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Chatting => Equipment Shed => Topic started by: mdjlucan on March 29, 2020, 05:24

Title: Cultivator
Post by: mdjlucan on March 29, 2020, 05:24

Cultivator I need to turn my allotment over as I’ve not been there for quite awhile because of the weather what’s a good cultivator to buy a good one that’s powerful to cut into the clay soil

Title: Re: Cultivator
Post by: Kleftiwallah on March 29, 2020, 09:00

Good morning mdjlucan,  I presume you mean cultivator also known as a rotavator?  Speaking to a very old gardener some years ago he told me that they froth up the top ten or so inches and leave a hard pan below that which the roots find difficult to penetrate. 

Just what I heard, you can pick the bones out of that and make your own decision!

Cheers,  Tony :mellow:

Title: Re: Cultivator
Post by: jezza on March 29, 2020, 09:57

Hello try your local hire shop most do Camon rear tined rotavators usually have 9hp engines  or if you want to by one Lawnflite and Husqvarna do a wheel and rear rota model these 2 have the ability to run the rotas in reverse to go through clay soil  jezza

Title: Re: Cultivator
Post by: Aunt Sally on March 29, 2020, 11:40

I don’t think you’ll be able to buy one while we’re on lock down.  It’s not an essential like food!

Title: Re: Cultivator
Post by: jambop on March 29, 2020, 12:03

I have an MTD 450 PRO good machine and because I have heavy soil and a large area of ground it has done me a good job it really has but... I do not recommend using a rotavator they destroy the structure of the soil and actually make things less ideal for the soil. Having said that they do save your back! I have given up digging now so will be trying to sell mine soon.