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Which type of (garden) hoe

Last post 19-11-2008 11:35 AM by Edit. 7 replies.

• 13/11/2008 10:13 AM
  JamesA Location: Peterborough Joined on: 24 Aug 2006 Posts: 160	Reply | Contact I've never used a hoe, and I'm thinking of getting one for easy weed control around plants and in my vegetable patch. The dutch hoe seems the standard. Should I go for this? I'll probably get one that'll last, but I'm not planning to spend more than £15 ( I don't have much earthing up to do)

• 13/11/2008 10:36 AM	In reply to
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 5,200	Reply | Contact  I think the dutch hoe is the one most commonly used James.  I have one in the shed and have to admit that it very rarely gets used as I prefer to hand weed to get all the roots out.   sue1002

• 13/11/2008 02:33 PM	In reply to
  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 4,743	Reply | Contact I have a dutch hoe as sue1002, says they are quite common I also have a draw hoe but i prefer using my weedburner digger

• 13/11/2008 02:44 PM	In reply to
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 5,200	Reply | Contact I've used the weed burner on the paths and patio but when it comes to the weeds in the garden, it's either been too wet or windy to be able to use it . sue1002

• 13/11/2008 06:37 PM	In reply to
  Phot's-Moll Location: The sunny South coast. Joined on: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 3,347	Reply | Contact  I use a hoe with a bendy neck and the blade at right angles to the handle for erthing up potatoes (is that a dutch hoe?) I also use it for weeding paths and bare areas, but I think the flat type is probably easier to manage when weeding around crops. Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.

• 18/11/2008 09:31 AM	In reply to
  JamesA Location: Peterborough Joined on: 24 Aug 2006 Posts: 160	Reply | Contact I bought a swoe in the end: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wilkinson-Sword-Stainless-Steel-Swoe/dp/B000297U3Y/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=garden&qid=1226658659&sr=8-3 Seems good quality with 15 year guarantee. Have to try it out and see...

• 18/11/2008 01:22 PM	In reply to
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 5,200	Reply | Contact That's not bad at all James, I bought some long handled pruners a couple of years ago which are Wilkinson Sword and they came with a lifetime guarantee. sue1002

• 19/11/2008 11:35 AM

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  Edit Location: Colchester Joined on: 18 Nov 2008 Posts: 5

  Reply | Contact I found it quite interesting to see how garden tools are different in the UK to where I come from. In my country (Hungary) a hoe has a triangular blade, not a flat edge like the Dutch hoe. It took me quite a while to realise that there was no such thing to be found in the UK. Funnily enough I haven't managed to find a hoe in any of the nearby garden centres either, they always seem to be sold out. (In any case, on my heavy, compacted and neglected clay soil a pickaxe is more effective for now.)