Restoration Seeds' farm 1949 Allis Chalmers G with Buddign Basket Weeder.
For gardeners and small market farmers - Organic standards prohibit the use of synthetic herbicides but allow a range of physical tools and natural herbicides as elements of an integrated organic seed management program. These are usually used with cultural controls such as crop rotation and cover cropping.
SMALL FARM SCALE - Weed Control Machines
Two types of cultivators are required for effective weed control: one at pre-emergence or early post-emergence and a second later in the season. How vulnerable the crops are depends on their growth stage. Cultivation is only one element of effective weed control. Here is a good series of videos from the University of Vermont Extension - University of Vermont Center for Sustainable Agriculture plus one or two others we like.
Weed-Control Machines - Crossroad Farm, Fairlee, VT. - Yetter standard Rotary Hoe shown used, Batwing Shovels, Buddingh Basket Weeder, Perfecta II s-tine field cultivator.
Weed-Control Machines - Edgewater Farm, Plainfield, NH - Lely Weeder with gauge wheels, Buddingh Basket Weeder, Sweeps and Half-Sweeps,
Weed-Control Machines - Four Corners Farm, Newbury, VT - modified Case HI field cultivator, Lilliston Rolling Cultivator - Spider Gangs, Buddingh Finger Weeder.
Weed-Control Machines - Fiddlehead Farm, Brownsville, VT, Lely Weeder, Bezzerides Spring Hoe and Torsion Weeder.
Weed-Control Machines - Harvest Farm, Whately, MA - Buddingh Basket Weeder, Sweeps.
Weed-Control Machines - Kestrel Farm, Westminster, VT - Vapor Flame Weeder, Roller off back of a field cultivator.
Weed-Control Machines - Killdeer Farm, Norwich, VT - Red Dragon Backpack Flame Weeder, Liquid Flame Weeder.
Kentucky State University tilling methods comparison study.
Univerco (Reigi) Weeder, Foundhorn Gardens, Days Ceek, OR.
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