalGreens others say they found it in WalMart. It is a mineral heavy – low fertilizer number "plant food" for a lack of better term. 1/4 to half teaspoon per plant twice a growing season does wonders. Fish emulsion is good but be carefiul if mixing with other stuff like miracle grow. You can nitrogen burn your plants with too much of a good thing. learned that by killing a pumpkin patch
compost and compost teas are the best safe to use fertilizers and mineral replacements.
if you mix roundup according to the instructions IE 2 ounces per gallon or slightly lighter, it will kill the weeds and go inert in about 7 days. But mixed hot it will keep trying to disolves it's salts until it reaches the solvent rate and then go inert after acting as a water softner because there are no weeds to dilute it. There are records of it staying for up to 6 months.
It's nice, the tool pulls itself down into the soil and drags the weeds, roots and all out with it. all you have to do is pull it along, no real downward pressure required.
an excellent selection of tools and some i recognise myself
I went to town and got some epsom salts. I mixed them with the dry fertilizer I already had and made a shaker out of a plastic jar. I'll go out tommorow and shake some around each plant I have and then backfill the plant holes with some compost before watering again. willing to try 'lectric shock treatments too. 🙂 but I dont have gophers at least
I saw the cultivator, pretty neat farm implement. That does not surprise me one bit Roundup being used as a water treatment, seems crazy though..
Yeah, the fish emulsion I have is mostly nitrogen which is generally not good for vegetables as it makes green matter, not fruits. Probably good for corn, peas and beans, but I would think it might prevent tomatoes and such from fruiting if it was all you used. We had the stuff laying around and I wanted to get it used up, man it stinks and looks like liquid poo. I could still smell it today.
I will have to look into that, saw a lady on your channel feed that was making some, subscribed, but didn't quite understand the details of the tea. Thanks Randy!
Thank you Tito my good friend. The hardest garden work is coming to an end, things are beginning to maintain themselves. now I just water, fertilize, pick a few weeds and harvest.
My old tools were better quality, but many were sold when I moved as I didn't have place to store them. I kept a few and we acquired a few others in the past four years. Thanks Peter.
Electric shock. LOL! I bet it helps. 🙂 the one guy who was using the Epsom salts on his peppers said he would spray them and the salts would absorb right through the leaves. I used to mix it in the soil preseason and just a bit throughout using a hose end sprayer. I had a bottle of mineral water today, said the minerals were for added flavor, magnesium was one. Gophers, rabbits, moles, and deer are using my garden as a hangout. 🙂
Thanks Foggy!
compost tea is compost with water added. drain and save the water after soaking and use it for watering. The water picks up the microbe activity and the general fertilizer value without the organic matter. You can use the organic matter for compost. Tea is used in instances where it is not convenient to get to the roots
OK, thanks!
Always great videos buddy!! Thank You!!
Thanks Kaz!
🙂 Thanks Geza,
To start it takes about 16 hours to get it turned over, rows made, and things planted. After that it takes maybe 1 hour a day or less depending on how much you want to put into it.
I water, pick a few weeds, and pick the veggies when they come in. That probably doesn't take more than an hour a day if I broke it down. Thanks for asking and for watching, Roosevelt
Whenever I think of farming tools being developed and used as weapons I think of the Okinawan's, Chinese farmers, and the art of Kobudo.
Do you apply crops rotation to your garden?Regarding to gardening tools, these are useful enough when incurring to have a very functional and productive garden indeed.