Fiskars Weed Puller

Product Information

Due to the aluminium and stainless-steel construction, it’s unlikely to rust so could be kept outside as well – but it’s always a better idea to keep tools out of the elements to prolong their life and avoid corrosion. In addition to the gloves, you may also want to wear a hat with an extended brim while you weed to protect your face from the sun’s UV rays. If you have just a few dandelions, and you can keep your eye on them to remove them before they go to seed, this should make an adequate dandelion puller. You need to have good balance because you need to step onto the foot lever (for aging gardeners or people with balance issues, this could be a problem)

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It’s not particularly easy to use this tool in very hard ground, which is one downside, and you may need to loosen soil first especially if it is quite baked and solid.

From The Manufacturer

We bought our weeder because our friend recommended it to us. This friend had lots of dandelions in her yard. She was able to remove most of them from her yard using the Fiskars weed puller. The best time to head out to your garden to do a little weeding is after a rainfall. The soil becomes moist and easier to work with. When the claws are pushed down into the ground, our Fiskars 4-claw weeder is about 36-inches tall from the ground to the top of the handle. This is fine for us because we aren’t tall. I don’t know how well it would work on a hard compacted soil such as an old lawn as the spikes are quite large and would require quite a bit of force to get into compacted soil. Below you’ll see the dandelion that I pulled from the ground. The claws are clamped around it. Pulling dandelions using this weed puller

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Suitable for gardeners of most heights, the 89 cm ‘working shaft’ is a good length, with an additional 10 cm of stainless-steel blades on the end which are inserted into the soil surface around the weed. There is also an option with a telescopic handle available, in case you’re concerned about this being too short. Due to the diameter of the base, it’s only really suitable for larger weeds, as small weeds won’t get caught easily in the puller’s jaws. You’ll also struggle to use it on ground that’s too hard – but when it rains, or the ground is damp from dew, the blades should be easy to push into the earth. It tends to take quite a bit of ground with it when you remove a weed. Not a massive issue but it is worth mentioning, particularly if you plan on using this on a lawn. It will leave little holes in the ground where the weed’s roots were (you could fill with clean topsoil if you want) Look for a hands-on weeder if you prefer to kneel down to work in your garden. Some models have a curved steel head that is able to plow through the soil without a great deal of effort. The handle may be made from recyclable materials and designed to be used by both right and left-handed individuals.

Consider spacing out the time you spend weeding. Instead of completing the task in just one day, set aside a half-hour per day for a week or two to get the job done. You’ll reduce the chances of feeling sore and tired by breaking up this chore into manageable chunks of time. It’s one of the best raking tools for weed removal: the rust-resistant stainless-steel head can be used with both a pushing and pulling motion through the ground, and, at 13 cm wide, it’s a good width for getting between plants in tight spaces like flowerbeds. And this repetitive lifting of the tool can get annoying when you’ve got a 3-foot tall yard waste bag.

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Whilst these weeders don’t always work well on smaller weeds, because there’s not enough to grab onto, they’re effective at pulling larger weeds, like dandelions, out of the soil along with their roots.To combat this annoyance, you could try using a garden wagon and put the weeds into the wagon. Because the wagon is lower to the ground than a yard waste bag you won’t have to raise the tool up so high with each weed. These weeding tools are exactly what they sound like. They are long-handled tools with a small, stiff brush on the end. They can be used to get at weeds between paving and in other narrow areas. You still have one hand on top of the handle, and with your other hand grab the orange part of the handle where it says “Eject”. Slide that section down towards the bottom of the tool and this ejects the weed (as the name suggests). Slide the orange section down as shown by the arrow to eject the weed. The tapered carbon-steel blade slides into the ground beside the weed, requiring leverage to eek both the weed and its roots out the ground. Whilst harder work than more mechanical gardening tools, it certainly makes things easier than doing weeding tasks solely by hand. It’s also possible to remove most of the taproot of tough weeds like dandelions due to the decent length of the blade. The steel blade is coated with an anti-rust chrome finish and has a wavy sharp edge that catches plant stems and chops them off.