The weeding consists in tearing off with the hands, crossing with a Sarcloir, or taking from a hoe the bad grasses present in a culture.

It is recommended to carry out weeding at the beginning of spring to eliminate the Adventice S as of their emergence, before they become too harmful.

Difference between weeding and hoeing

The two terms are often confused because one can use the same tools for the two techniques. However weeding consists with to weed by scraping the ground in surface whereas the Binage consists in airing the more in-depth ground.

Tool for weeding

In a garden, a Hoe or a Sarclette are used to carry out the operation.

In a field, the operation can be done with a more sophisticated Houe or machines to scrape the ground.

See too

• Agriculture in ancient Egypt
• Lorraine Hoe
• Small hoe
• Sarritor

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