Cultivator

A cultivator is farm equipment that is used to stir and grind the soil. It can remove weeds, shallow roots and also crack the surface of the soil near the plants to ensure ventilation. A cultivator is also used to mix fertilizer properly into the soil. A field cultivator comes with metal teeth attached to a tractor for breaking the soil. Another type of cultivator known as the disk cultivator is equipped with circular metal blades that help to destroy the weeds. The field or disc cultivator helps to prepare the entire field.

Garden cultivators are lightweight and small in size. Some of these garden cultivators have to be operated mechanically. They are generally used to mix manures in the garden soil before the plantation of the plants or seeds. Garden cultivators till the soil and eliminate soil lumps, making them favourable for plantation. These garden cultivators are available with different attachments that rotate and plough the soil. Some of the advanced garden cultivators can kill the weeds and till hard and deep soils.

Today, electric garden cultivators are quite popular as they are easy to use and maintain. These are fitted with motors or engines and are also equipped with gears. Cultivators are quite popular in the United Kingdom. Companies that make cultivators include Mantis, Alko, Earthquake and Vikings, among others.