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To: sweneop

From my experience from pulling weeds on the farm, I can tell you that it would be very hard for any device to work as well as hands. You can tell when the weed is about to break when you have tactile contact, not with a metal device. Breaking the weed off is as bad as cutting it. It'll just sprout and grow back.


19 posted on 09/23/2004 6:34:59 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (US socialist liberalism would be dead without the help of politicians who claim to be conservatives)
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To: DoughtyOne
From my experience from pulling weeds on the farm, I can tell you that it would be very hard for any device to work as well as hands.

A hoe can come very, very close to mimicking the work of the hands -- especially when used by a pro. I agree that seedlings are best weeded by hand (this was my chore) but everything else gets the hoe or cultivator.

29 posted on 09/23/2004 6:42:15 PM PDT by pickemuphere
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yeah but before it sprouts back up it digs its roots in deeper, making it harder to pull out next time around.


57 posted on 09/23/2004 9:13:51 PM PDT by KingNo155
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