Re: Swan Neck Hoe!
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Swan Neck Hoe!
- From: n*@ideasign.com (Chris R Wilbers)
- Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 13:07:28 -0600
- References: <da89879a.34e51691@aol.com>
Has anyone had the opportunity to compare a swan neck hoe to the Winged
Weeder, a colinear hoe or a stirrup hoe?
Regards,
Chris Wilbers
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Pumkinguy@aol.com wrote:
>
> Thank you everyone for the info on the swan neck hoe....get on the phone and
> get one of those 9 inch hoes. The ends of the hoe come to a slim point so you
> can do some weed removal surgery very close to the plants. Keep the blade
> parallel to the ground and skim the weeds off. The blade is just barely under
> the surface of the soil so it doesn't bring up new weed seeds. The secret to
> easy weeding is to never let the weeds get big. That hoe will skim off half
> inch weeds faster than you can imagine.....let the later weeds come up and
> skim again and you will have little problems with weeds after two skimmings.
> Pulling large weeds is not fun. Skimming little weeds with a swan neck is
> almost fun.
> pumkinguy@aol.com
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