Which Weeding Tools Should You Purchase?

| Wednesday, April 27, 2011
By Janet Dean


Weeding tools are essential if you have a garden or simply want to maintain your yard or potted plants. Wherever there are plants and flowers, you are almost guaranteed to find weeds as well. Weeds are harmful because they absorb most of the water and nutrients from the soil and actually 'starve' your plants or flowers. They are also quite unsightly and make your yard or garden look uncared for.

So how do you go about getting rid of these weeds? There are many different types of tools you can use which can make the process much easier and faster. We will now dive into the details of some of the more popular tools.

One of the popular tools is the Hori Hori knife. This knife is very much shaped similarly to a straight edge knife that can be used for a multitude of purposes. Due to the shape, it makes it very easy for you to dig out weeds and is also used to extract bonsai trees. Many people use it as a sporting knife for much more than just weeding. You can use it to cut, saw, chop and even measure which will no doubt make your life much easier.

The Angle Hand Weeder: This tool is quite the formidable gardening tool as it resembles a claw and is excellent at pulling up weeds and other offending plants. The hook is curved and one side of the blade is made up of serrated edges which make it very easy for you to cut and pull out weeds. The hook shape is designed to pull any plants that may be trapped in cracks and the forked tip is designed to pull up tap rooted weeds.

Another popular tool is the Cape Cod Weeder. If you are wondering about the name, it was named after the woman who created it and she lived in Cape Cod. This tool was developed many decades ago but has remained popular because of its effective and innovative design that never fails to get the job done. This tool can help you to remove weeds that are dangerously close to your flowers or cherished plants without damaging them. This can definitely make your life a lot easier and ensure that you remove all those hard to reach weeds.

Lastly, we will look at the trowel. This is probably one of the oldest gardening tools that was developed and has remained popular. It is similar to a miniature shovel that can either have a short wide blade or long thin blade. This tool works well as all you have to do is push it below the plant and then pull it out by its roots. This is a very effective tool and will definitely continue to be used by gardeners all over the world.

We just covered some of the major and most popular weeding tools which can help you to weed faster and more efficiently. There are many other tools which exist and you should definitely try out as many as you can!

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