I live in a dry area with many stones, will it also pick up the stones as well as the nuts?Note: I do not want to gather the stones.
53714
Basically it depends on the size and type of the stones. We use it for picking up acorns on our (grass) yard and it works great for that, provided the grass is cut fairly short. Once the "cage" gets somewhat full of acorns, their weight will tend to force the wires apart and acorns will start to fall out. I think if you have fairly smooth rounded stones about the size of acorns, it will tend to pick them up. But small stones e.g. pea gravel or irregularly shaped or jagged rocks probably wouldn't get picked up.
53715
Well, I do not live in a rocky area but the garden weasel did not pick up the dried up "hats" of the acorns, just the acorns themselves. Hope this helps
53716
I believe it will pick up the stones with the nuts. It is a wonderful tool . When I first used it I accidentally picked up a magnolia tree burr and it wedged th splines open and my pecans fell out. I also found that twigs are not its friend. I actually am going to purchase the larger one for quicker gathering.
53717
Yes it may pick up some stones. It will also pick up the loose hulls around the pecans and some leaves. I still recommend it though as it makes gathering the nuts so much easier. I do have to do some sorting but I can pick up a 5 gallon bucket full in about 20 minutes now. It is so much easier on the back. Our trees have a bumper crop this year and I would never get even a small percentage harvested just picking them up.
354168
It will suck up acorns. I have rock hardscape and this thing picks up small rocks but it has a metal chopping blade and so far no damage.
322404
No. It may catch a few, but your best bet would be to strain with a fine sieve after milling.
2216584
We have had our nut wizard a few years and used it to pick up small pecans and large. We have four different type pecan trees and it works great for all of them.
980094
I just bought this and tried it today. We have lots of rocks - big, little, and large sizes. Soil is sandy/loamy like. Yes it drags up rocks that are close to the surface. No way around it. Even using the smooth side... still brings up rocks. I gather if one continues to use it, eventually maybe no more rocks?
777693
Greetings, Not sure I would use it on nuts and seeds, they may have too much oils in them and it would be hard to clean the stones. I have only used it to make wet batters and it works great. Hope that helps
1558152
I have small stones as well. This little vacuum is so powerful that it will suck up small stones. The impellar is metal and you can hear it pinging around immediately so what I do is turn it off and shake out the stones. I did have a jam with a stone once and the impeller is so strong it cut into part of it and got lodged in. When this occurs the machine wines so I shut the machine off pried the stone out and the machine worked perfectly. I also noticed that when picking up leaves if you keep the vacuum at a lower to the ground angle it does not pick up rocks as well.
1345272
Yes, as long as they are not compressed into the ground. I have an area with some #2 gravel that I have to avoid because it picks up some of the gravel also.
293238
No it's just going to move them around but not around enough to collect them in one spot. My main use is to cut and grind up weeded dirt lots.
1964715
Hmm good question. It will probably pick up the leaves and maybe the blossom possibly the pebbles.
293234
I purchased it for my uncle's 10 acre property, mostly to clean up brush and weeds. It does smooth the soil, and will move rocks and gravel around, but I dont think it would be effective to actually remove them. We did use it for grading some areas on the property that were heavy with gravel, but the gravel is still there - just leveled out.
901553
Yes, my wife picks up giant burr oak acorns out of thick St.Augustine grass. One item of caution, we loaned the Nut Wizard to friends that gathered smaller pecans and "Shared" them with us, this little Wizard did not discriminate the dried dog turds!! :(
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This product was designed to pick up medium size nuts (pecans, hazel nuts, almonds, etc.) when you get to walnut sizes I do not think it will be as efficient. Also rocks are not symmetrical & are rough so that may wear the tines after a while. In tilling my garden I do not bother with small stones (golf ball or smaller) unless there are alot. Bigger than a small potato may jam the tiller if caught in it. Hope this helps...
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It's small and electric so I would say no. I guess it depends on how rocky (small rocks or stones?) It does an ok job but if the soil hasn't been turned over before it's going to be a bit of a chore. You will need ot make sure there are no roots as well.
522754
I have inadvertantly picked up small rocks when picking up pecans in soft soil. I would think it would work just fine as long as the rocks were round and not flat otherwise they will just fall through the mesh.
1558154
It will pick up small stones, but if you keep it at a good angle it will not.
2075547
Probably...it picks up the stuff the palm trees drop...they are about the same size as acorns