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In-row weeder
Anyone know where to get one or how it's made? This from Dick Raymonds book "Joy of Gardening". I've asked about this in the gardening forum here and other gardening forums around the web and no one seems to know. 
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I have one of those, and they work great for weeding "between" rows. However they are not as good at getting weeds in the row itself without destroying the crop. For that job I have a little different "miracle tool". Its a thin steel blade about 5 inches wide and 3 inches or so tall, attached at nearly a right angle to a stick. I think some folks up north call it a "hoe".
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A hoe is my best guess.
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I read that book too  .I made one from an old tobacco rack.They have spring tines that stick through and hold tobacco leaves in the rack.I just cut a piece about 14 inches long,bent the tines the way I thought they should be and drilled a hole through the center and attached an aluminum handle.The tines are in a straight row,but you could cut every other one a tad shorter and bend them to where theres two rows.Mine works real well.I'll try to post a picture tomorrow.
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03/05/11, 07:19 PM
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I have one of those, and they work great for weeding "between" rows. However they are not as good at getting weeds in the row itself without destroying the crop. For that job I have a little different "miracle tool". Its a thin steel blade about 5 inches wide and 3 inches or so tall, attached at nearly a right angle to a stick. I think some folks up north call it a "hoe".
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Old Jerry Clowers was telling about this old lady who had a real pretty garden.Someone was complimenting her about it, and said it looked like a magic wand was waved over it.The old lady said it was,but it had a hoe on the end of it. 
Tried to get a picture out of Dick Raymonds book,,maybe you can make it out.
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"Old Jerry Clowers was telling about this old lady who had a real pretty garden.Someone was complimenting her about it, and said it looked like a magic wand was waved over it.The old lady said it was,but it had a hoe on the end of it."
I just love older people !!!!!!
There have been alot of fancy garden gadgetts created.....but a hoe,rake and shovel seem to be the best working,longest lasting of the bunch......
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Thanks all. I'm going to have a go at finding a "tobacco rack" and maybe go from there.
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I built mine out of "edge wire" used in furniture manufactering/reupholstering. I used a piece of light weight angle iron, bent the edge wire and positioned it like in the picture, then welded the wire to the angle---added a handle. Worked good if you stayed up with it-----using it every 2 or 3 days.
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We have something similar to that I will post a pic tomorrow. 
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Having no luck finding a tobacco rack. Eddie, is it the racks storeowners put the cigarette packs on or something used to store leaf in a barn? And thanks again to all who responded. It looks like a neat way to weed in the plant rows. Being lazy by nature and away alot during growing season I thought this may be the way to go. I doubt Dick would have mentioned this if it didn't work.
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Having no luck finding a tobacco rack. Eddie, is it the racks storeowners put the cigarette packs on or something used to store leaf in a barn? And thanks again to all who responded. It looks like a neat way to weed in the plant rows. Being lazy by nature and away alot during growing season I thought this may be the way to go. I doubt Dick would have mentioned this if it didn't work.
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The racks that are used to hang leaf tobacco in bulk tobacco barns.If you know where a bulk tobacco barn has been or is being used,chances are the farmer has a few broken or bent out of shape racks he'll be happy to give you a couple.The one I used as I mentioned, the prongs were in a straight line like a comb.I cut every other one about two inches shorter.
Then I bent all the prongs three inches in a 45 degree angle,giving me two rows of tines.Some tobacco racks have a four inch wide band that the prongs come out of.I think they would be to flimsey for a rake,but if you can get that kind,take the prongs out and get a piece of electrical conduit.
Then drill holes in the conduit about an inch apart and as long as you like.Put the prongs through those holes and bend and cut prongs to your choosing.Then rig a handle in the center and you have your weeder.
Heres a picture of a rack like I used.
when its opened,it looks like a giant comb.Just cut to length,bend and cut prongs,attach handle. 
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 Yep,the last one has the best pictures of the in row weeder.Would not be hard to make one at all.
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Eddie, this works like Dick describes? I know of few people who have heard of one and no one that's used one.
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I Sure Used Mine Alot!!
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Eddie, this works like Dick describes? I know of few people who have heard of one and no one that's used one.
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Thanks PD. I planted alot of lobs down near Conway in my younger years.
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Eddie, this works like Dick describes? I know of few people who have heard of one and no one that's used one.
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Absolutely does work.I use it for corn, lettuce and mixed greens, mostly.I plant lettuce and greens in wide rows and plant a little thicker than normal.When I see the little plants come up,I drag that weeder through them and not worry if it pulls up a few,and you will have no weeds.
Works well on peanuts too,about when they are cracking the ground.My Dad always said the first plowing is the most important one.Get the weeds then, and the crop has a good jump on everything else.We all know what happens if you leave a few the first hoeing or plowing.  I don't use it on tender plants like beans,melons or cukes.
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Thanks Eddie and the rest of you. I'll keep you all posted on this project. Less, faster and easier weeding is the goal. Which means more time for more profitable pursuits like fishing, drinking, hunting, drinking, etc, etc.
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If it is like the tool pictured in this link that Two Cents Worth posted, then I have never seen anything like it and have no idea where to order one:
http://www.helpfulgardener.com/phpBB...ic.php?t=12858
For normal weeding between rows my weapon of choice is the stirrup hoe. It covers a lot of ground quickly, even when it is dried and harder. It skims the surface and cuts the weed without digging deep into the soil.
If you have lots of ground to cover then you might want a low-wheel cultivator. The low-wheel cultivator is an improved version of the stirrup hoe. Easier to use and much faster as well. It a vast improvement over the high-wheel cultivator (like the one Squash Nut posted a link to above.) They can be pricy but Herrick Kimball has plans and parts for a "WhizBang" version that is top quality without the unreasonable pricing that the commercial ones carry.
He will give you the plans for free but he does sell parts for varying stages of completion: http://planetwhizbang.blogspot.com
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