You have bought a house that has been uninhabited for a long time or would like to start creating a garden after the home is finished. In both cases, the green areas have often not been maintained and are overgrown with weeds. A garden tiller is very useful here, because with this device you can easily clear larger areas of unwanted greenery.
How do I remove weeds with a garden tiller?
To effectively remove weeds with a garden tiller, remove the intermediate vegetation before the seeds ripen, adjust the working depth, start the tiller and guide it over the site in overlapping paths. Then let the soil rest and, if necessary, weed out any new weeds.
What is a garden tiller?
This device is a petrol or electric motor-powered tiller that is pushed over the area like a lawnmower. It performs the same tasks as harrows and plows in agriculture, that is, the device digs up the soil roughly 15 centimeters deep using rotating hoeing stars. The removed material is crushed and used to improve the soil.
The procedure
1. Step: Remove intermediate growth
It is important that you use the garden tiller before the seeds ripen. If the weeds have already grown, you would incorporate all the seeds and would have to laboriously weed the germinating weeds manually again and again.
To prevent injuries, you should always wear safety shoes, safety clothing and gloves when handling the garden tiller (€129.00 on Amazon). Safety glasses can also make sense, especially on stony ground.
When applying, follow these steps:
- Remove or fold down the transport rollers.
- Adjust the working depth according to the root depth of the weeds.
- Start the garden tiller at maximum power and throttle down if necessary.
- The milling machine has a forward gear and, for maneuvering purposes, a reverse gear.
- Let the device run in a relaxed manner and do not pull it backwards or push it down.
- Guide it across the terrain in slightly overlapping paths.
- Since the weeds are finely chopped, no reworking is necessary.
2. Step: Let the floor rest
If you want to sow lawns or create beds, you should under no circumstances do this immediately after milling. Give the soil some time to settle. In this way, the soil life that has become disordered can calm down again.
After an appropriate rest period, you can mechanically weed the occasional weed and start planting the garden.
Tip
The expensive purchase of a garden tiller is usually not worth it for one-time use. However, you can rent the device inexpensively from many hardware stores.