To minimize weeds in an organic system John uses the Weed Badger, a PTO-driven, hydraulic-controlled cultivator with a heavy arm that bends around the right hand side of the tractor and can be maneuvered in and out to cultivate between the plants in the row.
Wayne Phillips on the Weed Badger last October (photo courtesy of Bill Sciarappa, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Monmouth County). Inset: a close-up of the Weed Badger.
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