Many gardeners and gardeners grow potatoes on their plots. Its plantings occupy quite large areas. To process them, you have to spend a lot of time and effort. Manufacturers of agricultural equipment offer users a variety of manual and mechanized devices to facilitate this process. Among them is a trimmer.

Is it effective to trim potatoes with a trimmer?

In order for the potatoes to grow and develop well, they must be weeded as necessary, removing weeds. To achieve efficiency and practicality, it is important to choose the right nozzle for the job.

The unit has the form of a conventional scythe, operating with a gasoline engine or from electricity. The cutting element can be presented in several versions:

  • fishing line;
  • milling cutter;
  • knife.

The popularity of the trimmer is in the efficiency of the process. For example:

  • does not take much time;
  • no need to put great physical effort;
  • the destruction of almost all weeds.
Equally important is the fact that after cutting, the green mass of weeds remains on the ridge, performing the function of organic fertilizers.

How to adapt a trimmer for weeding potatoes

To apply the trimmer for weeding potatoes, you can not do without special nozzles. Among the most practical varieties of nozzles are the following:

  1. Trimmer head with fishing line. Good results can be achieved by using fishing line with a cross section in the form of a circle. Because of this, weeds will grow much more slowly after cutting.
  2. Knife with 3 or 4 blades. This type of nozzle is recommended to be used only if there are no stones in the ground. In case of contact of the blade of the knife with the surface of the stone, it is possible that it will break.
  3. 3 ply blade. Such a nozzle can be made with your own hands from a sheet of tin, the thickness of which is not more than 4.5 mm. On the sheet you need to draw 3 circles (320, 220 and 110 mm). Cut them with a cutter, and drill a hole in the center. Place circles on the working shaft at a distance of 1, 5-2, 0 cm and weld.
Such nozzles can quickly and effectively sprinkle large areas of potatoes.

Tips for using a trimmer when weeding potatoes

To prevent damage to the stands and the quality removal of weeds, it is recommended that you follow some recommendations. For example:

  1. Weed small weeds (1-2 times a week).
  2. Weeding is better in the morning. This is necessary so that weeds have time to wither in a day.
  3. The cutting element of the trimmer should be deepened into the soil by 1.5-2.0 cm. This will ensure the loosening of the upper crust on the ground, which improves the flow of air to the root crops. With a greater deepening of the cutting elements, the possibility of damage to potatoes, as well as overheating of the motor of the unit, is not excluded.
  4. When installing a small power engine on the trimmer, it must be allowed to cool periodically (after 15-20 minutes).
  5. At the end of the season, all cutting elements are recommended to be wiped with a solution that has disinfecting properties (bleach, potassium permanganate solution, copper sulfate). Thanks to this, it will be possible to destroy the pathogenic microflora.

If you follow the rules and recommendations for the implementation of weeding potatoes with a trimmer, you can get an excellent crop.