Does it work in heavy clay soils?
1739130
Have used in sand only. Expect mediocre performance in heavy clay if moist. If hard baked, hoe would not slice through. If soggy, hoe would gum up instead of slicing through weed roots as designed. Works good in sand, and should be fine in loam, but I would be surprised if it performed well in clay. Mattocks and chopping hoes are needed in heavy clay like that found in rice padis.
1739131
It really doesn't go down into the soil. It just kind of scrapes along the surface. It works well for smaller weeds in my garden. I think for weeding it works fine. I really liked it but it really wasn't sharp enough. After my hubby sharpened it, it worked much better. For the price it is pretty awesome.
1739132
Have not tried it in heavy clay soil. Works well in sandy and light soil though.
1739133
I haven't tried it in such soils. The outboard end is sharpened, corrugated steel about 2" wide. It will work, but how well is a function of energy applied and how heavy the clay is.
1739134
I've used this rake in to keep weeds out of my garden and it works great. I haven't tried it on heavy clay soils but I think it won't work well. The blade would probably have trouble cutting the soil and the whole rake may not be strong enough to endure that kind of punishment. You are better off using another tool to break up the clay. After the clay is properly mulched, this rake would work well.
1739135
I have clay soil and it works great for me-what I love it for most is getting rid of moss! Its my favorite garden tool, I figure it saves about half the time of using another option, plus easier on my back!
1881051
Just to reiterate, this is more to breakup soil rather than fertilize the lawn. Nevertheless, I used it like fertilizer where I spread the Gypsum over my lawn which is very clay heavy. It does not need to be worked into the clay. This product does work, and after your first pass, you will see a difference. However, my lawn requires more than one pass through.
1182669
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.
1452080
I would think so, but where I'm at in SW Ohio, we have clay soil and it works like a champ. I tried other style traps that were available at the local hardware store and this one beats them all. 12 moles so far this year.
2240003
The Aerify Plus works well on all soil types. I have a son in San Diego and visit, and I've noticed that most of the soils there are not that claylike, so that is a good thing. But they certainly can get compacted , and the Aerify PLUS will help relieve that.
254585
our ground is very hard and , that is one reason we got a tiller to break it up, so far we have had no trouble. before we got the tiller, we had to wet ( soak ) the ground, so I would say this tiller would work fine!
477798
Works fairly well on larger taproots; I've pulled some out about 8 inches long, but skinnier ones, it doesn't grip as well, but it'll usually loosen the soil enough that you can just reach in and pull it out by hand.Caveat: doesn't work well on heavily clay soil or dry soil, regardless. If it hasn't rained for a few days, you may want to wet the soil first, or wait for rain, otherwise, part of the taproot may just snap against the hard dirt.
50347
For hard clay, I'd say no. I live where we have a good mixture of soil and in my gardens there is a thick layer of black topsoil. This works well on the soil when it's moist. If I neglect it a while and it dries, the B&D; struggles.
311588
I tried everything to use this how it was intended, didn't work well. I ended up using soil, it worked much better.
1619528
Yes, this drills holes about 2" wide in mixed soil conditions, including clay, gravel, weeds, etc. (The holes end up being slightly larger than the auger because it rattles around a bit.) However, it won't drill through solid material like a wooden plank, and it can jam if it hits thick roots or rocks.
1234703
As long as it is properly balanced, yes. I often use this when I hunt beaches or clay heavy soil - which other detectors simply spaz out on. Check out my review for more info.
980700
The ground has to be smooth concrete or tile, I do not think it works directly on dirt ground.
1951050
Definitely! If you want it to dig up the soil, you will want to add some weight to it....otherwise, all it will do is smooth out the ground.
828448
How well it works on clay depends on how compacted it is. With deeply rooted weeds in heavily compacted clay, the tool is very difficult to use. I had some issues with my heavily compacted clay, where it was unable to grab the weed.
542551
It works great in soil. I've used it only in soil. My goal is to do hydro this year. I can hardly wait!!!!! Max Martinez
778794
It should, if the base is pushed down into the ground far enough and if the soil around the base doesn't get a lot of water.
679740
I believe it will. Not as quickly as one of those huge and heavy ones used in road works etc. but I have no doubt that it can do it. I've used it on concrete up to 4 or 5 inches thick and it can do that easily.