Should you buy a Rotary Hoe? (Also - Planting Chickpeas)
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- Опубліковано 9 жов 2020
- Once again I am planting Chickpeas - and discussing the pros and cons of a small rotary hoe/tiller.
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They don’t make things to last for decades anymore; gardeners; HOLD ON to all of your tools .... and older machinery, especially if you can do repairs and maintenance yourself. I’m so glad my Father gave me long life lessons .... with gardening and land guardianship. 🌱 🙏
I can’t tell you how nice it is to have a good gardening channel to watch in the Southern Hemisphere. We are just getting into the very short rainy days up here in Canada and it’s so enjoyable to see someone with the tge excitment od the growing season coming. As for tiller I got a small one like yours but it’s plug in. And it’s great I did a review on my channel. Lots of power and ever having to worry about getting it to start is amazing.
Chickpeas are really fun to grow. Sometimes I harvest them, sometimes I just use them as a winter green manure.
Thank you from Qld. I love your videos and the information and inspiration.
I am older than you and I found that a bigger tiller with a reverse gear was very helpful.
It bounced about less and best for me: it was available mounted on its own very small trailer so no ramps or struggles to load and unload it!
Happy Spring and I hope you have a great season!
Hello! I'm from the USA, state of Indiana, farm country. I just found your site and have watched a few of your videos. They are great! I learn something everytime I watch one. It's fall up here and winter is on its way. You are really down (under) south from us. This is amazing to be able to communicate like this. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome! Thank you!
Kidney beans, awesome! Can't wait to see how they grow!
Modern folks need to be told the difference between a"tiller" and a "rotary hoe".
For BOTH machines *take off half the blades* and always run them SLOWLY. This lessens worm cutting, and does not powderise the soil. You really only need to break soil into small lumps -- not make sandy structure. Worms aerate soil best (if you don't kill them with spinning blades). Worms create the best soil structure for plants.
Domestic Rotary Hoes are always 4 stroke petrol motors *usually over 3hp* , and usually over AUD$1000, as you say. Your B&S 3hp is a borderline case!) They are best to break new ground, ie dense grass, clay soils, compacted soils. Use them slowly, go over 2 -3 times to get deep and "turn the sour soils" upside down to oxygenate it and encourage deep rooting and water retention.
But the little baby tillers now popular for ~$300 are basically a 2 stroke whipper snipper motor of 1/2 - 1 hp. They are only for already broken soils -- although many gung-ho types abuse them to the point of breaking. They will not easily turn hard soils or matted grass, or turn virgin soil deeply. Tillers (run slowly) are great for gently mixing in manures and compost into the top 100mm.
For both machines, do not overwork the soil. Work at half moisture, not fully dry nor sloppy wet -- ie, water the night before.
Thankyou for the info.
Trying to find an old howard GEM or 350 size rotary hoe.
Hard to find.
The Australian Charles Dowding 👍🏻👍🏻
This was presented really well! Thanks for sharing!
Great update!
Whenever I look out into my backyard, I'm glad I watched your vid against white pebble paths!
chickpeas and beans :) i live in tassie and never even thought i could grow them xx will be looking for update on these :)
While I don't need a rotary hoe as I've only got a suburban back yard to grow in, I do some garden maintenance to help pay the bills.
I bought one of those little line trimmer style ones, an absolute waste of time.
Luckily the motor fit onto my old worn-out lawn edger so it wasn't a total waste of money too.
Keep posting those videos. I might not be able to live the dream but at least I can watch it. 👍
Looking good 🧤👒🇦🇺🥰🐨😍
It so annoys me when I see people using a Merry tiller or copy without the wheels on it ! In the sixties Dad bought a new Merry Tiller suburban for our half acre garden. The soil was heavy clay loam. Of course it bounces around on the first pass in the spring when everything is compacted , but if you leave the wheels on and lower the drag stake it makes it much easier to balance the machine and it saves your back. Oh yeah, this was in southwestern Ontario.
I bought a Massport I love mine it’s got wheels and it’s got a lawn edger and scrubbing brush it’s the difference between having a vege patch and not for me.
Terrific advice! I really like no-dig, but I have a self propelled tiller that I use to establish beds in blackland prairie soil. I have been able to skip tilling the following year or two. I wonder about chop-and-drop on a legume cover crop.
Hi mate, many thanks for your insights, always love your channel. My experience is that claypanning only occurs in clay based loams, such as the Darling Downs in SE QLD. There you would use a tyne plough to till (or no till of course). Your soil looks to be less clay based, so ideal for rotary hoes. You are right that a small hand managed rotary hoe does not have the same impact as a larger PTO tiller behind a tractor. That is where you tend to get a hard surface under the tilled soil which the growing plants find difficult to penetrate.
great video as usual John, I just purchased a 50's Howard Junior off the neighbor's from where I grew up in Tassie, those old things will near dig concrete, next year when I sell up here in Sydney and get to Omeo Victoria I will have to have him shipped there.
great old tiller you have, should see you out.
Thanks for sharing.
Which is the biggest one? Howard gem? Or 350? Or junior? Theres a few
I don't need one... but I do like toys!
You garden exactly as I do! But it Looks like you didn't wet that area under the black plastic quite enough to sweat and rot everything down enough. Worms can't live in dry soil and woody stems like old tomatoes and corn stalks need water to soften and decay.
Hi mate. Just wondering how you store your potatoes for the year?
We struggle with this.
Generally in ground as long as possible, then in black containers in a cool place (a cellar or similar) also it is necessary to remove the shots every few weeks.