Cultivators?

A Cultivator isa piece of farm machinery used for secondary tillage. In one sense, the namerefers to frames with teeth (also known as shanks) that pierce the soil as theyare dragged linearly through it. Machines that use rotary motion of discs orteeth to achieve a similar result are referred to in another sense. A goodexample is the rotary tiller.

Cultivators stirand completely destroy the soil before planting (to aerate the soil and preparea smooth, loose seedbed) or after the crop has begun to grow (to killweedsa controlled disturbance of the topsoil close to the crop plants kills thesurrounding weeds by uprooting them, burying their leaves to disrupt theirphotosynthesis, or a combination of the two). Unlike harrows, which interruptthe whole soil surface, cultivators are crafted to interrupt the soil in exactpatterns, trying to spare crop plants while interrupting weeds. Cultivatorswith teeth are often similar in appearance to chisel ploughs, but theirpurposes are different. Cultivator teeth are used to control weeds closer tothe surface, whereas chisel plough shanks are often used to end things hardpanbeneath the earth. As a result, cultivating requires far less power per shankthan chisel ploughing.

Usesof Cultivators:

The cultivatoris the tiniest motorized soil cultivation machine. Some brands may refer to itas a mini tiller or a tiller/cultivator. Although their primary function is toprepare the soil for the plants that will grow there, they can also handle avariety of other tasks in the garden, including:

Mixingsoil:While larger tillers may be required for heavily compacted gardens, acultivator is powerful enough to loosen most soils in time for spring planting.They break the clods of soil into smaller pieces by using tines or discs. Thisallows air and water to penetrate the soil and drain more efficiently. A cultivatoris also useful for incorporating fertilizer, manure, compost, or potting mixinto regular soil.

Weedcontrol:Furthermore, the force applied to a shovel may compact a section of soil aroundthe hole. Rotating tines on walk-behind cultivators are used to turn and aeratethe soil. They are also particularly effective at burying weeds betweenplanting rows, thereby incorporating them a and the nutrients they contain a back into the soil. However, be cautious: cultivating more than a few inchesinto the soil or too close to your plants may harm them.

Ploughingand building rows: Instead of tines or discs, a ploughingcultivator has a wedge-shaped blade. The blade cuts a furrow that is ready toaccept seeds; once seeding is finished, the shallow trench can be covered bythe soil alongside it- so convenient!

Cultivators areindispensable nowadays for ploughing or tilling the field for crop cultivation.Gone are the daya when people used to plough their fields with a pair of oxen.That was time-consuming and less productive. Now the cultivators can tillhectares of farmland in very quick time. Keeping up with the emerging demandsin the market, sellers registered at Tradeindia are dealing in sturdy range of Cultivatorsto meet the demands of buyers in all parts of India.